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Bee Songs

Jena Ball
Aug 29, 2023
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The song that accompanies this post, “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Rimsky Korsakov will be familiar to many of you. I am sharing it both as an homage to a great composer and as a way to encourage you to click on over to my latest post entitled, “Primrose House: Gnomes, bees, and monkey puzzle trees.”

It’s the story of how a retired illustrator and his house full of prank-loving spirits taught an eight-year-old girl to believe in herself and the magic lurking just beneath the surface of everyday life. And, yes, as the name of the post implies, bees and a very large, very dangerous monkey puzzle tree figure prominently in the story. Here’s the link:

Whales in My Backyard
The Primrose House
When I was eight, my parents bought the Primrose House, a small, single-story bungalow nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains in Southern California. The adult version of the story was…
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Diane K24
Writes Diane’s Blue Notes
Sep 18Liked by Jena Ball

Lovely!

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E. Jean Carroll
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Love it, Jena!

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