last night I stepped outside for a minute then sat down because a haunting cello and violin piece was being played by people down the street and there's something magical about live music floating over to you on a night breeze so I stayed there becoming a little melancholy, probably one step away from imagining myself as the abandoned lover in a serious sexy french film when suddenly a bee all yellow fluff and orange pollen flew up my nose and this folks is how the universe keeps us humble
but it didn't sting me! So the universe is also capable of tiny bits of kindness

@ElleGray Could have been a male bumble bee: they don't have stings & at this time of the year are homeless having left the hive to find a mate, finding themselves somewhere to sleep each night.

Also the older name for them was humble bee (with most of the other Germanic languages having retained the h, hence humlebi, Hummel, etc)

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I often imagine they are buzzing around me saying "oh my what an interesting looking flower this is". 🥰 I love them

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It, um, thought you were a flower!

@ElleGray Wow! I was once riding my bike with the wind blowing in my hair on a perfect sunny day. Like you, a bee introduced itself by flying up my shorts and stinging me on the inside of my thigh. Maybe bees are just dicks sometimes?
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they just can't stand to see anyone enjoying a cinematic moment 🙄
@BillyGEdwardsch @ElleGray Similar experience when I was riding to school years ago - a bee flew inside my glasses and stung me near the eye.
@madrivermichael @ElleGray Freaking ouch!!!!!!!!!!!
@BillyGEdwardsch @ElleGray Yes, it was quite the surprise. I don't think I made it to school that day.
@ElleGray I'm thinking of the bee, after a long day at work, distracted by the lovely music and takes a wrong turn . . . 😳
@ElleGray Was the violin+cello duo one of these?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15JAMt5BEjw
Gliere: 8 Pieces for Violin and Cello, Op.39 | Archipelago Collective

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@mgarraha no, but those are wonderful
Something In My Ear

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@ElleGray Oh no, are you both ok?
@cenobyte yes! I puffed it out SO quickly 😄. No casualties
@ElleGray @cenobyte Nothing worse could happen to either of you for the rest of the day.
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The bee was doing you a favour - otherwise Gerard Depardieu would have turned to take you back...
#FrenchCinema
@ElleGray keeps us bumble, actually

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I had a housemate in college who was cellist. It was a perk.

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Hope it didn't pollinate your brain. 😊🧠🪻

@Hoi_Pollois I hope it did lol. I'm feeling very uncreative rn
@ElleGray   omg thanks for the chuckle.