From June 10, 2012

From June 9, 2012
The bee in the first shot went about knocking the petals off many a flower as he bopped around the wildflower buffet at Three Rivers last weekend. In his own small way, he was making a huge mess. The garden-variety fly on the daisy was doing his thing without any bother on the same day. (The album dates do not correspond to the dates I took the pictures. Just my excellent and unique filing skills skewing things around her just a bit.) Down South, many folks assume summer in Connecticut must be a cool and refreshing thing. The truth is, though, that the humidity that makes our humid subtropical climate a four-season adventure is every bit as intense as anything down there. Ever since that summer 14 years ago when I was great (gigantic) with child, no amount of heat bothers me. I'm grateful for that season for many reasons, including for conditioning me so that I could, as the Boss says, "smell the deep green of summer" and enjoy it completely.

Today's Flowers