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Wordless Wednesday: Bee Upon Lavender Flower

Bumble Bee on Lavender Flower
"If I was a flower growing wild and free
All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee."

- Barry Louis Polisar


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  1. beautiful - love lavender and the bee is so precious

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  2. If someone googled my name, they'd probably come up with hundreds of comments broadcasting my love of lavender.

    And yet, I have to say I love lavender oh so much! Lovely picture :)

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  3. Oh, lovely! Insects are fun to photograph! :) Happy WW!

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  4. What would we do without bees?

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  5. Lovely shot!I love taking photos of nature as well.

    Happy WW!

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  6. Oh my gosh, that is an AMAZING picture!

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  7. this is such a great photo...xxx

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  8. The violet and yellow are so resonant! My husband planted lavender, and we've been reveling in lavender brownies, fudge and poundcake.

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  9. Great image. I love the way the wings look.

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  10. You captured a wonderful photo :) i love it

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  11. It' wonderful to see images of honey bees, what with colony collapse happening so rampantly.

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  12. I like the bumble bee. I can actually see the tiny fuzz. So cool!

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  13. BEEutiful! I love it; great image! Your photo captures summer's grace~

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  14. You always have such great pics!! Out on the lake this last weekend we were swarmed by bees!! It was crazy : )

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  15. Really beautiful how much detail this captures. You can see the bee's fuzz and everything.

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  16. Lovely! Nature is perfection.

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  17. The photo and poem go so well together. Love lavender and bees.

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  18. I love that song, and the photo is great! That bee looks so fluffy :)

    -Kaili
    www.kaw-studios.blogspot.com

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  19. Wow! Very impressed by your bravery in getting so close to that bee.

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  20. Gorgeous! I've tried many times to capture a bee at rest with no luck! Great job, xo

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  21. Haha, don't be too impressed, Autena - my camera has a 7x zoom so I was still at a safe distance.

    And thanks to everyone for all the sweet comments!!

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  22. Sweet! I love the quote below too~

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  23. Great photo, I love an adorable bumblebee! :)

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  25. What a bee-utiful picture - thanks for sharing. =D

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  27. Beautiful picture! I've really enjoyed looking around your blog and greatly appreciate you stopping by to check mine out :) I've joined, GFC, and stumbled, to return the favor.

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