What’s the Point of Easter?

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...
What’s in Your Basket?

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...
Ouch!

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...
Are You a Blooming Idiot?

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...
Is the New Year old yet?

Is the New Year old yet?

Okay, we’re less than two weeks into 2018. But honestly, once all the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations are over and the brightly colored decorations are put away, I dread the cold dismal days of January and February looming ahead. Aren’t you...