Tulip!

The sun is out. The first big fat tulip is open. More to come. Enjoy.

The plums have bees, too

The plum tree is now covered in fluffy white blossoms, and surrounded by little bees zooming in and out. They don’t stop for long, quickly moving on to the next prospect. This one is a sweat bee of genus Lasioglossum, which I suppose doesn’t tell you (or me) much. They are native bees and this […]

Re: Semi-Autonomous

I’m finding stories I like again, but not yet from the Hugo nominations. I’m having fun listening to old Escape Pods. “Semi-Autonomous,” by Jim Kling really cracks me up. Told by a semi-autonomous answering machine, it’s a short tale that escalates hilariously. Collected in Futures From Nature.

Here kitty, kitty

What is about cats? In the last few days, I listened to two mini-podcasts from Podcastle involving cats.

A bee seeing you

It turns out one of the bees that has been cruising the yard has been cruising the yard looking for dates.

2010 Hugos

The 2010 Hugo nominations have been announced, so I guess I have some reading to do.

Plum Blossoms!

Plum Blossoms! Plum Blossoms! Plum Blossoms! Plum Blossoms!

Not so great celandine

The next on the weed hit list is Greater Celandine. It forms nice clumps with interesting foliage and bright yellow flowers in early summer, but it wants to do so everywhere. Even if bees visit it (which if it happens at all must be when I’m not looking), there are other flowers for them. So […]

Tulips today, bumblebees tomorrow?

Spring continues to proceed. The sun continues to shine. The first tulips are open, inviting bees to come visit. But do they?

Dandelion in the dirt

Today’s new flower is this dandelion. It’s such a bright yellow I don’t want to dig it up. Besides, it’s a flower; bees need flowers right now.