Mark and Lori and Wiley and Nanook

Sorry no posts lately. It is supposed to rain for a couple of days and stay warm for the next couple of weeks, so I have been rushing to get some stuff planted. So far, so good. And as I type it is starting to rain. Perfect.

Our friends Mark and Lori and Wiley and Nanook came to visit this weekend. Mark is a mechanic studying to be an engineer. Not only did he help me pull the starter off of the tractor so I could have a minor repair done to it, but he also helped me clear sod from part of a field (which is an unpleasant task), and he basically built Maryellen a table for her beehive. Thanks Mark!

Maryellen says the best place of the bees is up off the ground and sheltered a little bit. So she decided to house them on the second floor of the barn. The problem is that the hive also needs to be near a window, and Maryellen needed a stable support for the hive high enough to reach a barn window. Mark's table is perfect. Here is the hive peeking out of the window, waiting for the arrival of the new bees (which should be this week some time).

Lori is about 8 and a half months pregnant. Go Lori!! Here she is with two of our favorite doggies in the world, Wiley and Nanook. We have a dog across the street who likes to think of our house and land as part of his domain, but that changed this weekend with Wiley and Nanook on the beat. Lookout!