🐝 Nina Bee 🐝
@tennb
Simple, frugal, purposeful living🧓 Enjoying and photographing nature🌞 Reading a good book📚 Watching a good movie📺 Old in years.......Young at heart💙 Location~Middle Tennessee, USA
Usually the Passion Fruit bloom has a wonderful fragrance that you smell in the air before you get close enough to see them. This year they aren't as fragrant. Still a very interesting bloom. I clipped off some of the fruit and made an arrangement. #MiddleTennessee #Wildflowers
A Sunflowers gift🌻 Hung a couple of bird feeders in our no-mow-zone and was treated to this lovely surprise of Sunflowers. I've never had Sunflowers before....and just think, they're an extra bonus....kind of. We did have to pay for the bird seed. #Flowers #MiddleTennessee
One large perfect tomato equals a Tomato Bacon sandwich.... no lettuce involved.
Looks like someone is going to get rain. Will it be me? I sure hope so. Not for the rain but for the after rain on a hot summer day smell. Don't the Zinnias look lovely with the storm clouds? #MiddleTennessee #StormClouds #Flowers
I have Zinnias of all sizes. Picked some small ones to make these two arrangements in my little blue vases(bottles). #MiddleTennessee #Zinnias #Flowers
Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly stopped by for a visit in the Zinnia patch today. #MiddleTennessee #Butterflies #Flowers
My colorful, lovely Zinnias. Here's my two favorites....for today. #MiddleTennessee #Zinnias
NOT A TITLE YOU WANT TO GET: The study weighed factors like crime rates, air quality and healthcare in addition to cost and availability of childcare, inclusiveness of state laws and reproductive rights. EMBARASSING TO LIVE HERE.
Our once-a-year Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Cake. Definitely worth the time and effort. #cookingfromscratch #chocolatecake
Black Swallowtail Butterfly visiting the Zinnias today. #MiddleTennessee #Butterflies #Flowers
Thrilled to see Snake Plant blooming this year only to discover today that it's infested with ants. Guess what attracts the ants....bloom. Submerged in water now. Tomorrow I'll inspect the roots. Sadly the blooms will have to be cut. #MiddleTennessee #BackPorchPlants
We had a beautiful rainbow late yesterday here in our neighborhood in #MiddleTennessee. My photos don't do it justice. #Rainbows
Looking toward the West at 2:30 PM CDT. By 3:30 they had turned threatening looking then they quickly opened up and we got a downpour. Received 3/8" of rain (so the rain gauge says). #MiddleTennessee #Weather #BeautifulClouds
The butterfly I've been hoping would stop by for a visit finally arrived this morning.....a Yellow Swallowtail. I thanked it for visiting and said "Stop by again soon and bring some friends". #MiddleTennessee #Butterflies #Zinnias
Foggy this morning here at our house in #MiddleTennessee. Birds are having a gathering on the power line. Maybe they're recharging for the day😍 #MorningView #Fog #Birds
Anyone else like Pimento Cheese........or is it just a southern thing. #Food
I'm spending to much time admiring the Zinnias, watching the Bees and waiting for a Butterfly to stop by for a visit. #MiddleTennessee #Flowers #Gardening
"AMERICA MADE IN VIRGINIA: 250 YEARS TOGETHER celebrates the nation’s Semiquincentennial set in the revolutionary capital of Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. The special is designed as a celebration and a unifying national moment." This was an excellent show aired on PBS last night.
Lots of Thunderstorm Warnings in and around our area of #MiddleTennessee this afternoon. Thunder has been rumbling for a few hours now. So far, the only things we've got are a few sprinkles......and a nice drop in the temperature. Now 76 degrees on the back porch. #clouds #stormyskies
The garden patch of #Zinnias are full of blooms this morning. Happy to see a variety of colors. Planted from seeds saved from last year. #MiddleTennessee #Flowers #Gardening
We had a brief rain shower yesterday afternoon. Dropped the temperature 10 degrees and also produced that summertime after rain smell. I couldn't remember it's name so went searching. You can actually buy a candle that supposedly has this fragrance....I seriously doubt it. #summertime #petrichor
Tennessee Drought Monitor Map released today, July 2, 2026. Data valid thru Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Improvement throughout the state. #MiddleTennessee #Drought
"Road Trip" by Mary Kay Andrews ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Take a road trip with Maeve and Therese to Ireland. I guarantee you'll enjoy every minute. An excellent book for so many reasons. #booksky
Moon was still shining this morning when I stepped out on the front porch about 5:15 AM CDT. It was 70 degrees when we got up and the temperature is rising fast. An early short walk first thing....and that'll be enough outsiding for me today. #MiddleTennessee #HeatAdvisory #Moon
Half of 2026 already over. Time sure is fleeting. Image created with Google AI Mode.
We're in for a hot one again today. Got to get outside now and water a few plants before temperatures get to much for this old woman. #MiddleTennessee #HeatWave