RattleSNAKEs, Honey, a Horse and a House

Before I proceed, let me give you an update on the rattlesnake count for this season (spotted and killed): 37. YES, 37! Wow. On the one hand, I wouldn’t want to run across one unaware but on the other hand, maybe I can see one but be somewhere safe inside? Like with glass between me and the Rattler? Just kidding. I don’t think I want see a rattler up close.

That’s a picture of the bee yard at that location – lots and lots of honey and it tastes good. I can vouch for it from the last visit I made with the beekeepers. Light, sweet honey. Looking forward to saying I’m eating honey from the Rattlesnake yard. 🙂 Most of our yards are doing so well this year that Mark and David have a hard time keeping up with honey supers. With each holding down a fulltime job, they pretty much make supers as needed per visit based on what they saw the last time they were at a bee yard. All I know is this…Mark keeps saying, “Honey, there is a LOT of honey. I hope we sell it all.” This worries me very little because he said that in 2010 and we sold it all in a blink of an eye and then we wished we had more for everyone. And besides, if we don’t sell it all, maybe I’ll have have some left for gift baskets at holiday time. Last year we had nada left for baskets. Not a bad problem to have but still…

So here’s a quick run down of some highlights from the weekend before I get pulled away between laundry, errands, customers, lima bean soup, catching up with a college friend and all the things that make life wonderful…

Got to go to several bee yards with Mark over the weekend and it was super awesome – flowers are still in bloom and look amazing. The bees really do not have to search far for food this year and that’s a great thing because it means they have all they need to do their honey thing. When I see the lovely fields I always wish there was a way to scoop up the colors but I end up picking none of it because now I think of each flower as a food source for the bees. I still pick them once in a while but not as I have in the past. Now I’m content to roam the yards, mindful of ants, caterpillars and snakes. 🙂

The horse is one of two very inquisitive residents at the original Gonzales bee yard. It snuck up on me while I was snapping pictures. I get so engrossed in getting a shot that I sometimes don’t realize how long I’d been in a spot. That’s how the bees usually got me in the past. Me in front of hive too long. It’s how I discovered I was allergic to stings. Oh well! Live and learn.

Ahh! Mark’s home and we have to split for the Spurs/Thunder Game 2 in SA so I must tell you quickly that we spent pretty much all day Saturday looking at three properties where we can live AND expand GBR. That makes five properties total and we wish there was a way to combine this bit from house one with that bit from house two and the price from house three. We’ll keep working at it but it sure is nice to have a good realtor working with you on things. Thank you, Carol!

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