Sunday Happy

The ladies are home in their hive, living the life that bees live. We have a great view of them from the window on the porch and when you are just sitting there quite, you can hear them buzzing. It's a great spot if you want to just sit there and watch them. (without getting mosquito bites)  Bees, in and out, doing their little flight dance up into the sky. It's mesmerizing. 

The week was good, if not a little hectic. The last week of May always is. It is time for apartment turn overs so we had few people moving out and in, plus the mr has been doing side work all week and has been crazy all out all day, everyday. So things have been busy. But we still managed to get in dinner at Shannons, a evening on Mills river, and even a nice bike ride. Then there are my new garden woes. I have been spending more time then I really want to around the garden, keeping the slugs away because the cooper strip doesn't do shit, (I am now hand picking the fuckers and sticking them in a bowl of water. The birds love it) and getting an insane amounts of mosquito bites. I don't think I have ever been bitten on the face as much as I have been in he past week. And I have noticed that bubmble bees have made a home under one of the raised beds which also sucks because it 's right where I walk and I have almost collapsed there spot. I wish I could get them to move so I don't accidentally kill them so I am going to do a little research and see what I can do. Plus squirrels. I hate them right now and that is about as much as I can do or say on that subject. Anyway, On top of the garden and all the running around for people and life,  I mowed the lawn, cleaned the car, adjusted the kitchen cabinets, and got rid of a bunch of shit. We are so, what can I say,  productive? Or is it, In need of a vacation?  So soon, so soon. The van life is calling our names.....

Today is got a lot going for it. It is suppose to be beautiful, I have a stack of books, some wood to carve, some canvas to paint. My bike tires are still inflated and haven't popped yet (I really need new tires) so I am definitely going for a bike ride, and maybe the mr and I will adventure to do some picnicking while I read and he fishes. A well needed take it easy day. 

The world of the wide web.

-Um, yes. I have listened to this many many times. Weezer Covers Toto's 'Africa,'

-Read This Story and Get Happier. Oh, well ok. Doesn't hurt, right? 

-Going to do some wild foraging for stuff to make some stuff, like medicinal stuff. Guide to Making Tinctures

-YOU'VE NEVER SEEN WAVES LIKE THIS BEFORE. Erie and beautiful.

-I want it but have no need for it. Maybe get it and save for a later house? Fabulous vintage square bathtub

 -The Pits: An Endearing Short Film Follows a Lonely Avocado Searching NYC for its Other Half The music makes it great.

-If only I didn't already live here. VERMONT WILL PAY YOU $10,000 TO MOVE THERE AND WORK FROM HOME

-Naked-Eye Asteroid and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in June

-I follow a lot of plant people and I must say that those are my favorite pictures, but I am a crazy plant lady so.... Plant People Are Rarely Bullies”: The Leafy, Zen Corner of the Internet That Is Plant Instagram

-You, Too, Can Make a Fancy-Schmancy Pie Crust. I think I am gonna give it a go this week, or maybe next week. I'll wait for fresh peaches.

Pictures from the week

-C

Sunday Happy

To be as cool as those two. Life goals right there. Ha.

How's your week been? Mine has been decent.  I have been running around doing all sorts of shit all week and it has just flown by so fast.  Paint colors, house scraping, kids, family, paperwork, bills, the mr in and out, working until 8 at night all week. We really know how to alway have something to do. (even when were don't want to be doing anything) The apartments need attention, everyone in school is either out or getting out soon, summer is basically here and plans are being thrown around. But what really sticks out in my mind from this week are all the damn mosquito bites that I have gotten, like 8 million because the mosquitoes are so so so so bad around my house right now, like 10 times worse then anywhere else in the world. They are swarming by the hundreds and are starving for blood. I cannot walk out of the house without getting bitten and if I want to spend more then 2 seconds out there, I throw on heavy carharts, a thick hooded jacket and spray the crap out of myself with lemon eucalyptus which does absolutely nothing. It has been kind of miserable and I am praying that they will die down soon. I don't want to be wearing clothes all summer long to be outside. (correction. I don't want to be wearing heavy clothes, I want to be waring summer clothes.) 

We have been having some good time though. Barb swung by one afternoon and ended up on a tandem bike ride adventure with the mr and I (I don't ride tandem, I like the freedom of being the only one on the bike) We biked around town looking at all the junk that people have been leaving curbside because schools out and that means everyone is moving out. We spent a rainy day with the littles where Miley took to reading all afternoon, into dinner, and beyond, Judah and the mr painted, and I ran around with Coco, throwing the Buzz and Woody ball at his head.  And I went and spent far to long at the fabric store, buying 15 yards of fabric to make curtains for the porch. Got to love Memorial Day fabric sales and of course all the displays of  the pretty threads. Fabric stores, they can get this lady here in trouble. 

Yesterday, we drove up to the northern parts of Vermont, had a dinner picnic, stopped at a roadside cajan seafood place (in the middle of VT ) and got the mr an ice-cream cone.  After the sweet treat, it was go time. We got to the apiary at 6:30, just as the bees were coming home from a short, wet day, and picked up our new ladies. Bees Bees Bees. And there were baby sheep there too. So sweet, they actually let me pet them, unlike the bees that were a little fussy and bumping against out heads. We loaded them up, got them home,  placed them next to the hive, popped the cap, and let them be. 

Today I am going to bike into town, hit up the gym and the library, maybe stop at the coop too. Then the mr and I are going to do a quick install of the nuc, get the ladies tucked into their new home, and hopefully get an eye on the queen. After that, I don't know. I would like to spend the rest of the day outside, and my garden could use a little weeding, so maybe I'll just do that. If the mosquitos would just all leave me the fuck alone. 

Stuff from the internet

-An Argument Expert Explains the Best Way to Fight With Your Partner. My new response to any argument..."How can I help you stop being a fuck head." haha

-Those stamp people, so smart. The U.S. Postal Service Is Giving Us the Scratch-and-Sniff Stamps We Never Asked For

-Give Your Best Friend the Perfect Gift – Sheets With Your Face on Them. I don't know if this is funny or just plan evil.

-What a headline, and now I think I want need see this movie . Sesame Street Sues Over Melissa McCarthy’s R-Rated Puppet Murder Movie

-I always wondered how he did those moves..Michael Jackson's Gravity-Defying Lean Continues To Fascinate

-What's a Convection Oven, and When Should You Use It?I have a convection on my oven and never use it. But I might just the next time I make cookies. 

-Hand-Dyed Crocheted Thread Carefully Covers Eggs, Seeds, and Tree Trunks Pretty

-I am planting more medicinal herbs in my garden and around the house. Directory of Culinary and Medicinal Herbs

-I guess I was really ignorant on the subject of shaved ice, until now.

-Live in a dome. I would take one of these for sure. 

Pictures from the week.

Have a good long weekend.

-C