Thursday, November 5, 2009

Skywatch - at the gardens

under autumn sky
hunting for sunny colors
the bee and i

To enjoy skies from around the world visit Skywatch Friday.
Thanks to the Skywatch Team: Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy, Louise and Sylvia

24 comments:

Blessing Reflections said...

Beautiful blue sky! And the bee is quite extraordinary..

Anonymous said...

That bee is just so unique, looks like Dart Vader almost :-) and beautiful blue sky..

Martha Z said...

What a wonderful sculpture. I wonder if there are any more delights in that garden for you to share.

Anonymous said...

What a giant bee! Can you imagine the buzz that one woudl make?

Looks like a neat park.

Ebie said...

I love the great blue sky! At first, I thought it was a real macro of a bee!

Great scuplture and it looks like it i staring at me.

P.S. (@lunch) I have deleted and moved the comment to the correct link.

Jane said...

Lovely bright blue sky, odd structure. Thanks for sharing Diane:)

Elisabeth said...

Yikes, that's one big bee! Gorgeous blue sky...nice capture.

Unknown said...

Great shot - is this guy really big? It sure does look big in the photo.

Diane AZ said...

It was gigantic, probably six feet long!

Eaglesbrother said...

Deep Blue sky...beautiful.
Have you ever wondered where the honey comb for that Bee is?...lol

It would be huge.

clairz said...

Bugs! Blue skies! Couldn't be better!

Thank you for sharing.

rainfield61 said...

It is so big, luckily is not a real one.

Jen said...

You have been bzzzzy flying around town lately. ha!
Is he at the Botanical Gardens? Some how we missed him, or he's new. ?

Jim said...

Reminds me of all teh BIG things that you find in various country towns around Australia.
Sydney - City and Suburbs

XoXo said...

The blue sky and the bee are just awesome...they are quite a kicker Diane. Great post.

Lindy said...

With it being 6 feet long, I'd call that a killer bee! Great sculpture!

Cherry said...

whoever created that bee is one heck of an artist, very creative!

i love the blue, blue sky... so calming to the soul.

Salitype said...

black and blue, perfect!

that is one great sculpture!

Loree said...

I love that bee.

Diane AZ said...

@Jen, This was my first visit to the botanical gardens in over a decade. I don't recall seeing the bee before. Participating in Skywatch has taught me to look up more often. :D

Ezhilan said...

With the sky as background and the trees all around, the bee looks nice and natural. Interesting work.

SquirrelQueen said...

That is such a cool sculpture, I love it. Great photos.

Gaelyn said...

That is one very Big Bee. Looks great against that clear blue sky. Nice capture Diane.

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

I remember the moulien plant from your profile.

Help!!!!!

I won't like to encounter such a giant pair of eyes. Reminds me of the old movie, the fly.