Bumble Bees Have Feelings too!

Pink saturday Bee
That's what I have to keep 

telling myself every time one flies by me

 so i don't freak out like a crackhead and start running and flapping my arms.

Bees have feelings.

Wasps have feelings....

I wasn't thinking that three weeks ago when I had to "call someone" to have our wasp problem taken care of. 

 I confess my sparkly friends-

I hired a hit-man

to 

"take care of a situation".

By situation I mean "not being able to go in and out of my house or car without being bullied by a flying stinging pissed off insect."

Wasps... Hate em.

Wasps are like

 Midlife crisis Men Driving Corvettes...

You really just need to stay away from them!
Ok,

Back to WASPS-

I know, I know- all life is to be respected and even scary wasps are part of the ecosystem.

just...

not that many-

-living in every orifice of my house-

-coming into my bedroom uninvited even though all of my windows are shut-

and 

-trying to nest in my car door.

So needless to say I still felt tremendously guilty watching my gun for hire neutralize my situation.

Which brings me to Bumble bees.

I had a chance yesterday to do a good deed for a relative of those wasps yesterday

and I did!

I helped some Bumble bees.

Furry, chubby fat black and yellow bumbles, nesting in my garden.

You see, I was making this really swell circular bed

for my Pink Fairy Cottage post Here

and picked up the fountain statue from my front bed

and heard a multiple buzzing sound.

Eeew.

I knew what that meant.

I carefully went over to where my statue had been

and there was a 

bumble bee nest

newly exposed.

A funny thing happened...

Instead of freaking out, I felt bad for those 

little rolly polly chubsters.

I went and got an empty flower pot

and gave it to them.

 Heck- I was feeling so happy that I even 

gave them a handful of tree stuff to help plug the holes.

 Look at this adorable little bumble creeping around to find stuff to shore up the nest!

 So I feel like I am a little closer to becoming

stinging insect tolerant.

At least

I know my flowers are happy...

Ok, I am too!

So Have a Sparkly Day my friends!!

And a VERY
HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY
to Miss Beverly
and PINK SATURDAY!!!

Sparkly Hugs,

Tobi and the Pixies!

Linking to
Pink Saturday
Outdoor Wednesday -Yep- It's Outside!

Moss and Roses

Hello My Sparkly Friends!!

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Don't you just LOVE moss??

Moss and Roses-

Fab Combination.   

Moss reminds me of a magical place 

where you might find Fairies, Pixies and Leprechans!

Roses are my Cottage"y"  Favorite flower

Especially Pink Ones!

 

 

 

I hope  you enjoy your weekend, and don't forget to visit other Pink Lovers

at 

Miss Beverly

How Sweet The Sound!

 

Procrastination Update: "I'm simply saying that life, uh, finds a way."

"I'm simply saying that life...uh...finds a way"

My favorite quote spoken by
Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic park
when being

told how the park could

prevent the dinosaurs and Raptors from breeding.

Life,

my sparkly friends,

most certainly

finds a way

to keep going

in spite of

our plans.

Case in point:

my box of close to

a hundred packets of seeds-

the planting of which was on

my zero procrastination tolerance

list

of

things to do this year.

While I was busy doing all the other things on my to do list first,

I

left it out in the rain

got my box wet by accident

and a funny thing happened...

Um, my box started growing.

Yep-

seeds + water = baby plants

It was like they knew they might be

procrastinated till next year

and they just

rebelled-

took matters into their own roots-

The life in them

found

a

way.

I mean,

How beautiful

is

that??!

So of course, now that they were visibly alive,

I couldn't procrastinate them any longer

so

I planted them in big clumps all over the place

because i didn't want to separate them now that they were used to being so close...

it just seemed mean to separate them

So I am hoping to maybe have a gardening breakthrough in seed starting-

Just wet the packets

and

let life find a way!

For more lovely "lifeness" please visit

A Southern daydreamer for

Outdoor Wednesday!

Many lovely Posts with beautiful pictures of nature type stuff!!!

Sparkly Hugs,
Tobi and the Pixies!

Happy Pink Saturday!

Happy Pink Saturday my Sparkly Friends! The Pixies have been so hard at work opening flowers lately, I have hardly even seen them in the studio!

Please be sure to visit sweet Miss Beverly at How Sweet the Sound to see all of the other Pink Beauties my Pink Comrads have displayed!

But first, please come TipToe thru the TULIPs with me! (Just please leave out the Tiny Tim Voice!)

Aren't they a lovely shade of pink?

Here's the Cherry Tree in my front yard.
More Tulips....
Hot Pink Azaleas

And lastly, even though it isn't Pink, this lovely Violet I rescued from the front lawn... it pays to look closely!
Have a lovely day!
Sparkly Hugs,

Tobi and the Pixies!

Have a Happy White Wednesday and Happy Outdoor Wednesday!

Hello Again My Sparkly Friends! This week, my Outdoor Wednesday happens to also be WHITE... but I did add a couple of "Interior Whites" as well to make everyone happy!

The links to both are at the bottom of this post, so make sure to go visit all the Outdoorsy Wednesday folks as well as White Wednesdayers!

First up: Spring would not be as sweet without WHITE LILACS! Can't you just smell them?

Next up is one of my all time favorite flowers as well: Viburnum carlesii - Korean Spice Viburnum . It's intoxicating scent just sends me to another world. Can you guess my other favorite flowers?...Casa Blanca Lilies, Nicotiana sylvestris, Jasmine...basically anything that smells heavenly! I do also love the pungent smell of the Marigold, and Tomato foliage! What are your favorites?

These antique Mother of Pearl Opera Glasses were given to me by my Aunt and had belonged to Mary Bigelow of Waltham Mass.

My chunky marble bathroom sink!

Thanks to all for visiting, I hope I made it worth your while! Please be my friend and leave a nice comment to make me happy! Then click the links below to visit other posters!!!

A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday!

Faded Charm Cottage for White Wednesday!!

Sparkly Hugs,Tobi and the Pixies!

Hello Outdoor Wednesday!!!

Here is the link to Outdoor Wednesday!

Hello My Sparkly Friends! It is Wednesday and I just signed up for Outdoor Wednesday because that's where all the Pixies are...when they are not making mischief in my shop that is!

My first Image is the poor little misunderstood Dandelion. She is actually very beautiful, except when her family takes over your lawn and makes the neighbors whisper. If you eat the young tender leaves, they are actually a great salad green as long as you are pesticide free.

This second image is of my little baby Grape Hyacinths popping up amidst the green carpet of moss. If you want to find fairies and Pixies- THIS is the place to look. If you look very closely, you may even catch a glimpse of some sparkle!

Please visit the other Outdoor Wednesday Participants and say Hey!!!
Sparkly Hugs,
Tobi and the Pixies!