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A Sample of Pop’s “Bee” Images

Tuliptree Blossom with Guest

Another Day at Work

Apis Workers' Party

Predator

Some of Your Beeswax

Sedum Bumbler

Look of Defiance

Chicory Bee

Bumbling Bees

Garden Cafe

Buzz By Here - To Infinity and Beyond

Pick Your Poison

Blind Side Attack

On a Mission

Honey Bee on Sedum

Covering the Cosmos

Center of the Cosmos

Three's a Crowd

Popular Spot

On A Pedestal

A Sample of Pop’s “People” Photo Collection

Big Harry Fireworks Display

To Impress the Girl

Different Perspective

Sweet Ride

Perfect Little Piggies B&W

Flipping the Light Fantastic

Festival of Flights

To the Crowd's Delight

Amish Go Round

Wondersome One

The Stars In Her Eyes

Tuesday's Child

Sleeper Hold

Considering the Next Move

Sugar and Spice

Front Porch Portrait

Caged Competitor

Early Adoration

Child In the Ligtht

Stroll Through the Weeds

Attention Grabbing

Eye Contact

On the Line

Eyes of Wonder

Rounding the Curve

Troubadours of Basin Spring Park

Down by the Creek

Sun Day

Catching Some Light

EAA Fireworks

Hear Me Roar

Flowers

Pink Pom Poms

Memosa, Tree, Pink, Poms, Flower

While visiting  relatives in Kansas, we enjoyed a stop at the Topeka Zoo.  Along with the expected variety of animals, they had a unexpected collection of attractive flowering plants.  I spotted the beautiful, unique blooms on this large tree and took a few photos.  I later learned this is a Mimosa Tree (Albizia julibrissin).

Though it is revered for its beautiful and fragrant blooms, the mimosa tree is considered an invasive species. It was brought to this continent from China as an ornamental plant about 250 years ago.  Like most invasive plants, it reproduces prolifically. The flat seedpods are numerous, tough and can remain dormant for decades, even over long periods of drought.

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Spring Beauty (Scilla Siberic)

Spring Beauty, Scilla Siberic, Siberian Squill, Flower, Blue, Grass, Spring
These delicate flowers are known as “Spring Beauty” and “Siberian Squill.” Their formal name is Scilla Siberic.

They are very short (the tallest of the bunch might be 6 inches) and very early, spring bloomers.  Scilla Siberic is native to southwestern Russia, the Caucasus, and Turkey. Despite its name, it is not native to Siberia. This small bunch pops up every spring in the lawn of our Wisconsin home.

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Soft Allure

Flower, Purple, Garden, Pink
I was early for an appointment. While waiting, I pulled out my camera and snapped a few photos of the flowers in a flowerbed outside the meeting location.

This is why I advise photographers to keep their cameras close by. You never know when a photographic opportunity will present itself. You won’t be able to take advantage of an opportunity every time it arrives – I’m always seeing scenes I wish I could pause to capture. So, often circumstances don’t allow it, but occasionally they will. If you don’t have your camera with you, you will always miss it.

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Floral Fuzz

Flower, Fuzz, Yellow, Macro, Wildflower, Yellow, Green

This is a wildflower that I found sprouting among the weeds that grow on the edges of our rural Wisconsin yard. The fuzziness of the edges caught my eye.

I don’t know what kind of flower this is, but I think it is an early version of the type you can see in aother post I titled Sun and Stars.

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Berrylicious

Orange Berries, Berry, Berries, Orange

Although I wouldn’t advise it, these berries look good enough to eat. I found them on a walk along a wooded trail.  There were plenty of these orange berries but even more red of the same variety.  I don’t know what kind they are but I rather like the color.

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Vintage Lily

Lily, Monochrome, B&W, Drops, Flower

Every now an then, some vintage black and white just seems right. This is a lily bloomed in a flowerbed in our yard. I can’t remember if it was wet from a shower or the early morning dew.

This is the kind of image that looks very sharp in a simple black frame and wide, white mat.  (Take a LOOK)

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