Bees and butterflies

Bee on cosmos

For over a week I've been laid up with arthritis. I can't walk, work or sleep. It not only hurts, it shrinks my world, confines me to my own back yard. 

The butterflies and the bees are a consolation. I wasn't quick enough to catch the peacock butterfly on the buddleia, but I did get a shot of a bee on the cosmos. If this picture had a soundtrack, you would hear the bee purring contentedly.