Crocuses from March 11th

Click on any image in the mosaic to view the gallery.

 

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More bombus

Or would that be bombii?

(Click images for gallery.)

A Discovery

Today I was doing some yard work, and as often happens I make plans to do A, B, and C, and then get distracted and do X or Y instead of B and C. I’ve been trying to eradicate the periwinkle, so I hauled what I’d pulled up over to a spot where it can sit on stone and slowly die. (At least I hope it dies, with things that are invasive you never know. I’ve still got an eye on a black bag of yellow flag iris corms that continue to sprout every year after being out of the pond for three years.)

Bombus melanopygus

 

Hello!

Meet the black-tailed/orange-rumped bumble bee. She was very slow and methodical in harvesting a particular patch of crocuses, and let me take a lot of pictures. Here’s the first batch of them. Click individual images to see the gallery.

Dew

1, 2, 3

one gate

two gates

three gates

Autumn is here

It must be, don’t you think? if the leaves are falling.

in the woods

It’s still very green in the woods, after the wet spring. And the ocean spray is magnificent this year, I’ve never seen it like this. But the maples are starting to drop leaves even now.

Pink and yellow

Back to tulips for a bit.

Bleeding hearts

I took over 500 photos of flowers, yesterday, which sets me a fairly daunting task when it comes to sorting through them. So in the meantime, have some pictures of bleeding hearts from May.

Giant crane fly

Most of the crane flies I see, giant or otherwise, are pretty drab. This one must be quite newly out of its pupa.

Dew on leaves

Or raindrops. It’s all much of a muchness.

And back to tulips

Of course.

Yesterday I spent an hour and a half in a friend’s yard, taking pictures of tulips. I think it was worth it. More pictures will follow over the next days!