The cat helping me decorate. No alt text required; it's a tuxedo cat grabbing at a papier mache bauble through the rings of the bannister, and chewing the wool used to attach them in place.

Last week I saw this white bottom bumblebee gathering last minute pollen from these lovely yellow flowers. No idea of the plant name I'm afraid.

Today, I saw a bumblebee doing some last minute christmas shopping for pollen.