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Enjoying The Sweetness

Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Honeybee And White Clover 71620” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

Summer breezes gently flow across the treetops and spill into my yard. The creek is low from the lack of significant rain but it still babbles away like a toddler telling a reallygood story. My shadow falls across an eddie and the pool shimmers with small fish looking for a better spot to hide from the giant on the bank. I’ve allowed the lawn to go without being mowed for several weeks due to the dry weather and the clover has taken full advantage of the opportunity to live. At a distance I see more of white clusters move independent of the wind and know that the hive is also happy with my decision to let nature take its course for a while. The number of honeybees still isn’t really what it was a few years ago but the fact that they are so noticeable recently is encouraging. The brood is pretty tame but I don’t want to interfere with their work so I selected my long lens and lay on my belly in the grass.
The little honeybee obliges me by imeadiatly landing on the blossom I had selected. I couldn’t help but to be amused when her whole face disappeared in the tiny flower. It remindedme of a horse eating from a feed sack. She will only use a small portion of nectar to top off her tank and the rest will be delivered to the hive wherever they have chosen to tuck it away. She alternates between the nectar of the clover and the pollen of the rib grass.

Image Titled “Honeybee And Rib Grass 71620a”

The summer is short for me but for the worker honeybee it’s her whole life. At the most she has 7 weeks to enjoy the sun and feast on the sweetness of summer. There’s nothing else in her universe but the sun and the fields of sweet clover to enjoy. Perhaps the truth is that she does realize how small her world is and she choses to focus on the good things. That which is limited is most cherished and she has the will to pursue every second of her purpose.

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Rue The Day

Color Photography

Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Meadow Rue 70319” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

Dragonflies zigzag through the air picking off mosquitoes as I stand before the sea of reeds that covers the marsh. The the still air is full of the songs of the birds. I can hear the splash of a frog leaping into the water as I move closer to the rue in bloom. It the perfect moment to block out the world and draw in the life. When I was a kid the phrase “Stop the ride I want to get off.” became a thing we said when we just needed a break from a situation that was stressful. Today that same phrase comes to mind not for the purpose of attempting to leave a stressful situation but to pause for a moment and accumulate peace. Rue was once credited with the ability to ward off evil. Perhaps the truth is that it was the process of stepping out away from the source of the trouble for just a few minutes gave one the clarity of mind to deal with the issue.

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The Persistent Yesterday

black and white photography, Thoughts and Musing

Warm breezes caress my face as the marbled sky slips by above my little slice of Appalachia. I stand before the fading symbol of prosperity observing it’s slow descent into lower chamber of the hourglass. Beams and planks twist and bend as they’re pulled back to the ether. The breeze whispers it’s keening song in time with the rattle of the tin. The humid summer air carries the faintest of hints that at one time barrels of sweet grain and stacks of hay filled the dusty floor. The tools and trappings hang frozen on rusted nails awaiting a duty call that never came. Thorns reclaim what the plow forgot and the harvesters left to lie fallow.

The flower only fades away so that the seed may drop. In time new hands will clear the thorns that cling to broken and powdered beams. The sounds hammer saw will call forth a new work and the smell of freshly cut lumber will fill the air. The fallow earth will be fertilized by dreams and sweat and the will to thrive once more. And the persistence of yesterday shall be transformed into the reality of today.

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Emerald On Gold

Color Photography, wildlife

The August sun finds me strolling the path along the Kanawha River. The hazy air ahead of me is full of tiny bodies that catch the light. They’ve gathered en masse to celebrate the the first of their favorite flower. The sweet anise scent draws them from entire forest. The bees themselves resemble little machines made of living emeralds. We typically call theses little guys sweat bees because they are attracted to the salt humans give off when we sweat but they seem to forgive us for the diminutive nomenclature and pollenate our plants anyway. Stone fruits like peaches, alfalfa and sunflowers are heavily visited by these solitary little flying gemstones. Even the goldenrod that they love can be useful to humans. Most of us are familiar with sting of a sweat bee but I’ve learned to be careful about what I attempt to swat when I feel that tickle on my skin. Sweat bees would really rather not sting unless it’s a last resort. When shown a little tolerance they soon leave on their own and if not a quick puff of air sends them on their way painlessly for both human and pollinator. Learning not to fear seems to be a secret to not being stung. Although some of these bees seem to go crazy for human sweat but that seems to be the exception rather than the norm. Overall they along with mason bees and carpenter bees were responsible for pollinating most of crops in North America prior to the arrival of the European Honeybee in 1622. In fact only the honeybees outnumber the sweat bees in North America. With the threat of colony collapse disorder the solitary bees are our best hope of maintaining viable agriculture. So when you see the tiny little bees swarming around a wildflower don’t think of them as pests but instead as a backup pollinator.

Of course with the arrival of the goldenrod we also reach a tick mark on the natural calendar. Late summer has arrived and soon the air will begin to crisp.

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A Moment Bathed In The Light

Color Photography

Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Peaceful Endeavors 80520” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

The hot afternoon sun floods over my mountain stirring the scent of the nectar into the humid air. My Hibiscus grove is alive with colorful wings that dance and flicker among blooms. The mother tree was one that only gave blue flowers but her offspring are blue, white and pink. The flowers seem to fill with light just as one might fill a glass with water. The female Spicebush Swallowtail has had a busy day visiting and pollinating the blooms. She’ll fly many more miles before she folds her wings and turns her tasks over to the nightshift. Gently she sails in as if riding the sunbeam itself. She takes the ambrosia of the sun warmed nectar as she explores the flower. Her life is short but sweet. Her entire existence may only be a little over a month. Who could blame her for enjoying every second of the light that bathes her or every sweet drop that she can sip?

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