Like Bees to the Flower

This obnoxious cactus in my front garden produces these awesome flowers every so often and the bees  simply love them. Did I ever mention that I have this garden that attracts butterflies and bees from all over. The nectar must be sweet with this prickly plant.

Bee Wash

We usually take Lynda’s car to The Car Wash in Honeydew but these last few months have been rather hectic so it was overdue for a wash. But arriving at our normal car wash dive we found it closed for renovations. In fact it looks like the whole building is being torn down so we had no choice but to start trying out new car washes.

Today we decided to try the place called Carwash at the Stepping Stones between Honeydew and Sundowner, oh these names for car washes are so original. While the little Brio was being pampered we decided to have something light at Olive ‘n Twist, a continental cuisine restaurant. Well the food wasn’t up to scratch to write home about, Lynda had a chicken wrap which fell apart and was overdone with salad whereas I had a rather dry grilled chicken.

On top of the food not being up to scratch, a bee decided that it loved Lynda and her cordial. No matter how many times of whooshing it away, the bee always came back to her. Anyways at least her car enjoyed itself being pampered.

Bee's Knees

Stepping out into the bright sun kissed garden just outside my office, I can’t miss the distinct sound of bees. Wow, the bees are back, in force, buzzing around visiting as many flowers as they can, and weighing themselves down with as much pollen they can carry on their knees.

I am back in my happy place.

Days like These

With the days getting shorter, all the animals are getting prepared for winter. The bees are stocking up on honey while the bushbuck are fattening up for the lean months. It is days like these, that stretch out the month. Life goes on even when it starts to blur around my peripheral.

And today has been one of those days that should have had a warning label. On days like this, it is okay if I quietly sit in the garden, watch the bees and the birds go by and just simply breathe.

The Sunflower and the Bee

As I was leaving for work this morning, I noticed a small swarm of bees near the patch of sunflowers that are growing in my vegetable garden. The busy bees are most likely from my neighbour's bee hive not far from the sunflowers. I bees were intoxicated with sunflower nectar to notice the camera lens a few millimetres away from them. Ahhh summer is truly upon us.