Fuzzy Wuzzy,
was a bee!
The bees are buzzin,
cuz The Holler’s bloomin…..
Furbees favor passion flowers,
and lavender.
But this buggy-buzzer likes blooming blue sage!
Soon we can eat the passion fruit too!
Cheers to you from the Holler furbees, flowers & fruit~
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Lovely lavenders! Your photos are really outstanding, Cindy. 🙂
I am honored! So thoughtful~ <3 <3
Passion flowers are downright weird, pretty but weird. Our Lavender isn’t blooming yet but the bees love it when it does. –Curt
Some people don’t like Passion Flowers much but I am amazed by how high tech they are! They are techy flowers….. 😉
Grin.
Wow!! A fantastic post and I love bees. But your flowers are among the best I have seen with such a quality of light and so sharp!! What kind of camera are you using? Are you using a macro lens? I know it is not the tools but the talent. Just curious though.
The tools make a huge difference. I now have a Sony HX400 which has up to a 1200mm equivalent lens. It’s stability is even more refined than the HX300 which I was using until about a month ago. Thanks for asking~
Thanks for sharing the info but it is your talent that comes through loud and clear!
Absolutely lovely, Cindy I haven’t seen any flowers ,bees or robins here yet. But Spring will get here soon.
It will and when it does, it will be remarkable! <3
APPRECIATED!!
Great pictures. I love sitting (well gardening, sitting is rare) near lavender in summer, just to hear the humming.
Yes, of both bees and hummingbirds! Quite the duet. And when the bumble bees and carpenter bees join in, we have a symphony!
Bees are our hope! I’ve read sometime ago if bees disappeare Life on Earth is over. Your pictures are promising because the flowers and bees are still with us! Life is still Beautiful!
Yes they are varying estimates about how long we could survive without bees. Not long is the basic answer~
This looks so cool 🙂
Yay! Cool is, welll….cool! 🙂
it’s beautiful but I just felt like using a different word for it today 🙂
Stunning photos 🙂
Merci beaucoup!
thank you, I can smell the perfumed scents in my imagination.
Isn’t that wonderful that our brains do that! Cheers to you Antionette~ <3
yes, and it’s so calming.
So glad!
Beautiful pictures, Cindy! The passion flower is one of my favorites 🙂
Yes, mine too! Remarkably intricate flowers~
I used to have two vines that covered 15 feet of the fence bordering my backyard. So much beauty in these plants! Great shots, thanks for sharing 🙂
Beautiful! No flowers here, yet! Waiting for the buds on the trees
Zoo mooi! Doet me denken aan onze passiebloem in het bos, daar groeiden ze om de rozenboog voor het tuinpad. Prachtig om hier dwars door het beeld heen zo scherp en bijna echt even de lente te ervaren. Prachtig! (ik hoop dat je nederlands kan..ik denk het wel daarom schrijf ik niet in het engels nu hihi).
Oh je bos klinkt zo mooi! Ik zou graag om het te zien. We zullen in Rotterdam in ongeveer een maand en ik ben te popelen om de tulp festival fotograferen. Nederland is zo mooi! <3
The pictures are superb. I am so ready for spring. I saw something green popping out of the ground in our flowerbed :-).
Wooo Hoooo! Spring is springing. Green means more green, soon! 🙂
Absolutely fabulous shots! The bees are loving those pretty flowers!
And I am loving them both! So glad you are too~ <3
Beautiful!
Mother Nature is~ <3
Great images Cindy! The passion flower is as gorgeous as the fruit is delicious!
Love that you love the passion flower, some people don’t. I love your ospreys, and btb, they are your ospreys. Lucky birds! <3 <3
Liebe Cindy einfach wunderschöne Fotos toll einen glücklichen Donnerstag wünscht dir Klaus in Freundschaft
Guten Tag Klaus und vielen, vielen dank mein Freund! <3
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Oh, you are so thoughtful and appreciated! Thank you for your kindness my friend~ <3
Your pictures are simply sensational. Thank you so much for sharing these with us.
Thank you more for your kind appreciation~ <3
Beautiful. I love to see the bees. We have loads of lavender in our garden, so the whole border buzzes when it’s in bloom. This year, I will plant foxgloves, so the sound of buzzing will increase!
Sounds perfectly heavenly! <3
Amazing!
Mil grazi~
Pretty! 👍
Merci beaucoup~
Those white with green and purple uglies that are so awful that they are stunningly beautiful…they don’t really exist, do they!? I mean you created them in post processing with a neon layer? If not PLEASE tell me their names!!
Laughing……My mom thinks they are ugly too. I love them. We are each unique! They are passion flowers and they yield passion fruit which is yummy eating. Passion Flowers were named for the passion of Christ, although I can’t remember why……..I like how complex and almost mechanical they look, like a high tech flower~
I knew the name, but not the flower. Truly, they’re stunning, but I doubt they’ll grow in CT. 🙁 Nor did I know the provenance of the name. Thank you!
They are odd, but so fascinating when you see them, as a gifted photographer, I know you couldn’t resist taking photos of them~
LOVELY pictures! I always get excited when I’m out and see bee’s doing their work! Always makes me smile with relief to know our beauty makers are still out there.
There is just something so right and peaceful about a garden full of buzzing bees~
I myself have learned not to be scared of bees; they are, after all, more interested in the flowers than in me and my panic.
I love the passionflowers and their white-hot nerve endings!
That is good. If you are still and quiet around bees, they often accept you. They don’t seem to like sudden movement, loud noises, or disruption from their tasks. But then I don’t like those things either! 😉
love the passion flowers 🙂
Yay! Some people don’t~
and the bees 🙂
<3
Love the passion flowers. What kind of camera are using to get such amazing detail? Find this material one time, with Passion Flowers all over it, made a Hawaiian shirt for my son. Coolest shirt EVER!!!!
Welcome and nice to meet you! I bet it would make an impressive shirt. I have never seen a passion flower in fabric but it is a great idea. I use the sony HX400. Love it!
Amazing photos, detail is so crisp.
Thank you!
These are such wonderful shots.
Awwwww, you are very kind!
Oh Cindy, what stunning photos! Just gorgeous.
Have lovely of you to say and most motivating too! Thanks Lisa & cheers to you~
flowers in hair, funny plush
Happy you enjoyed and cheers to you!
I liked your blog a lot. Congratulations! I hardly communicate in English because I’m Spanish and my English level is low 🙁
Bienvenido! Hablo espanol y necesito practicar mi escritura así que esto es bueno para mí! Gracias por sus amables comentarios y tener un gran día~ <3
So beautiful! Let’s keep those bees a buzzin’! Every time I see your pictures I tell myself I’m going to go get the same camera you’ve got! But I don’t think it would work the same for me, Miss Magical Photographer! 😀 <3
I just got the HX400. It is a remarkable camera and quite reasonably priced. I want you to get one! You will love it and take awesome pics!
And so you tempt with me with a new camera! sigh… I just don’t know if I would have the patience to always be fiddling with the settings when I wanted to take a photo. By the time I got it figured out, the moment would be gone! HA!
Well if I can’t convince you to go on vacation, I can at least try and convince you to get a camera. You are a talented photographer~
Wow Cindy these photos are stunning beautiful 😀
Awwww, you are nice blogging friend! <3
The Holler is in fine shape by the looks of things! 🙂
Well yesterday it was 93F and today 94. This is not even close to normal. The Sierra snow pack is almost non-existant, and The Holler is ending it’s second full year of major drought. The small amount of rain we got was no where near sufficient, so the flowers look nice because they are irrigated but many hundreds of unirrigated trees have died and are just there dead. It is sad.
That’s very sad. Your photos give the impression of thriving life and vitality against all the environmental odds. It’s a real shame.
Still so much beauty, but sad trees nearby too! <3
einfach nur schön, genieße den Tag, Klaus
Guten Tag und vielen danke mein Freund Klaus!
I am crazy about lavender (wish I could grow it but all attempts have failed) and so happy to see the bees enjoying it too.
Bees are smart because they prefer lavender! Like you, I love it too~
I found myself entranced by the photos and could have watched a film made by you, Cindy. I like how you made bees into furbees, too. So clever and also, adding your great sense of humor to this post!
With friends like you, I will never stop blogging! <3 <3
This was such a special reply, Cindy! Hope you have a wonderful family Easter celebration! xox
Visa versa 2 U X 2! <3 <3
Amusing and beautiful!
Cheers to you my friend and thank you too!
Beautiful Pictures, thank you very much and happy weekend Cindy….💗💗💗
Happy week to you my friend and thank you too!
I’ve heard of the “birds and the bees”. I did not realize there are “bird (size) bees” !! Great work–freaky flowers, too. Like a gift box exploded. 🙂 🙂
You have me laughing AGAIN! I would love to be with you at a dinner party. I actually would enjoy it!
My favorite flowers Lavender and Passiflora, beautiful thanks 😉
I am very glad I posted and you visited! Cheers to you & thank you~
A real feast for the eyes your deligtful post Cindy!The Passion flowers are incredibly detailed 🙂
Aren’t they intricate flowers! The detail is amazing. Thank you my friend and cheers to you~
Oh wow, those passion flowers are something else… If I was a bee, I’d set up shop there and never leave 🙂 Beautiful and sharp photos, just wonder how you so consistently provide us with such photos…
Awwwww, you are so thoughtful & very appreciated my most talented friend. Happy spring!
I needed a fix of your beautiful photos. How I love the passion vine but mine does have a way of getting aggressive. It’s a beautiful vine though and I wouldn’t think of getting rid of it – I dearly love the flowers and the way the entire vine throws itself hither and yon. I’ve missed you. Our flowers are just now waking up from an extra cold winter’s sleep. I have managed to get into the garden and made progress. I love the soil. Love to you.
We share a passion for the flora Sheri. I hope you post some photos of your garden because it sounds so lovely with all the wild flowers too! Heading over to your blog to see what’s new with you my friend~ <3
Shared your Passion here https://www.pinterest.com/pin/278026976972519434/ Merci Love!
Awwww, so nice and I am only back to wifi now to see this! Thank you~
OH wow stunning! I love these! That Passion flower is stunning sweet Cindy! <3
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