Sunshine come again to day, I do so feel like sunnin'

RAINING, WIND A BLOWING.

THUNDER and LIGHTENING

all our funny farm critters here at Bettys crazy critters,

are wondering.....

WHERE IS DA SUN ????????

All trussed up for Grandpa's birthday,but not dinner

strutting their stuff.........the cool Smother's brothers came to court our cool "babes"



of course the resident toms are not to happy with the new guys............and wow are they handsome..........



Where did these guys come from ??? Are they wild ones or did some one dump them (turkeys eat a lot....so it would not surprise me, and some people think if you dump something in the country, the critters will do great...NOT!!!! Just a few years ago I rescued a pair of starving ducks, I'll write a story about duck,duck since I finally loaded his picture in, he was one amazing duck.).......
(a very poor picture I know, but alas, the only one we have of duck duck)


One thing I know the feed store owners just grin as everyone buys those little poults, CA CHING CA CHING>.........., after the first year of raising our own turkeys, I decided that first home grown turkey dinner was worth it's weight in gold...........



We have raised turkeys off and on over the years, they really do taste so much better, and I like to have them around............even hubby kind of enjoys them, that is unless we try to have a conversation outside, the Toms always hear you and try to "talk" above you...........



Two years ago I purchased a couple of young poults for "dinner" and was begged to add a couple more to my "cart" at a tremendous bargain....what a softie I am...so with the bronze I brought home a pair of spanish lace, a blue and a plain white....these last ones were the smaller breeds and were to mature at only 10 lbs.........they are 20 for sure...but they ended up being permanent residents, the spanish lace are truly gorgeous..............



Evidently the gals were so gorgeous the new guys have decided to take up permanent residence here, hey the chuck "wagon" is open so why not..........



Now to the trussing of one of the new guys.............



These guys were no where to be found this a.m. until later I heard a turkey "fest" going on outside and went to see what was going on........the home boys were having no more gal chasin'....

only 1 new guy was to be seen and one wing was not setting right...........so I rounded up our guys and went to see what about the smothers brothers, one was hiding in brush, I never could get to it, or stir it out, becoming sopping wet in the process...........the other one I couldn't locate, and so went about finishing chores.



Since it was Grandpa's birthday, we had decided to go to town, Grandma had to finish some purchases to complete his birthday gift...........



Chores done, soggy Grandma headed to the house for a hot shower,,,,,,,,



WHAT'S this ??????????? here was one of the Smother's brothers up on the front porch, the one with the crooked wing.............so Grandma captures him.............yep just as I suspected the last tip of his wing was bone broken............



Grandpa come help me hold this buzzard so we can truss him up before we go out for dinner..........

I know this looks odd, but it works...........I had some horses vet wrap and as long as you don't stretch it, it makes a great critter bandage, that is easy to remove, stick well and is secure...the white is one of Grandpa's old t shirts , I set the wing,made it secure, stuck Tommy in the tshirt, made that snug, then wrapped more vet wrap on the outside to hold the wings together so Tommy wouldn't flop it around....yep this works.......... been here dun that before,

We had a Canadian goose show up with a broken wing and I set it, put him in a secure place, like we just did for Tommy, actually he has a room mate in what I am calling the infirmary at present. Little black (a little black cochin banty hen, was nearly mauled to death by some of the bigger old biddies...chickens do that to each other,,,sad,,,, and while she is recovering nicely I think she was glad for some company in this big pen........ right now Tommy is not a happy camper, but he will adjust... The goose healed well stayed here 'till the following spring and when the spring migrations of geese were passing overhead, our little trooper must have heard his loved one as off into the blue he went...............

We had a t bone steak for Grandpa's birthday, nobody we knew....................

Welcome home Mary Queen of Scotts II...God Save the Bee's and Yon tree awaits

Monday 4-21-08

Mary Queen of Scotts II

She is a queen in waiting...in a spare bedroom with all her little worker bees, 'cause BABY IT's COLD outside , too cold to give her a proper welcome tour of her new home.

Thurs .the weather is supposed to improve and the temperatures warmer..... so Thurs April 24th is the day set for her official "coronation..." We will welcome our new queen ,giving her free "rule" of the empty Mary Queen of Scotts castle (who passed away last winter)...............

Long live the Queen and God save the bees :-)...........may you live long and prosper, may you fill many combs with lovely golden honey..........may you enrich the lives of those we love, including ourselves with your sweetness.and gold treasure !!!!!

Grandma loves honey and she's not a pooh bear, but she does care, and I won't climb there.....

Oh I already did that...check out last years ladder/bee fiasco...........yikes..........but hey I "got" a new birthday outfit........cool..........

Kate says no more healthy green tea and caffeine..........

Ah.......... mom , later, the sun feel s so good................does mom really need caffeine?????...

Kate says emphatically NO......... just watch out for Mom and get ready to rock, and run......... 'cause mom goes into super drive with her cappuccino flavored meal on her 5&1 program that contains green tea and caffeine.........it may rev your metabolism........it may cause you to burn more calories, get out of a plateau, it even has scientific studies to back all that up.............but hey our mom even hangs upside down and eeeks like a monkey............so beware......

(ummm actually our mom was kinda that way anyways..........now she rings a bell to get us dogs

of da "couch" no couch potato dogs need apply here..................(now just where is that rotten bell)

King Tut.............hubbies goldie,oldie love....

++++++++ KING TUT++++++++

Yep Grandpa loves this old bird. And King Tut loves him right back, they definitely have a bond...

Years ago, we had gone to the state fair and Grandpa saw these pheasants he fell in love with

called what else but......Golden Pheasants.

They truly are a beautiful bird........ now a bird in the hand is worth two in a bush, so they say, but did you know a trio of golden pheasants is worth a pair of little goat kids ???? well they were to to Daniel and Mary who traded us the pheasants for some of our extra goat kids.........

Grandpa finally got his Golden's......................

Here is King Tut in all his splendor............he is in a temporary pen, as we had to move him out of his big one, due to a tree leaning way over his pen............we will be making a replacement pen

this spring when the weather permits.........

Mason Bee Condo's, as per promise

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Here is a simple version of a mason bee condo.........

cut a 4x6 piece of wood 5-8+" long..(depending if you want a high riser or not !!!)
with a 3/8th inch wood bit... drill holes on 1" squares 4-41/2 inch deep......

We purchase special mason bee straws to put inside each hole for our condos, as you
can clean them easier.....

I like to paint the outside and design little scenes, one of ours is a barn, complete with a cow and horse...use your imagination....I plan to even glue fences and little cut outs....as long as they are waterproof that is....then a roof to shield your little abode, attach a hanger either to the roof or the backside (I would use a screw in mini eye bolt, as if glued, I am not sure it would hold together during bad weather)

Now a true dyed in the wool mason bee lover will pull out these straws, bathe the little cocoons
in a special solution to kill parasites, and house them for the wither months...perhaps I will add the "how" to for this in a later post....depending on the interest for such..........

now get ta buzzin''' have fun, let your creativity go...........

Horses,Horses,Horses

Dance with me.............

(dancing horse video link, below)

I love horses, I love everything about them, I love the smell of them,to touch ,to feel ,to ride,to groom,even cleaning up after them....even when I have been so sick I can barely drag my apple picker with me...

I admit the heavier hay bales(try 125 lbs as opposed to the 60 lb bales we used to get...when I was much younger, of course ....go figure...) are a bit of a hassle now. I did manage to unload a trailer by myself, when my loving/supportive ,hay helping hubby was "stove-up" after a hernia surgery...nope it was not due to his supportive role in hay totin'.

What can I say I have a hubby with a weak tummy !!! a joke....so the ol' gal gets to move the load.. alone......(2nd year in a row I might add) ....

According to Pat Parelli, http://www.parelli.com/ perhaps I am a true lover of horses....or really off my rocker, according to some friends and family "clan" members.......

Such is life.....we are ,who we are created to be, the deep passions and love of our hearts included...........

That being said ..here is a link to something I would have loved doing, as a teen....perhaps I still might someday....who knows...........

to dance with a horse..........

http://beboframe.com/FlashFrame.jsp?Size=S&FlashBoxId=3309347442

(thanks Amanda,for this e-tube, Carole, I tried to put the westfalls horse championship attachment with Stacey's baby doll in here, no luck....:-) you are both true horse pals..........Val,Amy,Dalee,Carrie, each of you horse gals rock!!!

Jeanne, where can I begin.......the essence of horses and critters are instilled in your soul, they show in your paintings, http://www.jeannewarrenart.com/

Tamera, my new horse breathing pal ...team member with me on Alicia's team at http://www.sendoutcards.com/27588 , have you "kissed" a horse yet ???/

my oldest grandson who loves critters more than I , I believe,,,,,,,,,,such fun times with our Tina,and your little brother......

Laura,James,Ashlan,Tina's greatest lovers besides myself and my own kids,now grown...

we miss our little paint gal...........our hearts enriched with memories of her....

Especially for Melody at Slurping Life

This is a post especially for Melody of a blog called slurping life,

Her blog title , is a reminder and inspires me to enjoy the richness of life, despite what the day brings...all of us have things that happen in life, I have long been a slurper, but had never "coined" it...I love this...

My first "jaunt" to Melody's site..was today. I have long been a fan,from reading little snippets, at in the life of a child and because of your blog name, of course... I went there ,today, to simply post a little encouragement to something she has going on in her life....

I also wanted to let her know that I would have loved to have sent her a card with a pic of our Roo..slurping tulips as a little puppy....

Melody there is a recent post with Roo's pic ..then and now and a brief story about our hero.... but especially for you I tuck in "little Roo" in this post.

May our "little" hero encourage you today , to what else but slurp life...

as you seem to have already discovered, no matter life's happenings, everyday is pie al 'amode,

sometimes it just doesn't feel like it....

Anyone else reading this post, may you too learn the abundance of slurping life, in the middle of living life, even in the dark times....

Pig and Ford races.........

If you happen to live in or plan to visit Oregon, you really should look up when the Tillamook county fair will be held.....

The Pig and Ford races are a must......................

I don't know when I had so much fun................ here is a picture one of the races...

The object being the driver must run and grab a pig ,get in his ford, drive around the track, stop

pick up another pig etc, for three laps....

the ford is a hand crank, to start rig....this is in rememberence of the old days ...when one would be driving to town or checkin'the north 40 ?? Upon finding the pigs were loose ,one would have to run and catch it, start your vehicle, pig in "hand" and take the critter home....no doubt an often, duplicatable task. Pigs are very good at getting through fences.....

Grab a coke, an elephants ear or souper duper waffle cone with REAL Tillamook icecream, who knows perhaps you'll find yourself sitting next to me, I'll be the one laughing until I cry :-),,,,

see ya there...............

Roo,then and now....our hero

Little did we realize when we brought home this darling tulip slurrping bundle of fur, he would grow up and save our oldest grandchilds life.... Roo sometimes you stretch me, you have a stubborn streak...but you are worth your weight in gold..........hugs wonderful Roo dog.....

Oh brudder....

Just a fun pic of our Angel who is back at her babyhood home ,reunited with her brother Gyko

Mary Queen of Honey Pots......

I am convinced this is where Mary Queen of Honey Pots (as a our Granddaughter "dubbed" her)

has taken up her new residence.....(this was formerly called the bee tree)

This new castle is at down at where our family calls the point....the tree stands as a faithful sentry over a special place where many stories were read to children, many fun adventures took place,

Times to play in the sand, build a "fort" even our dogs relished the time spent here,,,one place on our little farm , where they were free to dig a hole....which we would always fill back up before leaving...

At the time, many years ago Tiffany one of our minpins would dig herself a hole so deep you couldn't see her, on one of her jouney to the middle of the earth adventures... she evidently came nose to nose with a gopher ,as she yiked and backed out in a mad scrabble to vacate the premises , evidently belonging to some critter hidden below....

fun times....

Little miss Rosey Bourke....

Yes a bird in hand is worth two in a bush, here is little miss Rosey Bourke.....

April showers, bring spring (May) flowers....

A bird in the hand...canary babies

CANARIES

These jewels of the bird world never fail to brighten my day, they remind me that no matter what the day brings...........one can always sing.........

here are a couple of new babies will they grow up to sing their hearts out, like their proud papa ????

Heart healthy Brownie...contains oatmeal

Yes. these are yummy...........trust me many teenagers devoured them over the years, they were a hot "ticket" when taken to potlucks, given as treats on goodie trays, used in bake sales...

This is for Pam....:-) I promised my brownie recipe for you to make for your kiddo's..........

now here is the DEAL....since I am your health advisor/coach...this of course means you are not allowed even a nibble....you are on your way to one hot kayaker, this summer, so here's for our 5&1 until you reach your goal :-)............................

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BROWNIES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>yum>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1/2 cup of BUTTER. melted....lets support those lovely bovine and get the REAL DEAL
(umm is my dairy 4-h leader training a showin' ???)

2 sqs of baking chocolate....( I never seemed to have any on had out here in the "out back" wilds

so here's what I always used 3 TBSP of Hershey's unsweetened cocoa

you could get it in a huge bag at Costco, and of course no one ate this

plain, so I generally could keep this on hand....and 1 TBSP

BUTTER per sq of chocolate. I would melt these together

1 cup of sugar...stir in

2 eggs ( out side aren't they ?????) beat in 1 at x

1 TBSP of vanilla

1/2 cup of flour (mix the dry ingred together then add)

1/2 tsp of baking powder....I only use rumford, w/o aluminum

1/4 tsp of salt ....I use sea salt

3/4 cup of rolled oats, I always used the old-fashioned kind and had always thought this would be great if one processed the oats..just never got around to trying this extra step.....

1/2 cup nut ..since my "clan'"always asserted the cook was nutty enough ,they never wanted nuts added,this is up to you

mix and spread in a greased 9x12 .........350o preheated oven for 25 min

while still warm spread a frosting on

frosting......

1 cup pwd sug

3 TBSP melted BUTTER

3 TBSP Hershey's baking cocoa

1-2 TBSP milk

1 TBSP corn syrup

enjoy ....................................yummmm.................................................................

wahoo....as a health coach I noticed with our great 5&1 secrets I didn't even gain a lb writing with

CHOCOLATE letters, remembering the heavenly aroma,of years gone past when the memories of our busy "kid" years kept the oven door a flying.....nor when I checked out the conversion

on the cocoa box....isn't it great to KNOW what we KNOW now ????? go Pam, have fun

of course ,this goes for anyone else reading this :-) ...............................

this farm granny...and health coach better head outdoors and do a critter check....phone in my pocket waiting to hear from you !!!!!!

River walk about-rescue efforts, save the ducks,and TIMBERR

Cold,wet,and soggy..............a day in last novmber (o7)
Little did I know what was waiting for me OUTSIDE this morning, suffice it to say the morning has been less than dull!!! I challenge any other Granny to put in such a morning !!!

Where to begin, yes I know, I have two pairs of work shoes (mainly because I need to toss out the old pair) but this morning the “newer” (already they need to be replaced) one were still soggy from yesterdays adventuresome chores, thus I chose to put on the drier though not as comfy ones. I think that’s where I made my first mistake !!! Out the door I went and oh my goodness, not only was the river no longer contained in the banks, it was up close and personal ( umm try right up to the drive) well I was down in the mouth and mumbling and rather depressed and complaining about how our “neighbor” had diked up his side and all the agencies I’d called seemed rather ho hum about it or no could see it or no comprehende, I was rather whining to God about the injustice till I looked and saw the field across the river was flooded too, so then I had to confess about being whining AND a bit “glad”; our place wasn’t the only thing flooded. Humble pie again, one would think I would enjoy it as I certainly “partake” of plenty!!!!

The stage is now set, and work to be done. First I do my quick walk through checking on “everyone, le5ting the little girls out and feeding fish. Ginger did not want to leave the barn, little did I blame her as their “lane’ to the paddock was flooded, well since it wasn’t currently raining I thought OK I’ll still turn her and Tina out and put their hay out at the end of the lane so they would walk around some before being put up for the night. I then went on to fish feeding and water water everywhere !! I managed to find enough high ground to walk out to the koi tank and feed them, but the water was high enough I thought I’d better put the pump and some electrical cords up on something, well that was rather “shocking” hmmmm. Next I feed Frosty and the Alpaca “gang” and somehow one of the gates hadn’t been locked and Sancho was merrily running around in Malahara’s paddock, snorting around she didn’t welcome the “intrusion” , thankfully he came back through the gate when I put out their grain. First I had to take the wheelbarrow through water to get to the car ,as I still had the new bag of feed in there, usually Dad takes that out for me. That’s makes two “circuit loops” and I’d already noticed I had major rescuing to do for things in the front yard but thought I’d clean paddocks first, as I knew I’d get wet on my walk-a-bout rescue efforts and thought at least I could stay dry a bit longer and hopefully the water wouldn’t rise enough in that amount of time and float things away.

Next to put hay out for the horses beginning with the little girls, packing it all the way down there for them I find they’d decided to swim to their paddock, I do hope the water doesn’t come up much higher so they will swim back. ( wow with the water high the train sounds just like it’s outside the window !!) Oh and little mr & miss Quacky are happy as bugs in a rug swimming in their flooded pen, the pheasants and silky banties who share the pen with them are not, but they are ok till I can clean paddocks and rescue “things”.

Paddocks cleaned and on to the stalls, just as I finished Malahara’s and Tina’s and ducked under the half door to move on to Gingers…CRACK !!! like a rifle shot and boom, remember when I wrote this am and said I thought the loud noises were trees falling ? Well I now know they fall faster than lightening and consequently they do not fly when they take off !!! You’ll never guess which tree decided to try it’s “wings”, I certainly wouldn’t have, and I have been keeping an eye on about 3 or 4 that are close to either the house, horse barn or pheasant pens. The humongous oak in the back yard (the one Grandpa put a cage in trying to catch the loose monkey they saw)
And of course it landed across a whole flower bed I’d been working hard to have look nice, and also it took with it our bees (well they were a swarm from our new hive , I saw them swarm this summer and tried everything to catch them, even running water from a hose into the hole they thought looked cozy, tut tut it looks like rain, naw it’s just grandma trying to trick us into moving !!! Do you like that “house” she has to offer, not me looks just like the one we left, ya and I so like the view from up here, I’m staying how ‘bout it queenie, hmm wonder if they are regretting not moving into the little abode I offered, I do feel sorry for them. Well, I was a bit leery of oaks “neighbor, the one I watch by the pheasants. But on to the rescue walk-a-bout.

Enter the water, thus no more do I have dry shoes, I rescued a wadding pool down by the barn that had floated from the front yard , and was threatening to cause the gate to break, some coiled water hoses and a bit of cut wood, Roo rather enjoys this new “game” and then on to the front yard.

Well thankfully the picnic table was rather light, as it was just beginning to float, so I pull it across the deeper part of the yard and move on to the next rescue, about 15 trips in all, now one would think that’s not very far, so no biggie…. WRONG !!! It is slow going, especially when you step in an unseen gopher hole and nearly lurch forward while loaded down or sink another foot deeper into the river. I am thinking of the fun you kids had rafting in the yard, umm but this isn’t fun J but it is fun to think of you kids having fun while I drag or carry stuff across the yard, or should I say lake. Oh and cold, after a while, as this takes a bit of time, one forgets about how cold it is, but I discovered (again, funny I’d forgotten this from past “experiences”) the ground outside in winter is rather warm, when you take your shoes off and walk on the ground barefooted, in order to clean off the mud etc. Yay for very warm Epson salts bath, and so another day in the life of your mom !!!!! (can you tell I didn’t want to start a new project until I was finished getting toasty and letting my legs rest a bit OH,yes and two pairs of wet shoes are not worth one pair of dry ones in the “bush”. Love to all, Mom

More buzzin for a bizzy day....

This is actually a story written for grandchildren last spring ('o7) but I'm sure we will" enjoy" many deja vou' "days soon, one of our replacement hives and a new queen are scheduled to "arrive" in a week or so.....it. While we do have some spiffy , new mason bee condo's ready to put out....( thanks and hugs to hubby ), I am wondering if they are not doing so well this year...
I had trouble fining any new ones and the ones I did purchase....oh my goodness...I identified with Brer Bear in the Song of the South movie...... a dollar a minuet ...I am makin' a dollar a minuet.....
well who ever was selling these little critters was makin' OVER a dollar an individual critter
and mine did not emerge...I be a takin' my dried up little critters BACK...for a refund, hopefully.

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Boy things have been BUZZ-----ing here on our lil place :-0…….a week ago yesterday while I was doing chores I started to walk under a tree and there was a huge swarm of honey bees hanging on a branch right above my head…..well I dropped my “apple picker” (animal cleanup tool)…..and took off to grab an empty bee box (we have been keeping bees for many years and a tree “lopper” to cut the branch …whole new story as I actually aimed for the cluster to land in to the box, resting on a barrel I’d lugged into the paddock (and I was cutting from a step ladder…in reg clothes I may add…ummm bees in a swarm “generally” are pretty mild…unless you cut their little tree branch and it actually was two branches and thus half of the cluster falls and “misses” the intended castle :-0. Oops and Betty is off and running….

Betty returned with Hals bee suit on.,…..I caught our first hive in an empty small wooden kitchen cabinet about the size of two apple boxes stuck together…(you know one of those “things” you keep on “hand” as you may “need” it. well it did come in “handy” after all J so perhaps there’s future hope for some of the other “stuff” out “there”) anyways we got a “real” hive body and frames from uncle Perry and TA DA we were in the bee “biz” (well perhaps not to well as while we did get honey from that first hive and I may add the best honey we’ve ever tasted bar none…it has been a rather hit and miss honey “venture”. Perhaps living on the river is a bit to chilly?? Or the fact we had a very weird neighboring “farmer????” who sprayed nearly everyday (with a friends crop plane I may add…and even I was covered in “stuff” on occasion, while I worked out side ugh!!!! After informing the “farmer” we had bees and politely asking, that we would like to be notified whenever he was going to spray with some insecticide, our rate of “dusting/spray” seemed to escalate….(he was kind of that “way”…that summer all our bees ended up dead, but I wasn’t able to actually prove from what. That takes quite a bit of work…..) .

Well we kept replacing our poor bees, and so it went for many years, sometimes we got honey some times not….well the last two years we’ve managed to keep a hive going (hmmm our farmer no longer lives around here. well with in bee flight distance, at least…coincidence ?????) Last summer looked like it would “bee” a good year as our new Queen Azalea had built up a sizable “kingdom” , so well that she “flew the castle” taking her little sweet gathering “army” with her. I saw her go…and followed her to a large oak, I tried to capture them but to no avail…poor things, that particular oak fell last winter and of course the whole kingdom drowned during the high “tide”…..I had told the queen that I had a better castle for them but she was rather proud of her little fort. I was sad but then life goes on……

Queen Azaleas successor….queen Ester has done very well and built up an amazing kingdom (well with the help of our sugar syrup during the early spring but she left her kingdom too(the swarm I caught a week ago Fri) We are assuming Queen Ester had done such an amazing job in building up her kingdom as she left it under the guidance of princess buttercup. Princess Buttercup unfortunately also decided to strike out on her own….rather young and inexperienced, her little jaunt didn’t even get off the ground (literally) she had her small army all gathered for “marching” orders about 10 ft in front of the castle…but in the horse paddock . Hal who was filling in for me with “clean up” duty came upon the would be army “mission”. And before they had decided where to go. he promptly put another empty box on top of them.

Hal and Betty had to do a “flying” trip to the “bee” store and get additional frames for Princess Butter cups new castle.,,,while at the “bee” store , Hal bought Betty a very chic bee “outfit” for her up coming birthday …um Hal’s didn’t fit her well and oh my goodness Betty found it is quite exciting to have “someone” find their way into your “outfit” . Anyone want to learn a new version of the momba,cha cha cha and twist with a bit of Indian rain dance thrown in???(Betty just invented one), although, Betty didn’t do any war hoops(the kind Hal has added on similar “adventures” ) or as she has done when “venturing” into the electric fence, that was “off??”. It is no wonder that the neighbors dogs like to come to the fence at the top of the hill and watch her as she does chores…it is very entertaining, beats the day to day routine of looking for lost bones.

Betty must add, it is quite the experience to “bee” in the middle of a kingdom of bees, even while inside a very chic bee outfit…who needs any of the common “thrilling daredevil adventures?” I say put some of those teenagers inside a bee suit, stick ‘em in the middle of a swarm of bees and most likely they would have had enough excitement to last and calm their hormones down for at least a month J..

Our bee “kingdoms” now include Queen Ester, Queen Abigail, Mary Queen of Scotts, Mary Queen of honey pots and Princess Buttercup, may their little kingdoms prosper and may sweetness “rule” .

Bees Ple-ese

Oh Sweet honey, how high thou art :-)

a day in the life of a bee is very bizzzzzzzzzzzzzie .............................................................

.whenever I go out …the bumblebees always shout!! Here comes granny with her beesprayinacan da da da da da da da da, kinda “reminds” me of a kids song…hmmmm or is it bzzzzzzzz,

maybe that’s why I’ve usually passed the eye test where these little “dots” zoom up from all directions at the side of your eye…Awk am I seeing bees???(bees ona bwain???)

I mean just going for a “simple” walk, I’ve been visually “conditioned” to notice any repetative flying “formation”…if 1 goes zip (don’t buy panic, buy raid spray) if two go zip (beware, try it..find it) if three go zip (be ona sly) 4 go zip (Don’t pass by seek, find , DESTROY J…to the “tune” one white foot try it about horses..

My motto when “walking” ( two go zip to one spot… why there must be more where dat one came from…. ummm a bee in “a hand” is not “worth” two(or MORE) in a “bush”

Of course , non of the above appy to our worker bees , actually bumble bees are included with our hard working hiney and mason bees,,,, hope you have a bee-utiful day

April showers bring Spring(May) flowers

SIGNS OF SPRING