This is a honey bee at my blueberry flowers.
He is doing his work and pollenating my eight blueberry bushes. I have added a pear tree to the mix too, I think he already took care of that one the other day, but I forgot to ask him. Every year when the orange trees go into bloosom the honey bees swarm with excitment.
I sneeze.
There is a window ledge in the front of my house that the bees come visit every year. In and out under the ledge for about 24 hours. Then as quickly as they have found a way in, they are gone again. I thought I had a hive in there, but I don't think I do. I spoke with a bee keeper and if they had a live active hive, they would be there much longer than 24 hours. However she did suggest that at one time there could have been, and they keep returning to the site. If I spot them this year, I will snap a few photos of them.
Red Maple in my front yard.
Every year I am sure these two Red Maples are just going to give up and call it quits. They love moisture and my ground is dry. They are at the bottom of the hill near the road by the driveway. I was hoping for big shady showy trees. What I have a stunted little sticks in the ground that have a few leaves. We are thinking of building a retaining wall, with landscaped rock and lots of flowers. Then putting in a gate for the driveway. We would love to have some great big heavy Florida natural stones but you have to have them delivered with a crane. For now its just grass and Red Maple twigs. They are very pretty in the spring when they bloom.
Can't even begin to spell this or pronouce it. I have four of them in my front landscape bed at the front of the walkway. When the leaves all turn green, you trim the bush back and they all turn this beautiful crimsom color. In the spring, it shows all over with this pretty flower. Truely this plant is in bloom all year long either with its leaves or flowers. I love it. I just can't pronounce it. Ok, this is Girl Schmuk signing off.
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