All I Need to Know About Life I Learned from a Honeybee 

Grooming is important.
Home is where your family is.
A good buzz is, at times, helpful.
There's no such think as a weed.
Don't flap your wings unnecessarily.
Drones are important, so is NOT droning.
God gave you lots of eyes; use all of them.
Cleansing flights: good for the body and the soul.
Take care of the one in charge, but have a back up cell.
Stop and smell the roses. And the daisies, and the marigolds, and...
When you figure out your role, do it to the best of your ability.
Working together yields awesome results.
Horizontal stripes can make you look fat.
Only sting if absolutely necessary.
Make a beeline to your work.
A plant based diet is smart.
Bee all you can bee.
DANCE!

Landen Gets To See The Reds Play

This past weekend  we visited Brad and Meagan. We took along Landen. He has really showed an interest in the Redleggers. Saturday night Brad and Landen attended a game. Wow! They won and Landen, and of course Brad were in seventh heaven. Landen said his right arm hurt from cheering. And his left arm from playing games on the computer. It was a fun time for all of us, as Meagan and I watched Gone with the Wind Saturday night, and we did some antiquing while we were there.
No trip is complete without a visit to Frisch's. But 3 big boys. Can you believe it? Yes Landen ate 3. Have a great Monday!  

Bee Bearding

In extremely hot weather, when the hive's internal temperatures can rise to excessive levels and the hive population is so great, bees make their way out and cluster outside the hive in a huge numbers, here they can try to escape from the heat and remain cool. honeybees do this mostly to keep the inside of the hive from overheating and killing the brood and to help regulate the brood nest temperature. Brood and too many busy bees in the hive increase heat output. It is a simple way to regulate the internal hive temperature.
Often bees beard because the temperture outside is high, lack of ventilation and overcrowding. During lack of honey flow in summer the field bees don't have any work to do, therefore if the hive is hot, they will crowd together out on the front of the hive out of the way of the busy house bees.
On hot and humid evenings, many bees will loiter through the night and even during the day outside the hive clinging to the front of the hive or on the landing board doing nothing. Looks like my bees above are hot, and doing some bee bearding.  

Surprise! Surprise!

David and I went out this morning to buy him a pair of penny loafers. We did that, and he mentioned lets go look at the nook. I am all for that. As you know, I wanted one for Christmas I said. Off to Barnes and Noble for a quick look, and out the door with a nook tablet. I wish all purchase's could be this easy.

My First Two Dozen Eggs

Lets look at the business of chickens laying eggs. It really isn't difficult to do, because the chicken does it. Brown is the most common color of egg from a chicken. Above are my eggs to feast your eyes upon. Aren't they beautiful?
Now we can have fried eggs, scrambled eggs, omelets, quiche and just about anything else you can imagine.

Junk Food Junkies Dying For A Fix

Junk food is over processed and too easy to digest. Junk food requires very little processing by the body because it is mostly sugar and empty fillers like hydrolyzed starches. The more junk food a junky eats, the more junk food you want. Have you noticed that? When I eat a piece of cake, or pie, or french fries. I want more. Its additive. The fix is a lifestyle change and a commitment to your body for life. It's not easy, but it's easier than a slow death by junk food and disease!

 

 Five Ways To Find Joy In Tough Times

These are tough times getting tougher. We all should know by now that stress may be the number one catalyst for bad health. But denial is not the answer. We need to understand more about the reality of our times in order to survive. The trick is to do so while retaining a level of equanimity and compassionate detachment, not merely forced cold indifference. Through equanimity, the spark of joy can ignite happiness no matter what the environment is forcing on us. True happiness comes from within. What we all need to do is curb anger and rage, keep good company, practice real kindness, be in the moment, and get involved more in nature. Now you are talking my number. Take walks in nature and observe trees, birds,sky and clouds with interest. If you can, try some gardening. Many,as I do, find they relax while getting connected and centered that way, while getting less anxious about the future.