Puppy and Peonies

Puppy and Peonies, a photo by BelchSpeak on Flickr.

Our sheepdog pup is growing bigger and bigger. And our peonies have popped in three colors- red, pink and rose. And these peonies attract every carpenter bee in the neighborhood- you know, those fat bumble bees that burrow into wood siding? Yeah, these peonies are bumble bee magnets.

We’ve spent several happy hours standing in front of the peonies with a tennis racket smacking these fat carpenter bees and sending them sailing across the yard with various forehands and backhands. Jess smashed one bee and it sailed across the driveway to smack me in the forehead. I’d call that a winner.