What’s the Point of Easter?
Are your eggs in your basket or still on the lawn? Too often, I think, we want to scatter our eggs around to "cover our bases." And like an Easter egg hunt, we discover one egg under a bush, another by a tree and two or three in the middle of the lawn....
What’s in Your Basket?
Have you put all your eggs in one basket? I have. I'm thinking ahead to Easter and eggs and bunnies and flowers and, of course, bees. It's Spring. Yellows, pinks, lavenders, blues and greens are crowding out the grays of winter and brightening our days. I'm...
“Iffy” Spring & Early Easter
So, is Spring here or not? From the picture above, it sure looks like it. This weekend we were celebrating Spring at the Christian Women's Conference of Middle Tennessee, coordinated by Mary Ann Davis. The theme was "Bloom Where You're Planted." It can't get...
Ouch! — Revisited
We had to go back. The job wasn't done. In spite of our painful experience with our "unfriendly hive," we had yet to look inside the hive to see whether or not the queen was laying eggs. Neither Suki nor I was looking forward to coming face to face with those...
Ouch!
Have you ever given advice to someone and then found yourself not taking that same advice? Well, I'm guilty. This week Suki and I planned a quick check of our hives during the warm weather. We were anxious to take a peek at the girls and see if there was any brood and...
Are You a Blooming Idiot?
Are you a blooming idiot? I am. As the days gradually grow longer and a bit warmer, I'm itching to get outside. I'm daily measuring the shoots from and celebrating each bloom of the daffodils that are poking their heads above ground as I bide my time. I'm even...
The End of an Era
STOP. I know your lives are busy. So is mine. We all have too much to do and too little time. I get it. However, I want to ask you to pause for a minute and remember this day because it's the end of an era. The heavenly realm shifted this morning in the Blue Ridge...
New Beginnings Women’s Conference
We were busy as bees this weekend! First the Coffee County Lannom Library in Tullahoma on Thursday, then the New Beginnings Women's Conference in Murfreesboro on Saturday. Suki Brannan, Patty Howell and I had a...
Fun at the Library
There was a buzz going on at the Coffee County Lannom Library in Tullahoma on Thursday. My friends at the library had invited me to speak on one of my favorite topics: beekeeping. I brought pictures, recipes, a veil and a...