Tiny hive, tiny beekeeper.
Abby gently smoking the bees with help from Mom and beekeeper Chris
Abby looking down into the hive with a little help from Mom
Jessica donned Abby’s bee suit and some winter boots (we are taking no chances, LOL) for a closer look.
Jess is avidly watching the activity in the nuc we combined with my garden hive.
Chris is a good teacher. He tries to make sure he explains what he’s looking for, what he’s planning, and what we should be thinking about in the next month or so every time he comes by.
Family trip to Milwaukee’s Urban Ecology Center, with friends Steve and Lisa. The Eat Local Resource Fair was going on with samples and food from local real food restaurants, cheesemakers, kombucha makers, and of course my favorite locally produced sprouted bread from Cybros (The Sprouted Bakehouse). There were free workshops on interesting topics. One I attended was how to buy meat straight from the farmer.
Watching the minnows at the Urban Ecology Center. Yes, we ARE easily amused, why do you ask?
A rock wall at the Urban Ecology Center! How exciting! What was that? Did we climb it? Oh, HELLS no.
Richard, you are giving me gray hair! Where do you think you are, in a greenhouse??
Are you kidding me?? NOW I’m aging. Abigail Walker Taft!!
Smoothie freezie pops. I’m getting prepared for making real food lunches for the kids. I tied up the ends with silly bands so they’ll fit into their EasyLunchBoxes and they’ll get a fun little bonus to wear the rest of the day. Now, into the freezer they go!
We made pizza a few nights ago and had a ton of extra pizza sauce leftover. I’m freezing it in an ice cube tray so I can put together real food build-your-own-pizza school lunches.
Cute and colorful whole wheat banana muffins for the kids’ lunches. I’m freezing them so I just have to grab a couple every night as I put their lunch boxes together.
Jessica helped make the muffins and wanted me to take a picture of her doing something funny. She gets a kick out of seeing herself on the blog. My Jessie cracks me up.
