Cute and Pretty

I saw this little guy in someone's yard recently.  So cute! 

Down in Waterman Canyon a cherry tree that's already in bloom caught my eye. 

The blossoms are so pretty, and so fragile in appearance. 

I wish the cherry trees in my garden bloomed in pink, but they only have white blossoms.  However, they produce delicious cherries, so it's all good. 

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Berry Blossoms

Down by the creek the brambles are blooming. 

I can never remember (until the fruit ripens) if these are raspberry or blackberry bushes. 

They're so lacy and delicate.

The bees love them and, after the fruit ripens, so do the birds. 

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Bees and Blooms

On the banks of a little creek near here there are raspberry bushes flowering.  (These photos were taken  eight days ago).

There were bees all over the bushes.

I haven't seen this many bees up here in a long time.

It was a joyful sight to see, both the bees and the blooms.
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Pleasure and Drudgery

This past week has been a mix of pleasures and drudgery. Spring is so glorious up here, despite a hard freeze about a week or so ago that nipped the lilacs and dogwoods. It didn't harm my apple trees, thank goodness. But I noticed a disturbing thing while walking among them; no bees. Not a one. I'm hoping that they went back into hibernation and will be back out soon. I haven't found any little bee bodies, so I'm taking that as a good sign.

I've been out taking lots more photogaphs. The past winter was generous with snow and rain and the wildflowers are, for up here, very prolific this year. Not a lot of flowers yet at my altitude, but lower down the mountain they're all over. A few more days like today, warm and sunny, and they should pop out up here, too. Such a pleasure to be out in beautiful spring weather!

I've also forced myself to spend time (every second seemed like an hour) backing up files on my computer, weeding out unwanted photographs to free up space on my hard drive, and prepping canvases. Ugh...I detest doing stuff like that! Pure drudgery. But, at least it's done with for a while and that is such a good feeling!