A Quiet Day At Home.
Monday, July 27, 2009
The weather today has alternated between torrential downpours and blazing hot sunshine. I've spent my day tidying, cleaning and doing some work in the garden. 
Later in the afternoon I took some time out to just sit in the sun and read a book by the scree garden.
The buddlia and lavender are attracting many bees and some butterflies. I was intrigued by a number of these large bees ? which were nearly 2 cms long. Their eyes give them away as flies. I've looked them up in my handy wildlife book and I think they are a bumble bee mimic, Volucella bombylans.
Later in the afternoon I took some time out to just sit in the sun and read a book by the scree garden.
The buddlia and lavender are attracting many bees and some butterflies. I was intrigued by a number of these large bees ? which were nearly 2 cms long. Their eyes give them away as flies. I've looked them up in my handy wildlife book and I think they are a bumble bee mimic, Volucella bombylans.
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