...(yes, those are some sad, frozen daffodils...),

...THIS happened.  Our lone apricot tree was in full, glorious bloom when I snapped this photo on March 29.

We can never remember it blooming as early as March.

And, unfortunately, I'm sure the snow and hard freezes of the past several days have made the anticipation of fresh apricots a moot point for another year.

But even if we won't get to reap its benefits this year, the honeybees sure did!

But it wasn't just a pollen party for honeybees...the carpenter bees crashed the party...

We fight carpenter bees, who want to make their home in the logs of our cabin, but I guess they do serve a useful purpose as pollinators.  I just wish they'd find somewhere else to set up housekeeping!

The past several days the bees, like me, have been hunkered down against the unseasonable cold.

I bet they wish they had a cozy fireplace to hunker down beside, like I do...

But just two weeks ago, in the warm spring sunshine, they were...

...busy bees.