Apricots -- Day 151

Apricots are ripening! Got home and found our guest room floor covered in apricots. The brothers had been picking them. :) the last time I featured an apricot on this blog was in 2010 when I did my first 365 project. That year the apricots weren't ready until the end of June, this year we are a month ahead. :)

Apricot -- Day 173

The apricot trees at the rental house across the street are ripe and ready for picking. :) No one lives in the house and we've picked the apricots a few times before. Today Ben and Daniel spent a couple hours out in the heat picking apricots, shaking the limbs and collecting them from the ground. Now we have piles of these cute little fruits. They taste good too. :) Ben posed for this shot. That was actually my apricot that I had taken a bite out of. I just couldn't get a good picture while holding it, so I asked him to do the honors. And his shirt made a perfect backdrop. :)

Photo details: Canon EOS Digital Rebel, Exposure time 1/500 sec, Aperture f/8, ISO 200, Focal Length 180.0 mm.

Collecting Pollen -- Day 82 -- Winner of Viewer's Choice Poll

We had snow on the first day of spring and now less than a week later, the apricot tree in our neighbor's yard has blossomed and is buzzing with honey bees. I enjoyed my 70-300mm zoom lens. :) It makes getting pictures of wild life so much easier. :)

Photo details: Canon EOS Digital Rebel, Exposure time 1/500 sec, Aperture f/7.1, ISO 100, Focal Length 300.0 mm.