Winter bees

Every now and then we get warm days during winter. And that is a good thing for my spirits, and also good for my honey bees. Bees need warm days, above freezing, to take ‘cleansing flights,’ as they will not eliminate inside their bee hive. When our thermometer hit 50 degrees, I took the opportunity to make that round…

The humble mason jar

I needed some quart canning jars the other day, so my generous sister gifted some quart canning jars to me. I noticed a few were different. For comparison, I had Mr. TellBlast get my old (not quart) jars out of storage. They are blue. I have the accompanying old tin lids some where. I was able to date…

gotta go back in time

Remember the movie Back to the Future? Or maybe the song by Huey Lewis and the News? I know! Call me old. It’s OK. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2005252608/tt0088763/ My system administrator and I decided to go back in time….before we had our last software and hosting update. A few features on the website were not working as they ought to,…