Aging Is Good For The Ego
Rainbow over the Kyles of Bute I used to think that 60 yrs is quite old, but now that 2023 has arrived – the year in which I will have been alive for six decades (hopefully) – I’m thinking that…
Category: Review of My Year
Here are some of the ups and downs in my review of my year. I like to reflect on what happened because that’s how I learn. It also reminds me of how fast time marches on, so I need to make the most of it!
Bringing In The Honey
Honey extractor How We Harvested Honey This Year That's it; we have finally finished extracting honey for 2022. We got 1,540 lbs for the season, an average of 55 lbs per hive, using the number of full-sized hives in the…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year 2022 Thanks to everybody who reads this blog. I enjoy writing it and sharing whatever is exercising my tiny grey cells at the time of writing. I still suffer from some lingering COVID symptoms, but they seem…
To Sprout or Not?
Brussels sprouts I realise that I may be unusual in this, but I'm not a massive fan of social media. I'm a 'baby boomer' with two kids of the 'millennial' generation and one who is 'Generation Z'. I'm cool with…
Beekeeping in Three Charts
Beekeepers are easy to spot by what's in their car Over the years, I have figured out a few things about beekeeping in my area. Every area will be different, but the one that I care about is the one…
Ups and downs of 2018
As Confucius almost certainly once said, "It's the Yin and Yang, innit?" in answer to questions about why life is so rarely all black or all white, but is both at the same time. I am at peace with this.…
Birthday Review of the Year
As I slump in my incredibly comfortable La Z Boy chair in front of my super amazing iMac computer, I can still feel the bulk of my birthday meal progressing steadily through my walrus body. That meal was yesterday, and…