Bumblebee

Snapped this photo on my morning walk to campus. There's a row of hollyhocks, all colors, planted against a garage on our alley: the lower leaves are chewed to lace each summer when the Japanese beetles emerge, but before that--before that--they're a riot of activity. It was still cool enough to catch some of the bumblebees at rest, apparently sleeping, or too drowsy to move. They practically moan with pleasure, burrowing into the hollyhocks, pollen spilling all over their brawny little bodies. Such fun to watch.