Flowers and beetles and bees, oh my!

These lovely flowers came into bloom just this week.


Some of the plants can also be annoying if you're careless enough to touch their stems.




Honey bees were out in force, busily doing their thing.






Bees weren't the only critters about. This little fellow was kind enough to hold still long enough for me to catch a few close-ups of him.


I'm reminded of the famouse quotation of J.B.S. Haldane. When asked “What has the study of biology taught you about the Creator, Dr. Haldane?”, he replied “I'm not sure, but He seems to be inordinately fond of beetles.”