Still Surviving

taken:
day eighty
09.07.12

On this day I went to my parents place to help my mom paint their house. When we were done painting for the day we walked through the backyard to check out their pond which is completely dried up because of the extreme drought that we are experiencing here in this part of MN. Instead of pond water, algae and ducks floating by, the area is filled with drought loving plants. It was such a strange sight. As we stood there, near the edged of where the pond water should be, I noticed this bee perched on this small white swamp flower that was still surviving in the dry conditions.