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“Hello, sun in my face.
Hello you who made the morning
and spread it over the fields…
Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness,
in kindness.”~ Mary Oliver
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Tag Archives: honey bees
Wildlife Wednesday – A slice of life at the Marjoram Cafe
I have Sweet Marjoram growing in several places in the garden and I am particularly fond of its golden form: Origanum vulgare ‘Aureum’, which looks good for months on end. It glows cheerfully from the time it pushes out the … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Flies, Gardening, Herbs, honey bees, Photography, wildlife gardening
11 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Bees love poppies
Posted in Bees, Flowers
Tagged Gardening, honey bees, papaver somniferum, Photography, pollinators, Poppies
9 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Astronauts!
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Nature, Wordless
Tagged alliums, Borage, Bumblebees, Gardening, honey bees, Phlomis, Photography, Poppies, Wildlife
6 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Making a beeline for the poppies
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Wordless
Tagged Gardening, honey bees, oriental poppies, Papaver rhoeas, Photography, Poppies
13 Comments
Fat bees and fragrant apple blossom
What a wonder our little crab apple tree (Malus ‘John Downie’) on the driveway is! It is covered in a thick snowy crust of pink and white blossom and is humming with the hypnotic sounds of bees and insects, hovering … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Trees, Wildlife
Tagged Apple blossom, Bumblebees, crab apples, Fruit trees, Gardening, honey bees, Photography, Spring, Wildlife
13 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – The Bee’s Knees*
* The Bee’s Knees is a phrase used to convey that something is of excellent quality. It is likely to have originated from the way that bees carry pollen in sacks on their ‘knees’ and alludes to this concentrated goodness.
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Wordless
Tagged buff-tailed bumblebee, crocuses, Gardening, honey bees, hyacinths, Photography
13 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Colour-coordinated pollen baskets
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Nature, Whimsy, Wordless
Tagged Blossom, Foxtail lilies, Gardening, honey bees, nature, phacelia tanacetifolia, Photography, pollen baskets
18 Comments
Wordless Wednesday: It feels like spring
“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Posted in Nature, Spring, Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged bulbs, Bumblebees, Crocus, Gardening, honey bees, Photography, tulips
13 Comments
