Sunday Afternoon....

You know the kind of day I'm talking about. Endless blue sky with a few of those wayward white clouds slowing making their way across the quiet of the high places. The warmth is just right, the breeze softly touching your cheeks. You're alone with your thoughts, but the perfection of the moment causes you to dismiss them, leaving you only to absorb the feeling. I'm gently rocking back and forth in my deck swing, listening to the droning of the bumblebees ....hoping one of them doesn't decide to go beserk and start attacking me like a few days ago! Nature gone violent for no apparent reason! Thank goodness my daughter and son-in-law were here to ward away the insane bumbler with the deck pillows! While madly swinging the pillows they managed to hit him but then the unimaginable happened! It turned on Chris! Screaming like a girl, he began his hysterical run across the yard as I grabbed the weapon of choice, the pillow, and began swiping away at the crazy stripped creature as we both joined in high pitched screeches and frenetic running! While he continued to run, I made an exit to the shed and grabbed the hornet spray. Racing back to the scene of hysteria, I began my murderous spraying! No thanks to skill, I hit the bee with a straightline shot and away he went! Exhausted we tumbled into the patio chairs, half laughing half crying, with one eye searching the premises for said bee's return! Thus ended a very brisk encounter with a so-called 'peaceful bumblebee!' I shall never trust them again!
Well, anyhow, back to my peaceful Sunday afternoon. Sorta lost the mood now, reliving that moment of terror! So, I'll grab my iced coffee, pick up my latest novel, head for the deck swing, lay my head on those sting preventing pillows and simply digest the rest of this glorious Sunday afternoon. Peace to you bumblebees!