Fuzzy
So hard not to pet the fuzzy bee...
This has to be one of the weirdest weather years I can remember. Loooooong winter that lasted well into May/early June; miserably cold, wet, sunless summer (non-summer) that left everyone very disappointed and depressed (I was wearing heavy sweaters in July and August while my pretty vintage dresses languished in an unseasonably chilly closet); fall temps in the 70s as late as mid-November. No wonder people are dropping like flies!
Not only that, some of our flowers CAME BACK. As in they lived, died, seeded, and came back in the autumn. At the moment we have chamomile, snapdragons, dianthus, roses, and other various flowers in full bloom, as well as forget me nots like these. There's a huge mass of them in Remmy's garden and some have made their way into the main garden. Full, crazy, bright-blue bloom.
Not Christmasy, but pretty.
And yes, I actually saw two honeybees yesterday.
It is DECEMBER. (It was also bitterly cold a couple of days ago and over the weekend, as in parka-cold.) I do recall having snaps last into Thanksgiving before, but...
Again. No wonder everyone is getting sick.
Also...Something tells me we'd better enjoy the flowers now, because it is going to be a loooooooong winter.
Fuzzy
So hard not to pet the fuzzy bee...
This has to be one of the weirdest weather years I can remember. Loooooong winter that lasted well into May/early June; miserably cold, wet, sunless summer (non-summer) that left everyone very disappointed and depressed (I was wearing heavy sweaters in July and August while my pretty vintage dresses languished in an unseasonably chilly closet); fall temps in the 70s as late as mid-November. No wonder people are dropping like flies!
Not only that, some of our flowers CAME BACK. As in they lived, died, seeded, and came back in the autumn. At the moment we have chamomile, snapdragons, dianthus, roses, and other various flowers in full bloom, as well as forget me nots like these. There's a huge mass of them in Remmy's garden and some have made their way into the main garden. Full, crazy, bright-blue bloom.
Not Christmasy, but pretty.
And yes, I actually saw two honeybees yesterday.
It is DECEMBER. (It was also bitterly cold a couple of days ago and over the weekend, as in parka-cold.) I do recall having snaps last into Thanksgiving before, but...
Again. No wonder everyone is getting sick.
Also...Something tells me we'd better enjoy the flowers now, because it is going to be a loooooooong winter.