Looking Back at Spring on the First Day of Summer

And what a fun and busy Spring it was: two First Communions, a Confirmation, an 8th Grade play where our granddaughter did a masterful job as the Queen of Hearts, another granddaughter as Auntie Em in the Wizard of Oz, a wonderful choral performance and piano recital, and two high school graduations (Sorry we couldn't get to the one in Austin -- love you, Ashley!). 

Whew! Does it sound like a family marathon?

Lauren liked the cake I baked to order - chocolate/vanilla i

Matthew with a flower for Mary's May altar.

"Off with her head!"

Lots of bee adventures filled our spring as well. We divided our hives and made two nukes, but ended up with serious queen challenges and had to recombine the nukes to make one new hive. That one is now the strongest of our three. The hive that swarmed is the weakest. What an adventure! But after adding queen cells to the two queenless hives (Thanks, Frank!) we finally have all three "queen right" hives with the workers busily bringing in nectar. Good thing we have great mentors giving us advice and practical help. We hope to get at least 100 pounds of honey this year. We'll be checking during the coming week and will see how many frames of capped honey we have to harvest.

Now I'm looking forward to fun summer adventures!

Sunday Fun: It Didn't Feel Like Servile Work!

It occurred to me while we were making bee boxes today and filling bee frames with wax foundation that perhaps that is "servile work" that shouldn't be done on Sunday.

On the other hand, when something is so much fun it brings a smile to your face, how can it possibly be classified as work?

 Especially when you are doing it with two little girls who think it's the most fun on the face of the planet?

Whenever we go into our bee hives I tell people I'm going out to "play with the bees."

So, what do you think? Did we do servile work today? Or celebrate Sunday joy with our two little granddaughters?