What’s the Haps?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRgh. . .water in Andrea’s office/apartment level is never welcomed and this one truly sneaked in on us. Starting as barely a damp spot on the window sill in the bathroom, within 10 hours we had constant dripping and [...]
What could be better than a tea party, and HIGH TEA ta’boot complete with garden hats, English tea cozy and hand embroidered table linens, in the garden on a splendid summer afternoon? In Andrea’s nearly 28 years here, this [...]
We don’t even remember how many eons ago we fenced in the curb area in front of the front walkway and steps in an attempt to keep the darned pigs out. Over the years, it had become overgrown and [...]
It is no secret around TSH who seems to manage to fall down at the drop of a hat – ANDREA! Thanks to all the critters that frequent our feeding station, the seeds get skittered in all directions including [...]
Our three hives under the leadership of their queens Suiko, Olive Isabella, and Tutwo, are foraging like the bee-gee-bees and we are filling the pollen feeders and sugar water feeders daily and sometimes twice daily – go girls go. [...]
We always keep close tabs on the clarity levels of the ponds but especially in summer when algae increases and algae blooms can happen in a flash. We have been noticing that, even with our best, most thorough backwashing efforts, [...]
July 2 was a day for the record books to be sure. Ever since we brought Olive Isabella Shaunnesey and her entourage home at the forepart of the year, we have intended to upgrade her digs to insulated hives. We [...]
We regularly deal with annoying and sometimes damaging aspects of the volume of traffic my skinny little driveway is asked to accommodate. Right-of-way and the narrowness of my 103 year-old drive seem to be the main issues right after exaggerated [...]
Cook’s Choice Appetizers are always a treat, but Terry, Tracy, and Char were the very first to sample their treats and Tumbleweed in our new logo-monogrammed glasses. So, what do you think? Pretty classy, eh? You can drink anything [...]
Another grand pre-dawn adventure takes us back to our friend Roy Arnold to select and bring home a new hive of honeybees. This brings our total to three hives, the first two thriving beyond our imagination. The new queen is [...]
