The past few days I have been having a difficult time getting into work. No, not because of the flooding but because it is the time of year that the Hollyhocks are a bloomin. It is such a cheerful sight to greet us when we walk into the back door. Every year at about this time the Hollyhocks get together and have a fashion show. Which has the prettiest frock? There is a deep red one that I didn't get home with a decent picture. The other colors run from that deep red to several shades of pink to white. These hollyhocks are a testament to the hardiness of these old fashioned plants. They are never watered or fertilized. I have worked here 11 years and they have never failed to bloom. The colors dance from side to side and back and forth in their beds. They never look the same. They even escape into the little patch of lawn that surrounds the back of the building. I have tried to get a patch of these started at our house but I haven't had any luck. Hmmmmm My friend says I am too nice to them. Ha..
The rest of this post is dedicated to all of my bee loving blogging buddies especially
Cheryl and
Sherry. If you all were able to come here you would have a fine time of bee watching. Many of them approach the flowers with their bottoms up. Luckily my Dearly Beloved was here with me this evening and took the rest of the pictures on this post.
We were on our way to the river to get a look at the flood waters as they passed by Vincennes. That will be a different post. For now I hope you enjoy the Bees...
I think there were two different kinds of bees. Or maybe there were male and female. I don't know much about bees. I try not to get in their way of pollen collecting. They are always so busy.
They get the pollen all over themselves. This one looks as though he was rolling in it.
This is the only picture we got of the Bumble bee. It looked like a little piggy wallering in a wallow of pollen.
The rest of this post is dedicated to all of my bee loving blogging buddies especially Cheryl and Sherry. If you all were able to come here you would have a fine time of bee watching. Many of them approach the flowers with their bottoms up. Luckily my Dearly Beloved was here with me this evening and took the rest of the pictures on this post.
We were on our way to the river to get a look at the flood waters as they passed by Vincennes. That will be a different post. For now I hope you enjoy the Bees...
I think there were two different kinds of bees. Or maybe there were male and female. I don't know much about bees. I try not to get in their way of pollen collecting. They are always so busy.
They get the pollen all over themselves. This one looks as though he was rolling in it.
This is the only picture we got of the Bumble bee. It looked like a little piggy wallering in a wallow of pollen.
