Last week Week 25 I was zooming in and out up at the forge in the old quarry. Unfortunately for us it was closed but for Helelna’s meme I made my ZIZO of the lovely Sunflower that we had wanted to see up close & personal. Hooray for photo editing.
This week, who can believe that we are half way through the year with week 26! I have been Zooming in and out around my Philadelphus. Still trying to make the perfect picture.
I can’t resist another look through my lens at the beautiful blossom on this lovely shrub. It has been wonderful this year, I wish I could let you breath in the orange fragrance; it just says ‘summer evening’ to me.
This afternoon I wasn’t the only one enjoying the plant. I noticed a couple of ants running up and down with no apparent agenda, a few bees laden with pollen and a few thousand black fly just sitting there devouring a stem! I could have done with zooming out a bit more for these! The one little lady bird that I spotted will have her work cut out when/if she sees them!
Don’t you just love the bees with their heads right up inside the flower?
This lovely meme is Helena’s. I wonder what treasures I’ll find over at her blog this week?
The Philadelphus is a new flower to me, and absolutely stunning. Your photos of the bee are amazing! My friend, Mary, would have run into the house the minute she saw it! Thanks to you, I now have a beautiful new honeysuckle bush. Tracy planted it a few days ago. I hope it grows to be as beautiful as yours. A Philadelphus may now be on the wish list!
Hooray for photo editing, indeed! I love that sunflower, and the photos of your flower are gorgeous. Especially the bee shots! Wow.
amazing sharp images of the insects and I love the metal sunflower too
wow- the bee shots are amazing….
and yuck…all those little black bugs wreacking havoc! Are they aphids?…..that would explain why the ants are lurking…
I had never heard of the name Philalelphus..but after a google search realized that.in Canada we call them Mock Orange…and I have one in my backyard…but no blooms yet! I love the scent too….One of my favorite plants since they need little pruning…ours grows madly in all directions!
Oh such gorgeous photos – and the bee ones have me swooning.
Your close-ups are wonderful, Miriam – loving that bee! Hoping for a swarm of ladybirds for your mock orange any day now :).
What a lovely metal sunflower! I am amazed at just how zoomed in you got in some of these pictures but that one of the stem covered in bugs I think made me a bit squeamish. 🙂