To Dream a Bee
Sorry, no bees today.
Yesterday while walking about the garden I saw this huge black and yellow bee, black bottom and furry yellow jacket, busy feeding at the still flowering Chia with its little blue flowers. The bee was the size of half my thumb, about 3.5cm long, and I later found out it is a Great Carpenter Bee.
It was the biggest bee I have seen and I didn’t have my camera with me, but she was moving too fast anyway. So I just watched as she flew from flower to flower and then away. It’s not yet spring here so this could be a good sign for the forms of life to come.
The weather is wonderful, bright, sunny and cool and plants are finding their place in the garden, before the spring starts up, to be ready for the hotter summer. I don’t decide where a plant goes, it tells me in no words at all.
It’s a form of communication you just have to be open to, after you’ve given up thinking reason is most important – it’s not, but has its place too.
So what I do is unpredictable, because life is unpredictable. Some would call me slow, I don’t mind, but I say ‘what’s the hurry’.
This afternoon I had to lie down for a while, to recuperate from recent exertions, and I had a dream. I saw a black bee swimming in the water – not an unusual sight throughout the year in the garden – and it was happy, a smiling bee.
Someone put a finger in to tickle it and it climbed out onto the hand and flew away. A wonderful little dream, to be a bee.
Mark Berkery ……. Click any picture to enlarge in a new tab – best in FireFox
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Nature's Place 
well finally I find somebody who is interest macro photography (I am just a beginner) and fascinated by the small things of life and paying attention to them. The photos are amazing and the thoughts interesting. I have been looking at bees too, but in the Uk.
Thanks Ann … There are others about with macro as component.
Sounds like you’re busy as one…
Not really, just feels that way …
que c’est beau !!!! vraiment superbe..merci du partage..
Parle vou Englaise? :) Thanks Dany.
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I remember you. It was a kiss … :)
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Absolutely stunning pictures. I look forward to follow you! :-)
Greetings
Dina
Thanks Dina. See you around … :)
Your photos are stunning!
Thanks Jackie.
Wow these images are simply breathtaking. It’s amazing how much the smaller things in life have to offer if you take the time to look.
Thanks Travis. Taking the time seems to be the hardest …
Really enjoyed those photos – the colours and textures all fit together so well.
Thanks Lyle, they do – that’s nature …
I recently had a bad concussion, and while I was standing in the emergency room, I blacked out. Instead of just blackness, I had visions of the most beautiful bees, all lit up from behind. I guess we are similar that way!
I suspect you have to have a real love of nature to see such things. In that you give it your attention without looking for something back.
It always does give something back, doesn’t it? :)
No doubt about it. It’s the paradox that the ‘looking for something’ gets in the way of receiving that simple good.
What a spectacular bee to see! And I like the beetles.
Thanks Emily. Spectacular indeed.
i read your words and something deep inside opened to a slow gentle rhythm
i looked at your photos and feel joy for the beauty of life
Hello Tammie. Isn’t it amazing the profundity to be found in a little bug, or is it inside? :)
Amazing macro shots! Love how I can see the details on the bugs, the fuzzy hair, the smooth shell and the the pollen stuck on their backs.
Thanks Gracie, that’s how nature is close up. :)
Mark the colors is like Christmas in august, I like those hairy thing at back of the carpenter bee, lovely details. Cheers Nonoy Manga
Thanks Mark. Was a bit lucky in the timing, but you have to be there to catch what is – as you know. Cheers mate.