Your yard looks fantastic. Very nicely designed. I am guessing you had to wait a great deal of time to get those shots of the bees. Great. Thanks for sharing.

Very pretty, thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures.

Thanks for the nice comments. The yard has been a work in progress for about 5 years. We are finally 'happy' with it, and will focus on just keeping the plants looking good.

The bee pictures were actually easier than I expected. I took about 60 images, tossed out about 50 of them and had 10 that were good.

Thats a pretty good ratio, and my time commitment was about 10 minutes. We have lots and lots of bees in the flowers.

Lovely! Nice pics! Love the way you designed the patio sitting area overlooking the pond...niiiice!

Those shots of the bees are fantastic

Great, thanks for sharing

Beautiful yard. What are the roses in the 2nd picture?

Double Knockout roses. Don't buy 'knockout roses' unless the tag specifically states they are 'double'. The flowers are much more robust with the doubles.