This is the last week of #summer but today is hot and #sunny and so the #pollinators are out doing their thing before it gets to damp and dark and the #flowers wither away. In the front #garden, one of the #plants attracts a lot of #bees and #hoverflies. Here are some pictures I took with my #camera using a #MacroLens.
I'm not sure whether this is a #Bee or a #HoverFly.
You can see the #PollenSacs on this #Bee.
#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Macro #Horticulture
<3 Little Bob <3 coming out of hibernation. he didnt see his shadow! (bc he has no eyes. it's a lawnmower)
Ode to Mowing the Lawn
May 28, 2022 by Rosemerry
Sometimes I mow from side to side,
sometimes from up to down
No one’s life depends on it.
The end product is not very different.
What matters is I notice I have a choice,
especially here where the stakes are low
so that when it matters more—
when in the balance are hearts and lives—
I remember there are many ways to “do it right.”
How do I do it, this act of loving you?
How do I do it, this forgiveness,
this surrender? And how will the path
I choose today change what is forever?
Oh this practice of pathmaking,
how sometimes it’s benign,
and sometimes it changes what’s here.
I push the mower through the grass this morning,
notice the record of how I’ve passed through.
I think of you. The scent of what if
hangs green and alive in the air.
(in Bob's case, that's exhaust fumes. oohyeah.)
here is a relatable ode: https://beltmag.com/me-and-my-mower/ Little Bob started first fireup <3 i love him so <3
you may also enjoy Story Time with Karl Childers https://youtu.be/LPqYXyvl6II?si=MUScHbyVS1MsrGCH
#ssssummah #TheSun #sunshine #sun #sunny #rejoice #photo #portrait #myphoto #mywork #small-motors #mmhmm
It's bright and #sunny today and a quick stroll through the #garden shows it's full of life.
The #grapes are ripening and there's a good crop this year..
Of course, not just the #fruit but the #vine #leaves are also edible in dishes like dolmades which I find particularly good for digestion.
On the other side, the #RunnerBean #plants are #flowering and are being frequented by many #pollinators such as this #bee.
#MyWork #MyPhotot #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Horticulture #Summer #Flowers #Insects
My dear and beloved friend Briony in Findochty, Scotland, wrote,
“Each of us have known kindred souls. They are those special persons who understand how we feel and what we think and need. They seldom talk about it. Such relationships have no need for discussion. Their companionship is balm to the spirit and enough without words. Wherever we are, we meet these people who have known loneliness and have heard the empty echoes but have not let them spoil anything. They are what the Cherokee calls: a ga-lis gv ti tia. They are on the sunny side. Now they mark the way for us, telling us that life is good and we are going to do well – and what we really need to hear, we are not alone. Then we can reach back and take someone else’s hand to lead them across the lonely places.”
It was going to be another #sunny day here...
HEAVY chemtrailing going on.
Looks like a #barium rich kind of #chemtrailing today, given the bright glare.
Anyone know where to go to #lookup who's doing the #chemtrails, and what type, when? Got a #map?
Do we have to ask each #geoengineering #company separately? Do the #cloudseeding #companies even #divulge that?
Maybe if I bought stocks? Or hired them myself and inquired if already doing?
I lost track of how many companies offer such "service", over a decade before even discovering it was more than just evergreen avionics (promoted in the early noughties).
Various #financial " #news " outlets do puff-pieces on the cloudseeding corporations, advertising stocks in them, and then you can find "news" pieces from "disinformation specialists" presenting the idea of chemtrailing as " #ConspiracyTheory " peddled by " #ConspiracyTheorists "... like there's one narrative for the rich investor class, and another divisive agnogenerative narrative for "the little people". Some day, people will look up.
While I wouldn't say I'm a great fan of #cycling when it's barely above freezing, it does have certain likeable features. For a start I hardly sweat and the wind chill factor certainly wipes away any sleepiness and you can forget your other problems for a while. On the down side, my fingers and toes soon start to feel numb. Today is very #sunny and so I had the rather incongruous pleasure of wearing #sunglasses in #December. I also passed by a #PicketLine of #Striking #Nurses outside a small local community #hospital and so rang my bell and gave them a wave.
This morning I posted a moonset. It has largely been a #sunny #day and as #sunset approaches, I #photographed the #Sun, which led to #silhouettes in the #foreground and plenty of #LensFlare. Still cold out there with the #temperature a couple of degrees above #freezing but bone dry.
Today was again a #sunny end to the #day and I decided to take #portrait #photographs of the #sunset. This shows a greater portion of #sky away from the #horizon and so you can gauge the #colour gradients better.
This first one gives a wider (taller) field of view without the window frame encroaching into the #image.
The second one is slightly more zoomed in.
The #pollinators are out in numbers today as it's bright and #sunny.
A #Bumblebee on a #RunnerBean #Flower.
These #yellow flowers are also popular with bees.
And here are several bees amongst a little jungle of flowers.
#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Summer #Insects #Horticulture
Let's hope for them in many more places. Happy Spring Weekend 2022.
Here Paul Simon talks about how his song's lyrics came about and then he plays & sings it solo. In this version the song lyrics are onscreen and also in the description.
The much more polished studio version is @ https://youtu.be/Kz9o3tf9lmk
Those smiles were courtesy of the Sunshine State. On a sunny day, with only blue skies.
#myphoto #Sanibel #Sunny #PaulSimon #Music #musica #musique #sunshine #photography
#HighPressure has been dominating the #weather over the past few days with settled, #sunny and hot conditions. But now #air from other regions is moving in as is evidence by these #clouds this afternoon. The undulations are caused by oscillations in the layers of air as warmer and cooler air mix.
Looking #East.
Looking #West
Good morning with a beach view from Islay's neighbour Colonsay:
South west Kiloran Bay beach view, Isle of Colonsay
#Islay #Colonsay #Scotland #picture #photoblog #photo #photography #beach #coast #shore #landscape #sunny #panorama
