Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge: Buzz

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Today I’m taking part in Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge. This week’s theme is “buzz”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

Bees are the first thing I think about when I hear “buzz”. Enjoy my selection of busy bees, hard at work collecting nectar. Some of them are so good at collecting it, they store it in bags on their legs. I also love how bees get covered with pollen – nature’s most perfect pollinators.

Bee on a wild rose
Bee on a wild rose
Bee on cactus blooms
Bee on cactus blooms
Bee on the pear blossoms at San Diego Balboa Park
Bee on the pear blossoms at San Diego Balboa Park
Bee collecting nectar inside bags
Bee collecting nectar inside bags
Bee on pink flower
Bee on pink flower
Red bottle brush flower with bee
Red bottle brush flower with bee
Bee with nectar bags
Bee with nectar bags
Close-up on a bee on pink powder puff flower
Close-up on a bee on pink powder puff flower
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A Word A Week Challenge: Yellow

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Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “yellow”.  I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

Yellow is definitely not my favorite color to wear but I find it beautiful in nature. It expresses energy and happiness anywhere you see it. Here are a few examples of my favorite yellows used by Mother Nature. Hopefully they can bring you a little ray of sunshine on this cold winter day.

A word a week: yellow plumeria flowers
A word a week: yellow plumeria flowers
Yellow Celosia flowers
Yellow Celosia flowers
Yellow rose about to open
Yellow rose about to open
Bright yellow sunflower
Bright yellow sunflower
Yellow poplar leaves in the fall
Yellow poplar leaves in the fall
Bee on yellow cactus blooms
Bee on yellow cactus blooms
Yellow lemon on a lemon tree
Yellow lemon on a lemon tree
Yellow lily
Yellow lily