Home again

We arrived home yesterday which coincidentally was the day the last space shuttle flight came back to Earth. It felt like we'd been orbiting the planet for a long time but in reality we only clocked 9,000 kilometers or so. After a month on the road it's good to be home.

 Our newly planted hydrangeas were doing well, thanks to the diligent care of our neighbour Cherie.

The abundant blooms attract many pollinators which gave me the opportunity to try out my new lens, a macro attachment for my stereo camera, that I bought at the 3D convention. Here's a bee coming into land on a hydrangea bloom: