Tag Archives: Bees
Chasing the Bright, Elusive Butterflies and Bees
As we were getting ready for Amanda’s Baby Shower on Saturday, I snuck out for a while to photograph the gardens. My idea was to capture some bugs on the flowers—we have cone flowers and butterfly bushes that attract a … Continue reading
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A Lily and a Bee for Father’s Day.
My daddy was a gardener, but more into vegetables than I am. Still, his last garden at the final house he and mama owned in Muscatine was pretty heavy into rose bushes and other flowers. Today, part of what I … Continue reading
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A Bee In My Viewfinder
Well, my new Nikon camera is making me feel young again, in a way. I’m re-discovering the joys of SLR photography. On June 11, I started to play more with the “second” lens, a 55-200 mm zoom lens. One of … Continue reading
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Of Course, It All Begins With Bees
19th Century England was an interesting place—the land of Lewis Carroll and Charles Dickens, a century that began with a powerful agrarian naval power vying with France for dominance and ended with an industrial giant that, for a brief time, ruled … Continue reading
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Life musings ... My name is Joe Sheller and I'm an Associate Professor at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This blog is personal opinion and does not reflect the opinion of the college, it's administration, staff or board. I love to garden and often find my mind wandering when I'm pondering weeds or flowers. This blog is a pretty random mix of those thoughts, some on gardening, many on life in general.
