Sunday Stills: The letter “B”

I can do the Sunday Stills Challenge this week!

Meet Odda..she is a Bernese Mountain Dog. She is big and beautiful and she lives nearby.

Bee on a Blue flower ( Globe Thistle)

Bye..have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Birds and Bees

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was Birds and Bees.

I found some bees…

Flying near the Lupine.

Then one evening after a rain I caught this one with his wings folded over whilst he was sucking the nectar out of a Centaurea montana ‘Blue’ ( A perennial Bachelors Button). 

Since we got leaves on the trees the birds in the yard are harder to photograph.

I did manage a photograph of some Canada Geese with their babies.  They are such good parents.

Have a good week everyone!

Summer officially starts this next week and the days get shorter.  Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! :)

Macro Monday: Sneezeweed and a Friend

A pretty little bug ( bee?) on the Helenium autumnale  or sneezeweed.  Can you tell by its real name ..what time of year it blooms..LOL..gotta love the proper scientific names sometimes.  I made a mixed bouquet of wildflowers one day..and then I had a blast catching lots of little bugs for some cool macro shots.  Check out more macro here:)

Sunday Stills : Things With Wings

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was Things With Wings. I chose bees! I am allergic to them, I do not like them very much, one at a time they are okay..more than a couple buzzing around make me nervous.

A big old bumble bee on the Lupine.

A wasp?? on a Centaurea 'Montana Blue' bloom... a perennial Bachelor's Button that all things with wings and stingers just love.
I believe this is a honey bee?? He is on a Wild Geranium ..can they overdose on pollen? He was very lethargic and was covered in pollen, he did move a bit..but not much...safer for me that way:)