BEES KNEES

on a cool morning, a bee lays its drowsy head on a passiflora lady margaret pillow...

BEES VOGUE

bees are such posers. here's a metallic green bee in a fordhook acorn squash flower.

bee on a sneezeweed...

another bee doing his job on the pistil of the same squash flower as above...

bee on tithonia 'torch'...

VIVID JULY

july brings a cacaphony of color. here is a green metallic bee on sneezeweed (helenium)...

a profusion of blue passion flowers on the deck...

the deck, the usual suspects in a line-up...

passion flower 'pura vida' is a spectacle in bright sunshine...

echincea in the potager...

a new toad lily in the front yard...

the night blooming cereus had 3 buds this summer, and i think this one bloomed. i didn't stay up late enough to see it open, and the other 2 buds wilted. i hope it will have another bud this year.

death-star allium with an incoming at 3 o'clock...

champagne currants illuminated... another sad tale this year, with too much rain...

crocosmia 'lucifer' does it's thing regardless of the weather...

japanese blood grass, illuminated...

rainbow chard harvest... yum!