What The Heck Is This?!?

I can guess the caterpillar part, but the eggs (?) attached?



And a neighbor. I was taking a picture of the chard and found it after the fact - one of the many fun things to do with a camera.

I have really enjoyed our swiss chard all summer. I want to pick it and put it in a vase.

Sleeping With The Sheeps

Look over by the automatic waterer (yellow and red box).



I've been spotted.



Time to clock back in. BIG stretch.



Checking in with his 'peeps' (and keeping one eye on me and my camera).

That's Keebler by the way. Remember that cute bright white lamb? Don't worry, he still looks pretty white when he's dry and it will all wash out when he's shorn - on my to-do list.



Don't let the napping fool you, he's always on duty.

Thanks Hank.

Remember, if you want to go back through all the Keebler pictures, click the "Keebler" label below.

Spooky

I tip-toed out in the fog early this morning to try to catch some cool sheep pictures and what I ended up with that I liked the best was Brushy in the asparagus bed.



I experimented with lightening/brightening it up, but I decided I like the original best - how his face pops out of the gloomy, blurred background.

There's nothing gloomy about Brushy though in the real world, so this must be his alter-ego.

Another Sneak Peek

Slowly, but surely...



My mom and dad came down over the weekend and we refurbished the 24' garden spot to incorporate plants and flowers good for dyeing and preserving wool. Well, Saint Tim and my dad cleaned out, rebuilt and refilled the garden; my mother and I shopped for plants ;-).



Mostly perennials, but a few annuals just for a little color fix now. Give it a year or two. In the fabulous dirt our neighbors gave us, we should be packed in foliage and color.



The infamous cabinets. There is a 4' cabinet on each side of the couch and a 30" cabinet next to my desk. There were two different woods used - hemlock and birch - and I had a devil of a time figuring out how to finish them. I am happy though with this tinted stain - "winter moss" by Minwax.



While this appears to be a tomato rack, it's actually a skirting table - on the porch. I would show you the really nice matching drying racks Saint Tim built in the wash room, but with all the crazy rain yesterday, the screen door is swollen shut.



And I guess if you snooze, you lose. Looks like some squatters have already moved in (tucked into a tiny corner of the porch). Looks like they've also already stolen some wool.

Glad we could help...

And glad to be at the point where I can start unpacking everything in storage and get to work!

Macro Monday At The Frog Pond Honey Factory

Jane, Stella and I extracted 21 pounds of honey from our oldest hive yesterday.



Golden stained glass honey in the sunlight.



A tiny cluster of uncapped honey in a bottom corner of one frame. The bees don't cap (cover with wax) each honey cell until the moisture content is just right. They fan it with their wings to evaporate the excess water.



Good to the last drop.

I'm not sure these are actually macro shots, just close ups. Or maybe that's the same thing. Still learning...