For some reason, I dragged my heels this morning as I set out for Piney Woods Church Road. Maybe the reluctance was a product of the time of day — a busy Thursday schedule compelled me to choose the late morning for my outing. Maybe it was the building heat, with temperatures rising into the low 90s. For whatever reason, my enthusiasm was dampened as I started off down the road. I found some new blossoms I had not photographed before, but mostly nondescript (even by my open-minded standards). Then I began noticing all the pollinators busily roaming from flower to flower — sweat bees and solitary wasps. The sweat bees seemed to be focused on pollen collection, while the wasps appeared to be gathering nectar. I suddenly realized that we all had our work to do — pollinating or photographing, it makes little difference — to keep the world going. They had their morning work, and I had mine.
