Cotton Picking

The cotton tree - still ok after snapping in half - has been blooming and producing pods. Maddie and I were out picking a few pods but before we did we had a visitor - a mud wasp! (black and yellow makings) 

 Even though it was small - we left it alone and watched it. It looked to be grabbing some fibers (nest?) 

 While that was going on, the Thai Basil is seriously flowering. The long purple stems with its small while flowers also had visitors. Bees! Maddie counted three little guys busily working. 

Well after the wasp flew away. We picked the cotton and Maddie picked all the little black seeds out. Now to figure out - what to do with all the cotton. (Loom? lol)