Today is just a very wonderful day. The temperature is around 80 deg. F. and the colors outside are beautiful. Valerie mentioned that the trees this time of year are just as attractive as in the fall. They are now displaying so many different shades of green and yellow. In addition, so many bushes and trees also are blossoming. The photo shows our crab apple tree that I planted in 1981 during the time we were building our house.

This crab apple tree is now buzzing with insects, especially bumble bees. We haven't had any honey bees visit us in years. I have recently noticed also a declining number of bumble bees. Most of the pollinators seem to be small wasps that are roughly just half an inch long. At least someone is doing the job. Great!