Azaleas! A Nature Post

This is the time that the azaleas are really spilling out into bloom everywhere you look!
Just before they bloom, they have a little brown sticky covering,

 they come in a wide variety of colours

 And this morning the bees were really busy gathering whatever it is they gather, They crawl all over the flowers, the back of them and where it emerges from the stalk as well as inside the flowers,

 And this is a pine tree, with the moss draping down from it,

 These little clusters are pretty bright looking from a distance, and a nice bright yellow.  They are what releases the pollen, altho I think that's about over now.