Natives and Bees

Now that I have a new mower I had intended on mowing the lawns today, but as soon as the sun came up, all of the dandelions opened up and bloomed again, and my yard was FULL of bees! I could sit on the back porch and hear the humming from all over the back yard. It made my heart happy...

So instead of mowing I planted flowers!

Went to the nursery yesterday and bought some native plants, and planted them today. Aside from the little native plant bed I created last year (Fringed Sage, Rudbeckia, Purple Coneflower, Narrow-leaf Echinacea, Blue Flax, Prairie Smoke and Nodding Onions), I  wanted more!

I wanted all natives but who can resist Dahlias?  I got one white one, some deep blue Lobelia, dark pink Dianthus, and my traditional single red geranium.

I wanted plants that would attract pollinators and I was not disappointed! I had barely planted the Lupine when three bees were searching each flower for nectar, and the red Salvia wasn't even planted yet and two hummingbirds were already checking it out! I might have to put the hummingbird feeders out early this year. 

I even made space in the corner of my deck for a chair and small table so I can enjoy my little garden on cool summer evenings, and hopefully can get some nice photos! 

 

I’ll mow tomorrow, maybe...

What Happened?

What happened to Covid 1 through 18?  Are there 18 other viruses floating around out there that we don’t know about?

 

Borrow A Person

I saw a little blurb online about libraries in Denmark, where you can “borrow” a person instead of a book; to listen to their life story for 30 minutes. The goal is to fight prejudice. Listening to their story you realize how much you shouldn’t “judge a book by its cover”. It is an innovative and brilliant, active project that exists in fifty countries; an initiative from The Human Library.

This is genius!!  WHY do we not do this in the US???  We have a pretty diverse community here; it would be a perfect place for people to begin to learn about other ethnicities and cultures as well. Maybe I’ll put a bug in the ear of someone at our local library, to see if this is something they would be willing to do.

 

 

SPRING!

Absolutely gorgeous day today! Clear blue sky and a high of 72. Too early for such warm weather, but we’ll take it!  Seagulls flying all over the place near the office. I’ve managed a few decent photos of them flying overhead, but it seems like whenever I have my camera with me, they avoid me like the plague. 

Got home this afternoon and threw open all of the doors and window. It felt good to get some fresh air in the house. Even at that, I’ve not turned the heater on for the past several nights, other than for about half an hour in the morning to take the chill out of the house. Tonight the low is supposed o be around 48, I can leave the bedroom window open!