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May 2012

Happy May to you.

I’m thrilled to share the news of my new bees (newbies!)  They arrived this past week.  I picked them up in Hendersonville, drove them to my home, and introduced them into their new homes this past Saturday.  And even though I was the one “in charge” of the operation, I felt quivery as I transferred one frame of bees at a time from their moving box to their East-facing perches. 

After the transfer I sat on my porch, a safe distance from the hubbub, watching as they acclimated.  They make “orienting” flights at first, taking off, hovering inches from the hive entrances as they get the lay of the new land.  They fly back in and then, on the next flight, go further out, imprinting those feet of the landscape.  On it goes until they feel oriented enough to actually fly out further, exploring the flora.  I have a Tulip Poplar tree in full bloom right now and I hope the bees find it soon as it will provide lots of nectar for their first honey production.  Bang!  They get right to it!

I love being at home now that the bees are there.  Things are alive.  They day before the bees came, things felt too quiet.  Too empty.  Not quite right.  Now things bustle.  I feel it as I wake up, as I go out on my back deck, as I sit on my front steps.   Bees are everywhere.  Bees, bringers of new life, fill my home.  Me.

This month brings to a conclusion my year of focusing on my health.  Now, I am not ending that focus, but it is no longer the very first thing.  I am done with my treatments.  I am regaining my strength.  I am beginning to exercise.  Things are lightening up for me.  My mind is clear and so am I.  Onward I go.

Next up is a trip to watch my godson graduate from law school.  I was present at his birth and so this marker holds a special significance for me.  Many of you are parents, I’d guess, and so giving birth was just part of your path.  But for me, never a birth parent, being around for the start of this child’s life was momentous.  The days in Chicago were blisteringly hot when he was born.  I spent a lot of time with him asleep on my chest on the back porch of his parents’ apartment.  Now, of course, he is way to big to lie on my chest, but I hold him there still.  He’s a big boy now and our lives have not always intersected due to geography and, mostly, my work. 

I’m thrilled I get to see him make this next step. 

I’m thrilled I get to watch these bees take their first steps. 

Life is a fine thing.

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 Cooking from the Market with Laurey

Monthly through the Fall

Say, wouldn’t you like to join me in a shopping/tasting/cooking experience?

We’ll visit our local tailgate market, shop, and then come back here to cook what we’ve found.

This means there’s no predicting the “menu” until that afternoon.  Scary – and fun!

We’ll start this month, May 23.

Meet at 5:00.  We’ll walk across the street and then come back here to cook.

There is limited room so please reserve your spots with a credit card soon!

The cost is $35.00 per person which includes a glass of wine.

Give us a call at 828-252-1500.