See Those Beehives Back There? They May Be An Endangered Species

One of my hives swarmed Sunday.  I don’t know if was the “nice” bees from the hive on the left, or the “mean” bees from the hive on the right (only one shows on this page anyway), because there is still one heck of a lot of bee activity in both of those hives.  As [...]

It Feels Like Fall

The nights are chilly now and today stayed that way.  Leaves are browning and beginning to fall, the grass is burned up from lack of rain, and not much is growing. I picked what are probably my last tomatoes a few days ago but there are still many peppers coming on – if the weather [...]

What a Glorious Day

I feel like bursting out in song, something like “Oh, What A Beautiful Morning” from Oklahoma. No one would want to hear that though (not the song – my singing), so I have spent the afternoon working in the yard.  I have pruned dead wood out of lilac bushes, pulled weeds from flower beds all [...]

Can You Hear Me Now?

Have you ever heard a bee up close?  Up really, really close? I was working with my hive the other day, almost done and ready to leave, when I realized I had a bee IN MY EAR.  Not near it, not on it, but crawling right on down into its darkest depths and buzzing all [...]

The Honey Harvest

Saturday was the big Honey Harvest Day.  It took the whole day.  Not that we had that much to extract, but the friend who was allowing us to use his extracting equipment did.  And he needed help.  So we helped.  And came home with honey on our clothes, in our hair, etc.   We didn’t get [...]

A Hot Day

It’s been a hot day here today. Bud and I went to a picnic this afternoon, where we enjoyed the company but not the heat and humidity.  I was asked to lend my name to the local campaign of a former U.S. senator who is running for state office this year.  Who, me?  Good heavens. [...]