
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
speaking of the beach

Sunday, June 27, 2010
Beach bums...
Ya All!
Hi Ya All!
I have tried this server time but with the same resoles, It never gets to posting, it couldn't be that I am doing some thing wrong! Right Will I'll try one more time:
Emily looks so quite for her 6th birthday, I now she did very will in the Dance resistless, Charlie Ann and an other birthday, Ele Set me a new book of my collection, one very talented girl, Addison I am looking forward to shooting he bow with you this summer in East land. Grace, and Gretchen and supporting there mom and day with Youth conformance, a Wedding and then a Girls Camp any one of these events would be enough for one summer, but with the help of them in the Nielsen Family I know that all of them will be a great success. I wanted to show some pitchers with ya I will try one Hope it works
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Emily is Six now!

Summer Reading Bonanza
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
http://247moms.blogspot.com/2010/05/11-free-summer-reading-programs-for.html
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day Dad!
Monday, June 14, 2010
Happy Birthday CharlieAnne!

Sunday, June 13, 2010
Busy Bee.
My bees are about 15 minutes away from here, out in the country. It's a really beautiful drive, especially right now with everything waiting for first harvesting. (It seems like we get at least 2 or 3 harvest seasons a year.) I took this picture on the way out of the wheat fields and an American flag. Beautiful.
People sometimes ask me if I'm not afraid when I work with my bees. And the answer is "Yes" but it isn't the bees I'm afraid of. It's lighting the smoker. I have a fear of fire, and the first thing I have to do, before I can open my hive, is to get a bunch of pine needles really burning and smoking. I tend to be too timid with my fire, and so it usually goes out and I have to do it again. I'm trying to be more brave about it. (In this picture, I need to use the bellows and get the flames jumping out the top.)
My hive is on a beautiful blueberry and blackberry farm. When I approached it last Saturday (when I took this picture) I could tell that something or someone had gotten into my hive--see how the lid is kind of tilted and not put on quite right? My hive is a very light Carolina blue. (Go Tarheels.) When I get into my beehive, I have to make sure to move very slowly and carefully. Bees can't hear, but they sense vibrations with their antennae. You don't want to frighten them.
This is my hive, open, with the top super (those are what the hive boxes are called) already removed. The big super is where I spend most of my time. I look at each frame of honeycomb to see how much honey and pollen the bees have to eat, to check for other bugs, and to make sure that there are lots of baby bees. I always try to find my queen, but she is pretty elusive these days.
Last one, this is just a good shot of a frame already filled out with beeswax. The wax is filled with honey and it is VERY heavy. The bees are putting wax caps on the honey, to store it for the winter.
So those are my bees--you're welcome to come with me and meet them, any time you like! :)
Love, Becca
addison the babysitter
A few days ago Lafe, being the early riser in the family, got up at the crack of dawn and we spent some quality time together. Finally Addison heard us and got up to join the fun. I decided that the two could fend for themselves and went back to bed. Here was what I woke up to. What can be better than a fort and fruit loops. Lafe can't wait for his big brother and sister to get out of school so they can take dare of him full time!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Our Bathroom renovation..
Monday, June 7, 2010
On the verge... got Advice? Speak now!!!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Live Action...
and washed the spider out.
and the Itsy-Bitsy spiders went up the spout again.