@cavemanrich, thanks for the tag.:)
@drstratton, congratulations! Bees are/have been many things to us. Interesting, exciting, fascinating, aggravating, frustrating, and most of all, humbling. You learn pretty quickly: Bees gonna do what bees gonna do.
In no particular order, here are some...
We. Got. Rain!
:celebrate :clap:wee
Afterward, I went out and picked some more black raspberries. I think I'll have enough to make jam with now. I'm going to make it with honey. It'll be a small batch, and I can see if I like it, or if I want to tweak the recipe.
Oh, forgot to mention that we did get another car. It's the same thing, only two years newer and grey instead of red. Or maybe I did mention it. Anyhow, it's here, it runs well, it better last us a long time, and I'll keep spraying it with deer repellent.
I drove it to my chiropractor...
I did another batch this summer.
Hubby doesn't like the texture/flavor of the WG eggs. Also, the yolk nearly always breaks, so I use them for scrambled eggs and baking.
The swarm was 30-40 feet up in a tree, so no way to get it back. I've since read about luring them into an empty box with lemongrass essential oil. They're looking for a new place, and you set up something and make it smell good and they decide to move in. Except I didn't have any lemongrass...
I get exactly what you mean, @microchick! Congratulations! :celebrate
I jumped up and down for joy when I could tie my hair back into a ponytail again when I was rehabbing my broken wrist.
I try to do a "bug hunt" every day. At least I go through the potato patch and squish the potato bug larvae. Yes, I wear gloves, because... ewwww....!
The asparagus beetles are winding down. The Japanese beetles are everywhere. The Beatles were a famous foursome.
Heavy rain about 20 miles away. Nary a drop here. A couple more "good" chances in the next 7 days. We'll see if any pan out.
As a hedge, I watered the heavy soil garden today. Man, is that clay getting dry and hard where I didn't water. I put the water right at the base of the plants so that...
Since we haven't had much rain, we haven't had trouble with mosquitoes. But the flies... and deer flies...! I have special non-BYC approved words for those things.
I have a couple of these:
that I bought at TSC, and they work very well for the flies. The deer flies don't seem to be attracted...
Our "new to us" car is a 2018 Ford Focus. 49, 865 miles on it. It is so weird to see an odometer with JUST FIVE!! digits! :lau Color is grey.
So far, the only difference I've noticed between it and our 2016 is the color! All the switches and knobs and doohickeys are in the same place. And, for...