Mid-Summer New Honey Extraction Moon Kate and I bought a new vehicle yesterday, a Toyota Rav-4. Well, we picked out the things we wanted, left a deposit and now wait for the finding. This may not be big news in most families, but the last time we bought a new vehicle was 1999 and before […]
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Spring Waning Bee Hiving Moon Yet more work on Missing this morning. Still at play in the Winter Forest, up in the Dark Range, around the shores of Lake Arcas and on the waters of the Winter Sea. It is so difficult to know what the quality is of your own work. Very difficult. Some […]
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Lughnasa Waning Artemis Moon Artemis Hives have given up their surplus honey, all under the Artemis moon. We started this morning with Kate putting a plastic drop cloth down on the deck while I went out to the colonies to see what was still there. The divide had, as I expected, nothing. That means, oddly […]
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Lughnasa Waning Artemis Moon The honey extraction has begun. Kate and I assembled the extractor this morning. I am not at my best during the accomplishing of mechanical tasks and got a bit testy. Kate gave me some space; reengaged. Then I considered aligning myself with the flow of our day–instead of bucking it because […]
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Lughnasa Full Artemis Moon Ragged. Bug-ridden. Tired out. The garden needs attention, too. Stole this one from a Star-Trib column this morning. It’s true, though, that the garden has begun to head toward the compost pile. That’s what harvest means, the plants die or die back and we take the seed pods or roots or […]
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Summer Full Grandchildren Moon Kate’s made the woodenware for Artemis Hives. Dave Schroeder suggested we mark each piece with the year made. As we start eliminating frames and hive boxes on a five year cycle, we’ve got the record right on the box. This year, with no marks, will be 2010. Next year she’ll start […]
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