Bee-ing

So, what WAS that lady looking at in my last post? Well, since this was a pollinator festival...

It was a large bee display!!

The white clumps you see is the wax they make.

As we were the last people of the day, the bee lady said something that rather tickled me. She said her bees were starting to get fussy, and wanted to go home. Huh? Kind of like they were toddlers.

I have heard that if there were no more bees, humans would only exist four days. Turns out, AI said that is not true!

A bee is a tiny reminder that small things make the world bloom.

The Pace Of Petals

 A few weeks ago, we visited the Garden Center, as they were having a pollinator festival. We were greeted with this.

A Petunia tree!

Believe it or not, the next two are solar lights!

And what is this woman looking at so intently? This was my favorite part of the visit, and I will show you on my next post.

“Here, the world slows down to the pace of petals.”

“Where plants wait patiently for the right hands to take them home.”

Moon-White Bells

 The Yucca have been in bloom! In the draught we had, they are draught tolerant, as they don't need much water. The flowers are edible!

They are dependent on only one pollinator! The Yucca Moth! This is a photo of it I got from the web. It is the same white color as the flowers!

A quiet guardian with moon‑white bells and sun‑strong roots.

Sunday Sunset

 In order, as usual.

"Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful, but because they are fleeting."

Richard Paul Evans

A Warm Summer's Eve

 This evening it was not as hot, so we celebrated the 4th. Our family came over in the evening, and this is what I had.

Lots of fresh donuts and munchies.

Plus these carbonated non-alcoholic wines in strawberry and grape.

I thought Jazz's sneakers were so pretty.

Then we set off some fireworks.

“Heat humming, night blooming.”

Where Sunscreen Meets Spooky

 We happened to be shopping around Cracker Barrell last week, and would you believe they had Summerween things? This was even before The 4th Of July!! We were greeted with this.

This looked like a giant skeleton soldier. It must have been four feet tall.

But I did like this hand soap. It was sparkly and pretty.

A Halloween tree!

This was one of those dish towels you hang on the stove handle. It was tempting because we love cats.

These were two cute little shelf sitters.

Large bowl made from skulls

A large witches' house.

It's not easy to see, but this was a spooky ferris wheel!

This was actually pretty. it was a glitter globe that looked like a house. Pretty and sparkly glitter inside.

Yes, I did buy one thing. These cute little salt & pepper shakers. They are tiny, maybe only two inches high.

“July nights with October dreams.”

The Best Of The Rest

 Due to lots of storms, we had to watch all the fireworks shows on T.V. We should do ours later this week. So as usual, I am showing my favorites from the T.V.

“The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.”

- Scott Westerfeld.