Man im worn out...

I forgot to add, we have had hundreds of lovely sweet plums from the plum tree, and strawberries from the hanging baskets, the Toms are slow, again, and the Miniature apple and pear tree's havent even blossomed yet!

Lovely photos of a lovely garden Ydd. Maybe the poor Mr. Bumble was drunk! I have seen them get drunk of Lamb's Ears , (the flowers).
Your garden looks very colourful, very nice.

poor little bee-- hope it was ok, It has been an odd year all round, we keep getting huge banks of black cloud which come to nothing or only rain in small area!, I see you have a 'little gem' shyly appearing in the undergrowth :0)))

I never thought of that Mad! I like to think he was :) I was a bit worried he maybe was Dying or injured...thanx for the comments..
I was babysitting Pamg, he played this game a 100 times and giggled as if it was the first, every time, lol..

Fantastic photos of the Bee especially ! I asked the question why a Bee was hanging on to the spur of an Aquilegia & was informed that Bumble Bees bite into corolla tubes & floral spurs to obtain nectar. Maybe your little Bee was tired out from the effort !

That close up of the bee is amazing....I found one on top of an Echinacea yesterday - he sat there quite still for ages! I wondered if he was stuck...maybe he wasn't after all....:-))

Ahhhh Shirley, mystery explained, ive seen a few *slow* bee's around, the last couple of days, i just thought they were dying off now...
Thanks Spritz, it took about 50 shots to get a decent pic, i was that close i could see his *tongue* no wonder he was looking at me funny...I was thinking of one of my sisters when i was taking the pics, she would of been running around the garden hysterical lol..

Perhaps it was a good thing that the bee was stuck on the plant and not on your little peek-a-boo boy.
Your garden is looking quite stunning, a real credit.

One of my Clematis has a bit of white powder too. I decided it must be too much rain. The rest of the garden looks great!

Your garden is fantastic Daisy Dee, a real inspiration. Would love to start afresh or do a second garden just like it. Lovely :)

Excellent blog the gardens looking fab..:o))))

~your garden is doing great!

Your garden is looking lovely,smashing photo`s of the bee something that is very scarce around here this year......

sad to hear that Lincslasss~we seem to have quite a few, they were loving the purple and pink loosestrife,lavender and my fuchsias

great Bee pics Dee, love them, sorry about your clems, i have some which are being a pain to ;o( and i had a bad leaf on gunnera but quickly cut it off before it spread,, seems ok now, lovely little flower hiding in the jungle lol ;o))

Lovely blog and photos

well impressed with your planting. Your garden is so lovely :-)

I've enjoyed reading your blog, quite refreshing. Your garden is a beautiful little haven with plenty of light, colour and interest though it must be bigger than it looks to accommodate that Gunnera. I hope your little friend has recovered by now. You've framed the last pic beautifully.

This is amazing - hey your garden is wonderful a typical English style garden - love the area you must spend a lot of time sitting or at least wanting to sit at the table with a cuppa enjoying the fruits of your labour. Poor little bee - hope its OK. At time we get them very slow so if we can we put some sugar water out for them - it helps sometimes...! Love your photos. We have a spring festival in September (Australia) so will post some of the photos I take.

great pictures and a lovely garden :-)))

LOL - love the 'if I can't see you - you can't see me' =)) always good to see children in gardens!!

Thanks everyone, your comments mean a lot to me... Sorry it took so long to reply, im having computer problems! Everything is running so slow and freezing, gett'n it sorted tomorrow..

i just hate that Dee, hope to see you when its all fixed ;o))

Lovely Blog...Beautiful photos, especially the Bee.