Agave

The geometric feel of this tile and the way the light highlighted the tips of the agave make for an interesting pattern.  It reminds me of the visual optic games that have you star at the dot in the middle while strange things will happen at the periphery of your vision.  To my knowledge nothing will happen with the above picture, but it feels like something might.

Simple bee

 

The simple picture of a bee hovering near a flower against the background of a beige wall struck a cord with me. 

Jimsonweed flower and bee

The bee, although in a depression of shadow, stands up enough to be highlighted by the sun and back lit just a little.  The flower is a big white trumpet shape of the Jimsonweed plant at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

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Bee on the lip of a white flower.  I liked this bee he was sitting on the edge of a gorgeous flower, I'll upload the original picture tomorrow. 

National Honey Bee Day

Bees are important to our gardens they pollinate all our fruit trees and vegetables. Saturday is National Honey Bee Day!  This bee whose legs are packed with pollen is on a red cone flower. 

black bumble bee

Here's a black bumble bee.

orange stripe bee

Bee with a big orange stripe.  It always surprises me to find bees in many color combinations. At the Denver Botanic Gardens there must be several different hives around the grounds. 

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The bee in this picture is on the edge of a milkweed bloom.