The other day, I found a bumblebee asleep on a flower.
At the beginning of the school year, I had a lot of flowers in bloom in my garden. So, I decided to take some to school to have on my desk in my office.
So, I went outside in the morning to cut some sunflowers and coneflowers, and I discovered a surprise: some bumblebees were asleep in my sunflowers.
I researched it and discovered that bumblebees sleep in flowers a lot.
And it makes sense–they combine their food source, shelter from the elements, and cozy place to rest for a while.
If I could sleep in a flower, I would, too.
This new fact I discovered was delightful, and it inspired this painting.
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My name is Shelly Johnson, and I am a writer and philosopher with a Ph.D. in philosophy. One of my primary personal and philosophical interests is how we can learn to love ourselves and each other better in order to cultivate personal and political resilience. I teach ethics and a variety of other courses at a local college. I am the author of the blog Love is Stronger. I am also the author of three logic and critical thinking books for high school and middle school: _Argument Builder_, _Discovery of Deduction_ (co-author), and _Everyday Debate_, published by Classical Academic Press. You can reach me at shellypruittjohnson@gmail.com.
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