The girls were here this weekend and one had a little accident. I didn't get the accident on film, but she is O.K. Randy always rides them in the golf cart. This time he attached the riding toys to it and pulled them around the yard. They loved it so much! Winterlynn and her wildness got a little carried away with the steering; getting cattywonkers with it, and turned herself over! Right on the pavement! Talk about road rash! Wow! Her poor lips looked like someone gave her a wallop! It just couldn't have happened on the grass! Too bad it didn't; she might not be all skinned up! I think she won't do that again!
Our bee mentor Guy, came and separated our hive. I have never seen so MANY BEES! I was so into what he was doing, I didn't pay much attention to the ones swarming around me. He was running out of smoke and the bees got really upset with their hive being opened up like that! All of a sudden, kamikazes were after me! I tried to get them off, but one got me anyway! It HURT SO BAD! My first sting of all the years we've had bees! They didn't stop there! They chased me all around the garden, making me trip over the raised bed and hurt my ankle! I had to run inside; and they were at the door, hitting the glass! An hour or two later, Randy got home from work and went outside. They got on him! He too had to come inside! They waited on us at the door but we didn't go out again until the next morning. They were O.K. by then, as if nothing had ever happened. If you ever deal with bees, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF SMOKE! I don't like getting stung!
I hope that is the end of getting hurt on our homestead! But one must always be careful! Now we have to watch for snakes! I think they get my eggs sometimes! I'm thankful for my exciting farm life! Thanks for stopping by and reading! Leave a comment if you wish! Have a great week! Blessings from Bama!
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| I love everything about this peony! |
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| Black iris. |
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| Chocolate swirl bundt cake with thick chocolate glaze! I ate more of this than I should. |
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| Guy with the frames. |
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| The bees are coming out to see what's going on. |
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| He's scraping off the excess wax so the frames will fit in there better. |
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| I was standing where he is in front of the greenhouse when I got stung. This photo was after. |
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| Very agitated bees! |
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| Riley is starting to loose her baby look. |
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| She's trying to turn on the t.v. while the others get piled on the mini tramp. |
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| Randy has them strapped in with a seat belt. |
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| A lovely, fragrant rose. |
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| White peony. |
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| Candy striped amaryllis |
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| The clematis almost looks fake! |
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| I love these fragrant cabbage roses! |
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| Turning around at the road. |
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| They love this! |
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| They're having so much fun! |
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| Winterlynn insisted on going to swing right after her accident. See her bloody nose and lip? |
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| Poor baby! |
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| She looks better in this photo. |
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| Lovely New Dawn rose. |
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| This miniature rose has climbed all on the fence! |
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| The bees are much calmer now. I'm wondering about the nuc. I haven't seen much activity from it. I will let you know if it makes it. |
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| The tomato plants are growing. |
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| As well as the pepper plants and eggplants. |
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| The three rows of beans look good. |
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| Cucumber plants |
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| Potato plants. I dug this up while digging the potato trenches. Someone used this property for a dump, I believe. |
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| My soon to be graduate! |
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| Skylar gave me this for Mother's Day! It's my new favorite cookbook! |
