It was about ten o’clock at night, sometime in October, with the moon shining and a look of hard wet rain on the fallen leaves. I was wearing my monkey pajamas and fuzzy pink argyle-patterned bed socks. I was ready for a big sleep, and I didn’t care who knew it.

I apologize to my apiphobic friends, but this was my random prompt. No actual photo of actual bees, so maybe it won’t be so bad.

And now, because it’s food day at the blog, here’s a tapas recipe. We like these with pasta dishes, but they’d be good for appetizers or snacks.