Take Time to Do More than Just Smell the Flowers Certified Habitat 139,583

Beyond our need to create beautiful spaces

Deciduous azalea and ajunca

Beyond our need to have color and scent in our lives

Roses and Clematis on a split rail fence

Flowers provide a vital link in our existence

Ant on pepper blossom

Look closer at the flowering plants in your yard

Bee Fly and portulaca flower

You will be amazed at the variety and number of species that frequent your plantings

Mining  bee on Daisy mum

But even more amazing is the knowledge that without these pollinators we would not have our orchards, gardens and meditative spaces.

Astilble at the entrance to the labyrinth

Sitting quietly beside a Daisy mum in my garden I watched and captured in photos many of the creatures who frequented the plant.

Green Fly on Daisy mum

Yellow jacket on Daisy mum

 

Beetle on Daisy mum

Jumping Spider on Daisy mum

Spotted Cucumber beetle on Daisy mum

Waso  on Daisy mum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take a moment in time and sit outside in a green space or garden. Choose a plant to focus your attention and watch life unfolding around you.