2/14: discovery

I thought I'd need to spend all afternoon on a work-related task, but I finished it before lunch.  And because it was amazingly warm and sunny out (70 degrees Fahrenheit!), we decided to walk at Bell Slough.  Alongside the path I spotted a bee tree!  I've heard people tell stories about visiting bee trees with their grandfathers, and there is one on campus, and I even helped to move a felled one once--but this was one that I discovered, and that felt special.  Here's a pollen-toting bee lingering on the threshold.