beautiful photo Dirtdorphin~ The pink flowers remind me of Corabells. But I don’t think that is what they are, can you help me out with identification?

Toni!!!

Sure, that pink one is Penstemon pseudospectabilis 'Coconino County'

Here is the trifecta on some catmint!


I have more, but I've got to get to bed

How very cool is that?

I don’t remember catmint being that beautiful. I discovered hundreds of honeybees coming to my old hive box and robbing the wax and honey. I don’t mind, it is just so wonderful having them around.

Mama's Cherry Pie must be sweet.

bee bath on beauty bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis)
amazing how some just kept going in and out of each flower and never stopped to clean off more than perhaps their eyes every once in a while, while others took time for a thorough cleaning between flowers. Hard to get pics because the light was bad, but here are a few showing some serious flexibility of those extra legs--wish I could hang by one arm and scratch my back



whitelined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata)

Ooooh, I like that moth!

Those are some awesome excellent pictures Dirt!

oHHHH I just never get tired of your photos How did you get so good!?

really, I just keep trying--space on the card is essentially free
... and most of them look like this

I am very proud of the focus of that shadow on the rock

then I sort thru them and find a few keepers

Holy Wow, dirt! That last one surely is a keeper! Beautiful color and composition.


Who says species can't co-exist?



I don't know what this one is, I am just happy that I happened upon it at the right time.

@lovemyhouse Deb that is a Zebulon Skipper. Great shot!

Thank you, Dave.

Right on Debra!
There you go again with the color echos too!!

I caught a bit of a spat on the sunset photo expedition tonight
The whole salvia shrub was abuz, these two were peacefully coexisting...


then there was a blurry conversation and the grey one moved out the honey bee


Trying to get pics of this particular salvia for the DB and got photobombed
gotta click it
then the bumble stopped in--

wants to know if this flower makes its butt look fat

Yes, it does, just a little.

Watching bees is so relaxing and addictive for me. The more the bees swarm the lavender, the happier and bigger the lavender becomes. I hope other plants in my garden are benefitting from the constant bee attention. The lavender is so far, the biggest plant I have in the entire yard. Although tomatoes, peppers, squash, and melons have the lavender beat in the amount of space they take up. But the bees aren't busy about those, so I don't have the urge to watch those plants for hours.

Really good photos, ckat.

oooh!

indeed, bee watching is good for my soul

The Greek Oregano will be in bloom in a few days, I think, and I will have a bountiful view then.