Indeed, it's been a very satisfying quiet day (despite having no water), working outside on a sunny day. Sunny, that is, apart from the layer of smoke that was settled over the hills when I went out first thing this morning, from a fire about 60 miles to the north. Everything smelt smoky, too (and no, that wasn't the Memorial Day BBQ next door - and since one of them is a firefighter, I'd expect he'd know what to do if the burgers were getting too charred).
So here's the question: was it the smoke making my eyes dry and smarting, or was it the blossom on the locust tree? (I seem to remember that I've been susceptible to that before). And also - I guess this is question #2 - where were all the bees? The tree is usually thick with them at this time of year, but I only heard a few buzzing around. Since I was reading about bees - at least some of the time - this seemed to me rather an urgent question.
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