about 5 miles from my farm .. some beautiful crimson clover fields with honey bees busily pollinating.. so as I painted away Laura was depositing this beautiful swarm in my hive --
a very large and healthy swarm according to Laura - I was in luck this one looked great to her expert eye and she also reported that the queen marched right up the little ramp into the hive and all seemed well!!! WOW is all I can say!!!....
on a side note I will say I'm not entirely sure I'm ready to be a beekeeper so some gentle coaching will I'm afraid be necessary based on my interaction with a bee as I was out painting today...
it goes like this while Laura was collecting 8,000 + bees into a box I was interacting with just ONE!!.. all was good till this particular one decided he liked my hair!! which I will admit sent my literally RUNNING about a 1/4 mile down a gravel road shaking my head violently most likely scaring the bee to death! -- hum DON'T PANIC... ok ok then would you believe it he came back round two .. yup I ran down the road AGAIN!! and this time the bee didn't leave so readily .. so I curled up in a ball and then hid in my car for about 10 min... hummm I guss I'm kind of aprehensive about bees!!! yikes I didn't relaize..... well here goes nothing... I'm going to wear a hat when I'm near the bees from now on and the gloves and bee vail are on order!!
I better learn to BEE CALM!!! more on the bee adventure as we go... BTW this is why Laura is also so good with my horses she's just MELLOW -- sigh I'll get there somday...
Might've been your shampoo, smelling like a flower to the bee. Bet she couldn't figure out how a flower was moving that fast. ;))
ReplyDeletelove love LOVE the paintings. xoxo
ReplyDeleteHilarious!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh and 'here here' to Porter's comment - YES!!!! One for Laura, one for your wall, as a blessing and a prayer for liquid gold abundance.
ReplyDeleteHI Claire! I've been meaning to visit your blog for ages - I have been living with your gorgeous friend Alberta for the last 7 months and she has told me much about you and your farm. We have some of your paintings on the walls....I've officially declared you my guru - I can't wait to make my way through your posts. My partner and I and our two kids are just about to move into a big house on a huge block and make ourselves a little urban farm. We have bees, chickens, some fruit and nut trees and the vision for a lot of vegies! Nice to 'meet' you at last in blog land. xxx Kirti
ReplyDeleteKirti - so nice to meet you! thanks for visiting sounds like you guys are going gang busters!! nice work!!! cheers - Clare
ReplyDeleteThose gorgeous paintings, the colors and the scene are so calming…funny to think that they were painted out of such a panic!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll make peace with the bees in time!
KB