Birds, Bees, Blooms, and Bugs.

I thought I would make it through to spring without catching the current bug. I guess not.

All week I have been miserable --- sore throat, cough, headache, chills, crankies.

I wasn't so sick that I didn't get out of bed and drag myself to work. It was one of those weeks that I couldn't give myself that choice, anyway.

So, this morning I lounged in my pajama's and watched the birds.

The goldfinch (still in their winter garb of course) were feeding
on the Niger and Sunflower seeds. I enjoyed the flitting Junco's, the Magpie, a Varied Thrush, and several other varieties of sparrows.


I thought they were eating an enormous quantity the
last few days; then I saw Mr. Squirrel.






I thought I'd enticed him away with the
peanuts I left on the ground.
Maybe I should just give the peanuts
to the hubby.








I put on my shoes and went out to
fill the feeder again when I heard something buzz
past my ear.

Looking around I discovered
the heather was blossoming
and there were several
honeybees enjoying it. Where did they come from?
It snowed as recently as Thursday.

Did you read in the news that there is
something called "colony collapse disorder"
that is decimating the country's bee population.
What will the farmers do? and then what will we do?
Doesn't nearly everything we eat require pollination?
Click on the picture to the right to see our early
buzzer... red arrow pointing at it.






Primrose.
I bought myself flowers to make me
feel better. I placed them on the brick pillar
so they could gaze at the sun that broke through the clouds
late today.