Filed under: animals, bees, flowers, insects, nature, photography, wildlife | Tags: animals, bees, cacti, ecology, flowers, insects, nature, photography, wildlife
butt. you’ve got pollen allll over your butt.
abdomen. what ever.
Filed under: animals, bees, dogs, flowers, insects, nature, pets, photography | Tags: animals, dogs, flowers, insects, malinois, nature, photography, wildflowers
i had so much planned this weekend and had high expectations. some plans were changed which was for the best. and some things that happened were a fiasco. plus, i got my picture taken way too many times yesterday; it was starting to get awkward. it was my last day teaching the pet therapy program. it was weird. good group of graduates.
the dogs had fun this weekend, which is the most important thing, right?
here are some pictures i took saturday:
a bee, of course.
the highlights of the weekend were probably hiking with the bear, practicing agility with miss pickles, wine and cheese with rebo and hearing the cats “squeaked” into the sweet 16.
now i have to go to my 9 to 5 job and pretend i’m not exhausted.
Filed under: life, nature, photography | Tags: bees, dogs, flowers, graffiti, life, nature, photography, pictures
while buzzy was studying and photographing my sexy bees for her thesis, i thought i would try some snaps, as well. here are some photos from my place. all of these are either in my front or back yards or can be seen from my yard.
my house has grey water. that means my laundry is allowed to drain in the back yard. these flowers are growing at the drainage area.
very tiny and pretty…growing at my grey water.
if you were here, i would give you a beer upon arrival, then we could kick it in the back at this table while the dogs ran laps…
while buzzy was taking pictures of bees sleeping in the mallows, i found one that hadn’t been inhabited yet. i promise to give you a link when she posts her latest sleepy bee post.
you guys already know i’m a photography cheater. i spray my spider webs with water to get them to glisten….i make buzzy stand behind my flower if i need a blue background. i ONLY cheat at photography. nothing else, i swear. (my mom will disagree with this next time i beat her at canasta)
my rental has a guest house, and the tenant has some nice night time lights. this is from my front yard.
i’ve never noticed how out of place this tree is!
you’ve probably seen this behind a fast moving cody bear:
this has been sitting in front of my house for three days.
on day one there was no…artwork.
are you surprised you can see this sign from my back yard? if so…why does it surprise you?
this last shot is an aloe in my front yard. i have hundreds of them. because of terrah, i tried a new angle. i call it terrah’s angle.
she hasn’t realized yet what a great photagrapher she is, but…because she IS so awesome…she’s taking over my dogdailyphoto blog when i go home!
so that’s the place. we love company, me and my dogs.
Filed under: animals, bees, insects, nature, photography | Tags: animals, bees, entomology, flowers, gardens, insects, nature, photography
today’s bees are very smalllll.
to illustrate how small these bees are i have taken a shot with a ball point pen next to the flower for reference.
see? smallll.
here it alights in the shade of a flower:
and here it says, …”GET ‘ER DONE!”
i think it is a lasioglossum, but buzzybeegirl will probably have to correct me on that.
Filed under: animals, bees, insects, nature, photography | Tags: animals, bees, flowers, gardening, honeybees, insects, killer bees, nature, photography
honey bees….lots of ‘em…
this was yesterday at lunch. only one of my 20 creosote bushes is blossoming already. scads of bees were working it over.
no dennis…those aren’t mini-tennis balls or a 3 foot bee. that is a creosote bud.
see that guy looking at me? he’s like, “you knowwww. me and my friends could kill you.” but i kept going. snippity snap.
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after work today i grabbed the camera and walked out the front door to take some bird shots, but was dive bombed by this guy:
carpenter bee knocking
he really wanted in, even with the dogs barking at him!
carpenter bee on sedum flower
the carpenter bee would get pissed at my flash and circle me, then head back to the blooms.
soon after buzzy bee girl showed up and we rode our bikes to our friends birthday party. thank god they had food there, as i had skipped lunch today. by the time we rolled up to our friend’s house i was famished.
cool plant, eh?
Filed under: friends, life, work | Tags: flowers, friends, g. love, kevin pakulis, music, playlist, work
tuesdays. my favorite day at work. no…i’m not being sarcastic.
typically i click away at quickbooks and get caught up on my ordering and scanning while listening to pandora or podcasts. it’s good. i have a play list for all-a-y’all today, as well.
but first, the graphic designer brought me a flower from her garden for my desk:
gardenia.
it’s making me sneeze…but so what?
so here’s a tuesday playlist for you, my blogging friends.
song, then artist:
beautiful – g. love & tristan prettyman
yeah yeah yeah – kevin pakulis
de camino a la vereda – buena vista social club
alone again or – calexico
nice day – persephone’s bees
that’s right! BEES!
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i didn’t finish everything on the list, but i did finish a good chunk. tomorrow is my first day back to work since 12/24! i’m freaked. freaked and sleepy. i’m pretty sure i will make some lovely mistakes! feeling better, though. two more days of antibiotics.
soooo….man, i miss the bees. buzzy and i were chatting today. we’re so excited about this summer’s bee action.
now, i know that with the warm weather the 4 inch beetles will show up, too. that’s what the beer is for. getting me through those moments when i’m staring at the mandibles of an ornery beetle. i’ll be better prepared this summer!
i HAVE to get a macro before spring! the bees need me to have a macro…
in the meantime, i am enjoying the cool weather: getting to use my quilt, snuggling up with the dogs, fuzzy sweatshirts, crispy night air.
Filed under: flowers, life, love, photography | Tags: flowers, life, love, photography, pictures, random, roses, symbolism
so i came home for lunch on wednesday, and in the middle of the road before my driveway was a lone long stemmed red rose….
i had just been listening to a photography podcast at work explaining that one should take pictures everyday. so i grabbed the telephoto and tried focusing on the bud. how lucky! a truck was going to drive by. the driver swerved and intentionally squashed the rose….
the rose was on my mind every so often throughout the afternoon. how did the lonely rose make it there?
did a woman receive it from her guy and then leave it on top of her car when she drove to work? how thoughtless, clearly she doesn’t love him.
was a man going to give it to his sweety to say sorry for something foolish? and then DID he carelessly drop it on the way to the car, then drag it into the street, not realizing he had lost it till he was face to face with his irritated love?
was an entire bouquet tossed out the window in an overly dramatic scene of “i want you back, baby” because she was tired of his antics and it…was…over?
was it waiting for a husband when he came home? a new way to spice up a marriage, but he ignored her…read the paper…left to play golf…so…she hucked it at him as he backed out of the driveway with his pings and a new box of callaways?
did some one leave them scattered through the city, leading an intrigued lover? a sort of don juanian scavenger hunt?
what the hell happened????
or was it simply there to be run over, like i believe love often is? is the rose my metophor for love, all pretty when it’s new, only to die and leave you with stinky water in its vase?
probably.
was the driver of the truck of my same opinion? he doesn’t believe in love: thinks it and its cheesy symbols are worthless and…maybe resents them a little?
probably.
it was just some random rose. but roses make you think. and their effect on people makes you wonder. and…they’re kind of expensive and a cliche.
my ex once sent me a bouquet of them after we broke up. they came with an haiku poem. i gave them to my receptionist upon receipt. hope she enjoyed them at home. and my coworker suggested i save the poem for when i need to file for the restraining order….ha ha. just kidding. i mean, she really said that, but no restraining order necessary.
Filed under: animals, dogs, life, pets | Tags: animals, bugs, dog training, dogs, flowers, insects, life, nature, pets
sunday was very busy for all of us here at casa de cody bear!
at 7:30 pickles had puppy socialization time at the training center.
from 10 to 12 i took both dogs to “control unleashed class” (more details on THAT soon!)
there are 10 dogs in the class and each dog goes one at a time so the kiddos spend alot of time in their crates. but they did so well! no complaints from them.
then had to take cody bear to the dog wash for some play time….and a bath. he has a pet therapy gig this week so he needs to be extra clean and fluffy.
then off to r. and a.h.’s to photograph some puppies….and this amaranth…
and this leaf legged bug…
then off to the cemetery to take photographs for the animal’s photography class.
then grocery shopping. i didn’t get to sleep till 1:30 and i’m exhausted! time to get ready for work….
