Chatting back and forth

[Lady tehMa]

No, no, no....I'm not ready for fall yet

I'm with you Sige - I love fall, it's my favourite season but just like QK says, we barely had a summer!

[maryjane48]

jonathon hilstrand from the time bandit retiered this year from crab fishing in bearing sea

37 years

[Bsuds]

I would just like to see some rain to put out the fires!

[ferri]

Hey! Where'd our chicken rescuing lady go?

Nevermind. I found the link so I can go look at the chicken pictures.

[ferri]

I have a new hobby. Watching Leaf cutter bees destroy the geraniums. LOL Little devils! They really like the hot pink but not the bright orange so much. They are also very hard to get pictures of when they are flying off with their little chunk of petal, but my gosh do they look adorable when they are doing it. (It takes them around 5-10 seconds to cut the petal and leave.)

Very blurry shot of one taking off with it's treasure. Top of the picture kind of in the middle...

One on it's back doing the cutting, middle of the picture. (Notice the difference between the petals on the pink and orange flowers? )

And one getting ready to start vandalizing the flowers.

[Lady tehMa]

Your geraniums are gorgeous, ferri!

[ferri]

Those little bees sure like them. hahaha They don't touch the plain old red ones. The petunias are getting notches taken out too, but only certain colors. I'd really love to see these bees nests, they must be gorgeous.

[whitecandle]

One of many tubular type nests used by leafcutter bees.

http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/leafcutter-bee.html

[ferri]

Yes, I've seen those pictures. No hot pink in those. These bees don't touch the leaves much and don't bother any yellow or white flowers. They love the bright colors!

[ferri]

It's been nice knowing you guys. I feel sorry for you.

[Queen K]

Why do you feel sorry for us?

[ferri]

Look at the size of that hornet in the upper right corner. You're doomed.

[Queen K]

The fire in Peachland above Antler's Beach is dooming us.

[Bsuds]

Look at the size of that hornet in the upper right corner. You're doomed.

I thought that was you flying in to town.

[ferri]

Oh! It might have been! hahaha