Next door’s linden tree (summer in my garden)

My next door neighbours have a linden tree that was mature when we moved here 24 years ago; now, it is huge. For a few days every June, just after the rhododendrons have finished, it literally becomes a hive of activity, as swarms of bees descend on it. The noise is most unnerving, especially if you were mildly traumatised by the schlocky 1978 disaster movie The Swarm when you were a kid. But it’s okay. All those thousands of bees want the pollen, not to attack me. I think.

In any case. summer has arrived in Warsaw today with our first +30 degree heat of the year. The garden is alive and the first raspberry has turned red, promising the start of a steady supply that will continue until autumn.

Stay safe, peeps!