This is one of my older paintings and at the moment I
This is a new arrangement I made with silk tulips
Sparky says "Can you see this dish is empty?"Today is cloudy and dreary looking, but its about 50 degrees out. Maybe spring will come yet. Feeling much better this morning (see yesterday's blog which I added info to). The down time just wore me out. So this morning I went through the emails and got them down from nearly 100 to about 30. Will work on that some more. After blogging I plan to pay the bills, file the stack of papers, maybe a walk with the dogs - they are telling me they want to GO! By then it should be time to get some dinner ready - I know not what though. I absolutely hate to have to decide what to cook. Then tonight James, Kathy, Bonnie and I are going to see a comedian - Avner the Eccentric - at the auditorium. I'll let you know how it is. He's supposed to be very funny and I'm really craving some good laughs.
My sister in Green Valley AZ wrote about these bees. I've seen some programs on TV showing what happens when bees get inside the walls of your house, and it is like a horror movie. Very destructive and expensive. : "Swarms of bees in front of our front door for 5 days now. Bob made some calls and was told they settle down in the evening and to seal up wherever it looks like they are disappearing in to. So, we went out each evening, after watching them during the day, and sealed up the minuscule spaces they were entering. But, being smart little bees, they always found more spaces to get in. We used the expanding foam insulation that comes in a can and you spray it into the space you want to seal. It works great. The bees are just smarter than we are. So, we're going to have to call the exterminator to come and get rid of them. Tuesday there were 200-300 bees, or more, and it diminishes each day, but we think that is because they have established the hive and they come and go during the day in groups - like little BEE battalions. They are carrying pollen in on their little legs. Such a pretty yellow. They are going up and over and behind a beam that holds up our front porch. So, no way to remove that. And, I don't want to keep foaming the whole porch. We already have places we need to touch up with paint from using that stuff. Hopefully, they'll be gone by Monday night. We called a volunteer group that comes and collects them, but when they establish themselves behind walls, there's no way for them to collect them. They can't help us. I hate to destroy them, but I sure don't want them living in my walls and ceiling."
Hopefully you can click to make this big enough to read, or have a zoom on your computer, but Kerri is Sheral's daughter-in-law. She and Zane live in Denver. Congratulations on your successes, Kerri, and Best Wishes.
Did walk the dogs in a strong breeze and very threatening clouds to the west. It thundered on us pretty steady. Afterwards it began to rain, which prompted me to check the forecast:
The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for snow which is in effect from midnight tonight to 6 PM MDT Thursday. Rain showers will develop by this evening and then turn over to snow by midnight and continue until at least midday Thursday before decreasing Thursday afternoon. Total snowfall of 3 to 5 inches is expected. Area roads may become snowpacked and icy... especially during heavier periods of snow.
