We have been spending much more time outside now that the weather is springy and pleasant. We are getting our garden ready and trying to make something of our lawn.
Ruby found a dead bumble bee while tending to the garden. And she was sad.
She called the bee "Daisy" and decided that we should have a funeral for her.
I found a tiny box from a tiny harmonica, and it made a suitable coffin for a bee.
Songs were prepared, neighbors invited.
A spot was solemnly prepared.
The bee was laid to rest in the fairy garden (by the AC unit). A few neighbor kids decided to protest the funeral... since they don't like bees. Sigh.
My grandma would have been so proud of Ruby. Grandma was known for her love of all creatures... even the little ones. She wrote a
book about being kind to insects. I know Grandma was smiling in down on us... as Daisy pollinates the meadows in Heaven.
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