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Post without a Point
Yeah, no point. Just posting a couple of touristy photos taken whilst in Beijing. I did manage to get out a bit despite bronchial madness. So here I am, a bee in the flowers of this massive pink tree....
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Ixora Identified!
I just realized I have not posted in July yet. It is not that I don’t have time to do so, although having a spotty Internet connection, a day without power, and now a bad head cold, haven’t helped. But...
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Today’s Beesness
Sorry, I couldn’t help it. I try to avoid titles like that, but once in a while, one slips through. For the first time in the nearly 3 weeks I’ve been in California, the weather was glorious. No matter...
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L.A. Bees: Take Two
Last day in L.A. – heading back to Canada tonight. And as it is currently a very warm, sunny, and relatively windless day, I figured I’d head out and play paparazzi. My definition of stardom is a...
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A State of Phlox
Life is like a garden… ever-changing. Some things we have control over, some things are mysteriously beyond that realm. Okay, enough of the corn – this post is about phlox! You can infer meaning from...
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Bee-Spotting and Make-Out Haven
It’s always fun to characterize a city by a single word or phrase. Stereotyping, nicknaming, painting with broad strokes. Call it what you will. To generalize is human. And even though every place has...
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The X Factor
In early 1996, I was shopping for doctoral programs in quantitative psychology and psychometrics. I applied to 5 schools in the US, got in to all of them with varying funding packages, and then it came...
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Plum Blossom Season
After the previous heavy post, I am going with something light and seasonal. It is plum blossom time in many parts of China. A tree that flowers in late winter/early spring (often when there is still...
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Chinese Magnolias
It’s spring. Flowers are popping up everywhere. I just posted on the all-important Chinese plum blossom season with some lovely shots provided by one of my students. Now, the magnolia trees outside my...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Color
Just as exciting to me as full-blown colour is the promise of colour. This is what early spring is. Flower buds appear everywhere, and there is that perfect teasing moment just as the petals begin to...
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And the Bee Geek Strikes Again
A day of frustration and elusive success. You know, one of those days where you’re multi-tasking like crazy, and nothing seems to be coming to a logical and satisfying conclusion? I’m coming to the...
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Mad for Magnolias
Recently, I posted on a few species of magnolia that graced the concrete of my college with its early spring blooms. It’s now the end of May, and other beautiful things are on parade. Magnolia...
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