To wake up and find a bee frolicking in flowers, covered in pollen and joyfully buzzing from one flower to the next is pure and utter happiness. When it happens on a cool Ohio summer morning against the backdrop of a pastel blue sky, it feels like a miracle.
When the breeze gently rustles the leaves of a nearby tree where a woodpecker feeds its young, all the world feels fresh. The small bunny hopping past, happily munching on grass lends optimism to an otherwise dark and confusing world.
Life abounds when you’re in nature but when you live in the country and are surrounded by it all the time, it’s easy to take for granted. It’s easy to forget how lucky you are to step outside your door and see trees so thick they block the sunrise and how special it is to have fresh air to breathe and little toads hopping through the flower beds. It’s easy to take for granted the tawny brown deer that wander through the yard and the colorful butterflies that flutter by. The buzz of a hummingbird, the chatter of squirrels, the sounds of a summer morning can quickly become backdrop rather than the incredible, beautiful, inspiring life giving force that they really are.
What a shame it would be to never stop and appreciate these things. Today, let’s learn from the bee. The bee that’s so covered in pollen and so joyously moving through this world that there’s no time for trouble and no time for anything but the flowers.
Let’s stop and smell the flowers.
Professionally done signs identify plants and trees, help you stay on trail and tell some relevant stories about the farm, the pollinators and their habitat.