Rockin' sunset saves my bacon: photo challenge day 2

"Where I Live"

Facing southwest by our house: the Sierra foothills.

That is the theme of Day 2 of the Just Go Do It 30 Day Photo Challenge

& I already have a confession: I took this photo yesterday, not today.

It rained ALL DAY, today.

Not a lot of tugging the Nikon w/me as I sklitch & slide around the property.

So: among the tree species you see above are

ponderosa pines (Pinus ponderosa, go figure, the pointy ones)

and foothill pine (Pinus sabiana, the rounded ones).

Same sunset, looking due south.

Foothill (or grey or umpteen other common names) pines grow,

as the name suggests, at low elevation (20-2200 m),

and can tolerate the (100+ F) heat and drought we have here. SUPER tough.

What they DON'T tolerate too well is snow.

Swarm!

While, yes, it is WARM, so I might say " 'swarm!",

what I mean is there is a SWARM of BEES

in a small Ponderosa pine,

outside my garage,

RIGHT NOW!

All those tiny dots are NOT dirt specks.
They are bees!

Crap lighting, but you get the gist.

Same bees, hours later:

Freaky day.

Earlier chased a bobcat (who'd attacked our hens) away,

so now our hens are, sadly, confined to coop,

for their own good.

For now.

And, so far, the bees have issued no demands,

so all is well.

For now...

=)

xoxobb

p.s. Next morning:

Woo-hoo! =)