the garden

Bumblebees in Bottle Gentian at Greenwood Gardens

It seems to be

a year for insects.

This pretty little moth
kept me company an entire day
on the ceiling of my room.

i would love to get closer to
this beauty
dining on the agapanthus 'Elaine' nectar

However
i require a long-ish lens
to capture the gorgeous marbling
in the nest of the bald faced hornet

Greenwood Weekend

the morning light is soft
moist.
July's buds and blooms glow.





The sun at noon
feels firey on the skin
and in the veins

 

and one grows
woozy



Even the insects seek shade.



the trees cast long, soothing shadows
where the grass leaps up
celebrating the rains that finally came
(tho one will have click and peek at the larger view).



Later
when the sun sinks and
just before shadows swallow the light
hot pink oleander flowers
atop long, pruned stems