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[Nanci]

I describe my native bee efforts here on my personal blog: http://strumelia.blogspot.com/search...olitary%20bees

That's really cool! I have red wasps out at my patio/Fort Tort/water garden. We have this deal: you don't sting me, I won't kill you. I have read that they can be aggressive, but mine are not. When I sit in my rocking chair on the deck at the water garden, a red wasp will fly up, walk around on the deck, sticking her head into the cracks, and then finally crawl under. Last summer I had one that made her home in the solar lantern that hangs a foot away from my head, by the chair. I would check every evening to make sure Wilburina was safely in bed for the night.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Wilburina....that's good!

It's always preferable to let nearby creatures live in peace to see how it goes.
'Most' of the time there are no actual problems.

Most people are shocked that I have two garden chairs set up right next to my two honeybee hives. But then they see that you can just sit right there next to the entrances to the side a bit, and watch the thousands of bees coming and going, bringing in pollen, doing their thing and just not interested in the clumsy giants sitting nearby. I love sitting and being inside the Hum Cloud...it's like being inside a circle of monks doing their OM chant. Very therapeutic, like meditation.
Plus, it always smells like beeswax just being near the hives. I love that sometimes my hair smells like a campfire from my smoker when I work the bees, and other times my hair smells like beeswax.

[tulip]

I watered my entire front and back yards--perennials and veggies--with fish emulsion, and my whole corner smells like a stagnant bay. But my plants sure are perky.

[Crankin]

I had like 2 hours of sleep last night and I feel like s***. The mocha at the bike shop yesterday sent my already hyper stomach into overdrive. Ugh.
I am sitting here in my running clothes and trying to make myself go out, even for a walk. Then, later, I am volunteering at the farmer's market in the next town, giving out discount coupons to people who arrive by bike (it's the first day of the market this year). I am planning to ride there, and hoping no t-storms come up for my ride home. I don't want to take the car, it's only 8 miles away!
I got through one chapter of my "Clinical Treatment for Addictions" text and that made me start to fall asleep .
I think I am a bit nervous about the upcoming wedding reception...

[DebW]

I've just returned from 5 days in Missouri and Arkansas to attend my Grandmother's funeral. She was 98, living alone until a couple years ago. She got to stay in her home until the end as she wanted, with the support of an excellent care-giver and a hospice system. I was honored to serve as a pall-bearer at her funeral. She will be missed but always remembered fondly.

[kmehrzad]

I've just returned from 5 days in Missouri and Arkansas to attend my Grandmother's funeral. She was 98, living alone until a couple years ago. She got to stay in her home until the end as she wanted, with the support of an excellent care-giver and a hospice system. I was honored to serve as a pall-bearer at her funeral. She will be missed but always remembered fondly.

Sorry to hear of your grandmother's passing. Sounds as though she lived a LONG, healthy life to have made it to 98 years old and living alone at that (for the most part) and in the comfort of her own home. If we can all be as fortunate ...

Relish the memories of her.

[Crankin]

Condolences about your grandmother, Deb. Most people our age don't have their grandparents still around, so she sounds amazing. The last of my grandparents died in 1997 and she was 92.
Yesterday I met one of the "older" members of the group I ride with. Two or three years ago I went on a ride he lead, when he was 85. He is now 88 and still riding, but according to him, "not so good on the hills now."

[NbyNW]

I watered my entire front and back yards--perennials and veggies--with fish emulsion, and my whole corner smells like a stagnant bay. But my plants sure are perky.

I'm planning to do that later this week ... right before I go out of town!