This is a carpenter bee. It doesn’t live in a hive but in holes it makes itself, sometimes by itself, sometimes in social groups with its sisters They are huge and black but have the most beautiful, shiny blue wings. And they are very important pollinators. They love vetches.
Oh, I didn’t know my friend was a carpenter bee.
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Blue
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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Tablecloth
I took the photo because of the tepee – possibly something where children play (aside: do children still play Cowboys and Indians?) – but it landed here because of that gorgeous sky and the little, itty-bitty wisp of a cloud.
Weekend Sky
is one of the common names of the cuckooflower or lady’s smock.
This is another one of those painted pebbles that appeared around the local lake during COVID time. Small messages when it was difficult to communicate. For a while the pandemic brought us together by keeping us apart.
I wonder, though, if being hopeful was justified? The pandemic went away. This one, at least. The virus has remained but seems tamed (for the moment). But what about the all the conspiracy theories that stayed, divisions between people? For a while the pandemic brought us together by keeping us apart.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hopeful
The sounds of a lonely violin wafted over the packed square. The audience was spellbound, watching the tightrope walker who danced a slow waltz high in the air. A real person would have been squeamish but Lottie, the mannequin dressed in gothic garb, just sank … Continue reading The Free Woman
This is one of my favourite fountains. It’s the “Elwetritsche Brunnen” in Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Palatinate. Elwetritsche are mythical creatures from our area, often said to be bird-like and a mixture of other animals or things. And there are always new ones hatching. … Continue reading 21 special creatures
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