Figure 1 – Canna lily, July 2020, Salem, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2020.

Despite the isolation, the pandemic, and its mishandling nature and the summer continues to delight us. I took this photograph this morning of a perfect canna lily in front of a Salem, MA restaurant complete with a bee and its gossamer wings. These tropicals are just so spectacular and never fail to delight. Capturing a bee contemplating alighting of the flower, as opposed to stinging me on the nose, is equally wonderful.