What a stunning day today – what did you get up to?
As I’ve been working outside this afternoon and didn’t come inside until quite late, I have little energy or inspiration for tonight’s post. So it’s going to be short.
I had a most enjoyable bike ride this morning. Every time I explore my background I am always blown away by the landscape and how lucky I am to live in a such a beautiful and peaceful country.
This afternoon I opened up my bee hive. What a ‘hive’ of activity it was! Opening up my hive always takes me out of my comfort zone – usually because I have problems getting my smoker to last the whole time and also because I struggle to lift the boxes off – they’re heavy! Anyway today I succeeded on both counts. The hive was jam-packed with bees all busy carrying out their role. The top box was fill of honey and the lower boxes contained plenty capped brood cells (this is a capped cell of a developing female worker honeybee or drone bee) plus a couple of Queen cells. Because of the number of bees in the hive I put an extra box on so they have more room – hoping they won’t swarm. By the time I closed up the hive the bees were quite happy and not at all agitated by being exposed to the elements.
The rest of afternoon was spent pruning hydrangeas, weeding and tidying up. There is always something to do if you have a garden. How are your gardens looking at the moment? What is flowering?
Dingbats
Trust you are still enjoying these?
Big of humour
I hope they bring a smile to your face.
Enjoy this Dr’s Advice TikTok video. Thank you Carly.
Answers to Dingbats
- Nice to see you
- A bunch of flowers
- Tea for two
- Time to go
Well that is it for tonight. Trust you all are enjoying level 3? Take care out there – GoldCard Gal 🙂
Neighbourhood scenes
Daffodils from Blenheim – thank you Ben. The colours and varieties are exceptional.
Rural Waikato scenes
Spring feels like it has arrived today, the birds are singing and doing other things they do in the spring, grass is growing and it feels like time to get out some cooler clothes. However the boyfriend reminded me that the middle of September can been unpredictable so will just enjoy today. Had a bike ride this morning, really ready for a coffee when I returned home went a little further than usual but at least had a bit of a tail wind on the ride back home. Enjoying the peace and no pressure to be anywhere however it will be nice to socialize again and get out of the super comfortable clothes. We even enjoyed getting dressed in smarter attire to go and get our vaccinations. That is really sad when you think about it. Lets hope the numbers continue to drop and we can get back to the new normal.
Thank you “Carly of Tamahere” for your consistent contributions to my blog – you’re the best! Agree about enjoying not having to be anyway and looking forward to catching up for coffee soon. Thank your boyfriend for the reminder – odd cold snap in September!. Enjoy your weekend 🙂
Have our first hive today, great to see them hitting the deck flying everywhere on a beautiful day. Hoping for a good crop of plums, nectarines, cherries, feijoas and peaches, the bees are going to be busy!!
Have the first of our 23 regenerative farming spp starting to flower as well, so the bees will be busy over the next 6 months as they all progressively flower. This is our second year with these spp, we have been amazed at the bird life, will send some photos as they progress. Might need more beehives, can’t wait!!
Thank you for your comments. Very rewarding watching bees landing and flying from their deck. I don’t understand what ‘spp’ stands for? Can you please tell me. Love to receive some photographs. 🙂
The dingbats are so clever.
Thought Sophie had it in the bag but energy was gone, showed she had given everything there was to give. What a role model!
Same here she’s an incredible athlete:)
What we’re the answers for the dingbat challenges??
Sorry about that – answers are there now. 🙂