This is a busy time of year for the busy Bumble Bees. They are harvesting the pollen of the fall blooming flowers as fast as they can. They go deep onto the large blossom of a Turtlehead and come out laden. It has to take a lot of Goldenrod to even begin to equal such a haul, and yet you see them all over the Goldenrod where ever it is in bloom.

And the Goldenrod itself, now that I know it is not the source of my watering fall eyes, is a beautiful flower. In mass they make a brave show of bright yellow in a green world, and if you look closely each tiny aster-like flower is thing of beauty.

Samsung Smart Camera WB250F in macro mode. Processed in Snapseed on the new Nexus 7.