2 July 2010: It Must Be Good For You

This is another one of my favorite flowers and it's good for you too! Echinacea or purple cone flowers are believed to be a boost for your immune system. So enjoy the beauty of the photo and ingest the goodness when you are sick!

9 April 2010: The Bee's Knees

Can you see them? Her knees are furry! I am always intrigued by the origin of words and sayings and here is what I found out about the phrase...the bee's knees:

A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on itstibiae (midsegments of its legs). The phrase "the bee's knees," meaning "the height of excellence," became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s. Also popular was "the cat's whiskers" (possibly from the use of these in radio crystal sets), "the cat's pajamas" (pajamas were still new enough to be daring), and similar phrases which made less sense and didn't endure: "the eel's ankle", "the elephant'sinstep", "the snake's hip".

So I hope you think this photo is the bee's knees or the eel's ankle!

10 June 2009 Photo: Sweet Sweet Nectar

Since people liked the fly so much yesterday, when I saw this bee on my straw flowers I knew it would be the photo of the day. As I was taking this bee's picture, another one almost attacked me. I felt like the paparazzi being accosted by some Hollywood star just for taking a picture!