>
>On an overcast morning, I checked out the Rose of Sharon (Althea)
>bushes. After capturing a nice white blossom with red center, I spotted
>a rare double blossom in the original lavender color. Then, for the
>first time in several years, I found a Bumble Bee on one of the
>blossoms. In recent years, all I have found were Carpenter Bees. So, I
>decided that my Friday flower should consist of all of these.
>
>White blossom with a small guest.
>http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/White+Rose+of+Sharon.TIFF.html
>
>Double lavender blossom.
>http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Rare+Double+ROS.TIFF.html
>
>Departing Bumble Bee, laden with pollen.
>http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Rare+Bumble+Bee+with+Pollen.TIFF.html
>
All nice photos. I still see hardly any bees here when my shrubs are
blooming. Used to be that you could count more than a couple dozen species
when the rain sages bloomed in the summer.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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