Might be time for a new breakfast rating scale? Instead of the "jammer" scale it would be a "cheese rating"? Sounds delicious either way!

Great pic!

Love the half closed eyes and slightly bored look.

Looks like the cow is patiently considering a longer than appreciated dissertation...

Not any with nice chewy crust?

Bumble bee might be a large garden bumblebee (as opposed to the next, a garden bumble bee). This one has 2 bright yellow fuzzy stripes and a strikingly white abdominal spot. The next has 3 not so distinct, not cleanly white fuzzy stripes. I looked and looked for matching photos.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133704-Bombus-ruderatus

Amazing to me looking for the bumblebee species just how many different ones there are! This one "might" be a garden bumble bee.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121989-Bombus-hortorum

Strangely, that was our question also.

I wonder what they are talking about...

I'm afraid that I don't find formal gardens very appealing, unfortunately. My favorite garden in the world is in your neck of the woods, Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver, and the botanical garden at UBC is also a treasure, with their beautifully naturalistic, varied collections set in the amazing PNW tree canopy. So when I see monotonous begonias surrounded by fussy sculpted boxwoods I just sort of zone out. I'm sure you were awaiting with great anticipation for my unsolicited opinion, of course! But honestly, your home region is far, far superior in the gardening world, 1000 percent. You can take great pride in that, and I'm sure you do.

I have one of these, it's a bog sage, Salvia uliginosa. Mine are really tall and the rain yesterday knocked some of them over, but there's always a bumblebee on them and that bright blue is really special.

Villandry garden is one of my favourite things in the whole world parto the kitchen garden. I hope I get to see it again

European robin.

Nice!

Au contraire! Black-headed gulls again.