Bees in the trees

The bees are in the trees, It’s a happy, buzzing breeze, Cause the bees are in the trees, And the pear blossoms are pleased, Down in the earth, up to the leaves, The miner bees are in the trees.

Another sign of spring

Bugs are getting jiggy. That’s right, when a gentleman bug and a lady bug love each other very much, they grow very close. When the weather is warm and sunny, they get together, and he counts the spots on her back. Yeah, that’s what he’s doing.

More spring flowers

Peach blossoms, pear blossoms, and lots of tulips. All joining the plum blossoms.

Tulips for Easter Sunday

What more is there to say except that the sun is out and the tulips are prospering? Enjoy!

Happy Earth Day with happy birdies

Today I celebrated Earth Day by poking around the yard and admiring the birds. The bright blue jays and cardinals are easy to love. The small birds need a closer look, but just the other day I spotted a beautiful little White-Crowned Sparrow, and I could swear I’m still seeing juncos out there. Chickadees are […]

Plum blossom one

Spring this year is coming rather leisurely. But here’s the first plum blossom. All we need now is for that bitter wind to calm down and let the sun shine on the bees.

Unsunny forsythia

Note to self: If you’re ever in a position to do a fresh planting of forsythia (as opposed to inheriting the previous owner’s shrub placement decision), and if you wish to avoid such a half-hearted display of flowers not even sufficient to conceal the sparrows on the branches from cats and hawks — make sure […]

Rain is good

I guess I don’t have to worry about watering for a few days. Those are scallions waiting to be pricked apart and planted … somewhere. I haven’t quite decided yet, and there are still scallions, onions, garlic, and shallots tucked away in various corners. Flanking it are two varieties of cilantro, and behind it is […]

Fun stuff

Today’s “fun” task was to finally tackle our taxes. No, it wasn’t. Today’s fun task was to hack down the deader parts of the butterfly bush, while lots of what sure looked like little reddish brown bees swirled around the dried out buds. Lots of them. I think they’re miner bees, but they didn’t find […]

Stuff

Today was just the day to plant stuff and dig stuff and weed stuff — and somewhere along the way lose stuff, like my trowel. Maybe I planted that too. And then I cooked stuff and looked at my writing stuff. Enough stuff. I’m going to sleep.