In My Backyard....7-21-12

Sometimes you have to take beauty where you can find it.

Look! My Hen and Chicks is blooming. (Are blooming?)

 In any event, it has  flowers. 

I have never seen one of these bloom before. 

It must be happy lodged in the Mexican wooden shoe.

And here is a view of the front of my weak hive. This is the one I added the queen to. I secured the queen cage to that frame with the help of 2 blue rubber bands. The bees do not appreciate having strange items (like rubber bands) in their hive. They chewed through them, dragged them down through 3 boxes full of frames, and chucked them out onto the porch.

Whatever Happened To Spring!?!!!

It is May 25th, so why does it feel like winter? It is so damn cold in my house, but I absolutely refuse to turn on the heat. We usually turn off the furnace on April 1st. But this year we had it running until the middle of May. And, honestly, we could use it today. But I'm stubborn (and cheap) and will just put on a sweater. This was the storm that passed through, late this afternoon. The view is from my computer desk, looking out over my backyard and into the yarn shop parking lot.

June is less than a week away. Can we have some sun, please? Pretty please? I'm asking nicely. Our April showers brought...May showers. But also some May flowers. These are some of the blossoms currently decorating my yard.