Alexander Calder, July 22, 1898 - November 11, 1976, was an Modern, Abstract, and Surrealist artist, innovating with his three-dimensional kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents, and his monumental public sculptures.
The artist undoubtedly studied cats, sculpting them as whimsical and playful.
La Cornue, or "Calder's Cat", 1974 Located in Grenoble, France
The observance of World Bee Day worldwide aims to:
Draw the attention of the world’s public and political decision-makers to the importance of protecting bees.
Remind us that we depend on bees and other pollinators.
Protect bees and other pollinators, which would significantly contribute to solving problems related to the global food supply and eliminate hunger in developing countries.
Halt the further loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystems, and thereby contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
A bee visiting milkweed blossoms in our yard.
Our native bee house is busy.
Bats are also great pollinators; look at those wings.
Video taken in our yard, at dusk.
There are more than 450 kinds of bees in Michigan, 3,600 types of bees in the USA, and 20,000 bee species around the world.
A usual day in Sweetie's Apartment, while I continue to work remotely:
Napping in her Sweetie Spa.
Enjoying the Spring sunshine from the front window.
Voicing her displeasure at...well, am not sure what she was displeased about!
Maybe my Zoom meeting?
Sweetie is about 1/2 the size of either of Da Boyz, and she doesn't like being picked up.
She gets very spicy whenever I try, and those murder mitts snick out.
Yet, she bears no grudges; once she's been released...and my clothes are full of holes from her nails...she purrs and pretends like her catness was never grabbed.
