B hopeful, B happy, B cheerful, B kind,
B busy of body, B modest of mind,
B earnest, B truthful, B firm and B fair…
B grateful, B cautious of those who B tray.
B tender, B loving, B good and B nign,
B loved thou shalt B, and all else B thine.
‘A Swarm of Bees’, The British Bee Journal, and Bee Keeper’s Adviser, 1882
A swarm of bees indeed, and of course also a swarm of Bs. The letter B, the second letter of our alphabet, is one of the first a child learns to recognise. ‘A is for Apple, B is for …’
Yes, what objects do begin with a B? That’s the question posed by Beth for this week’s Lens Artists challenge. I love a letter challenge so had great fun trawling my archives for the following images. There are definitely some you may have seen here before but hopefully too some new ones. And yes, I’ve gone a bit overboard with the number of shots, but you wouldn’t believe how many things begin with a B!
My feature image is of a Tiger Longwing butterfly, taken in the butterfly dome in Selvatura Park in Costa Rica
B is for …
Baboon
In Chobe National Park, Botswana
Bison
Taken near Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Bear
Polar bear on sea ice, Svalbard
(did you honestly think I’d be able to resist sharing another photo of him?!)
Butterfly
Another butterfly, this one a tortoiseshell, on buddleia, Beadnell, Northumberland, north east England
Bee
In a Hampstead garden, London
Bald Eagle
In La Push, Washington State
Badger
At the British Wildlife Centre, Surrey
Bee-eater
These are Little Bee-eaters at Souimanga Lodge in the Sine-Saloum Delta, Senegal
Beetle
At the Bohol Beach Club, Philippines
Bone
Whale vertebra on display at the small museum in Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island
Baby
At a ceremony in Takayama, Japan
Barn
A late 13th century tithe barn in Ruislip, north west London, where I grew up (today used as an events venue)
Boat
Traditional pirogues in the Gambia River
Bicycle
In the Place Saint Sulpice, Paris
Bus
Chicken bus in Antigua Guatemala
Bridge
View of the bridges over the Tyne, Newcastle, north east England, with the Millennium Bridge in the foreground
Bottle
In the Old Pharmacy, Tallinn, Estonia
Beer
Kölsch in the Gaststätte Dominikaner, Cologne
Banana
Growing in Periyar, Kerala
Bread
Traditional bread known as non in a Samarkand market, Uzbekistan
Bag
Souvenir stall in Vigan, Philippines
Buddha
At the Peace Pagoda, Pokhara, Nepal
Bubble
In the Piazza San Michele in Foro, Lucca, Italy
5 Comments
Sue
Crikey! I have found a few , but nowhere near as many’
Marie
Great selection – I love the bee-eaters and the bubble!!
Tina Schell
Quite the gallery Sarah!!! Many favorites but rather than list them all I will say that the bee-eaters are spectacular and I’d never seen a badger so that was especially fun!
margaret21
A fine selection: I’d expect no less from you Sarah. But the ones that have won me over are your beautiful bee-eaters. I’ll pass on the stomach drink, thanks.
Regina Davis-Sowers
What a great gallery