Beelieve

I used to love winter...

...so much so I would put on my ski boots and do a happy dance at the first sight of flurries. I lived to down hill ski!  One day I met a man who said, "yeah, I will learn to ski"...fast forward to today and the only skis he knows are the ones on the front of his snowmobile.  "That's ok Mr. Honey, because you were willing to mention skiing once so I will dress up all fancy for you in this"

 

(after I dust it off a bit, been a while)

ok, it has been a long while...see this?

 

look closer

 

(mouse nest in my trunk)

It all comes back to me as I zip around the fields a bit and head to the pond and wait for Pajama Girl to catch up.

 

look, here she is now...what took ya so long kid?  (hee, hee)

 

Nice and peaceful on the pond.  We are actually on the neighbor's side thanks to this

 

come in closer once again

 

The beaver dam is so good it made our side of the pond pretty swampy on the edges and hard to get to on machine. We enjoyed studying the way they made this from the  gnawed down limbs to the mud and grass cement.   They must have been napping, but not completely hibernating because it appeared as they are still busy even in the winter.  We noticed all these odd trails leading to/from the dam.

 

The sun was very bright when I took this next picture of our side of the pond.  I about blinded myself getting a shot but I really love how it turned out.

 

I love this tree too!

 

Just in case anyone out there thinks there is not enough snow left to do much, Mr. Honey has decided to give you an estimate.  "It is well over a foot, an ankle, a shin and a knee" he officially announces. (I of course laughed hysterically when he stepped of the "sled" and sunk down in that far.  It was worth it for putting on a helmet that  smushed my face so bad into something Pj Girl laughed at) 

hmmm, interesting...there is a tow rope on the back of my machine with Mr. Honey driving it....more tomorrow on that from Pajama Girl.

New "Bee Spotting" group on Flickr

 

I am so excited to announce I have just started a new Bee Spotting Flickr Group.  I wish I had thought of this long ago!  I really have to give myself a break since this year I promised to spend more time on Flickr...so much to see and do there.  I love seeing all your updates and latest photos and creations as well. If you have a Flickr Photostream please feel free to add me as a contact so I can find you there.

Please help me get the pollen rolling with this group. (pretty please with honey on top!)  If you have been featured here on  my weekly "Bee Spotting" posts and have some art or photos ready to add, then why not join in.  There are no rules other than no posting obscene art or photos that might bee offensive to someone or not suitable for small children.

I am so excited about this group! 

Move over Eric Carle

There is a new grouchy lady bug in town!

 

Honestly, she is not grouchy at all.  We were on our way to art class and she wanted to wear one of her masks she made at home that we used to take to her class for example.  I had my camera in my bag and we were stopped at a light.  Without looking I tried to take a picture of her behind me, she looked so sweet in the rear view mirror...I swear.  Totally caught her off guard!

For anyone interested I Twitter now, I think it will be an easy way to communicate without as much time consumption as I like to spend on emails.  Will see, I am a babbler and keeping it short and sweet will be a challenge!

Bee Spotting~Fat Tuesday 2/24/9

Good morning all and Happy Fat Tuesday!  Let's see how fat this post gets, some people have not responded with permission to use their images yet. 

Starting off with a great illustration from my friend Bee at Witchetty and her lovely illustration of Bee-Witchetty.  You can also find Bee in flickr and her website. Bee is really moving forward with her art and her illustrations and larger works are getting more exciting each time.

 

The next few links are from my friend m.heart who is always finding really unique things to post about herself. 

First I would like to show you the art that has developed thanks to the cell phone era.  It seems our need for a public phone is diminishing so street artist have taken over. This one has become a hive!  Very unique.  m. found this at Wooster Collective, a website dedicated to showcasing street art.  Some fabulous art would go unnoticed if it were not for places like this where us country gals would normally miss out.  Thank you to Wooster Collective for all you do and look forward to seeing more.

 

Also from m.heart is a very educational video about the disappearing bees.  It is a long one but the speaker is good and did not lose my attention.

Still covered in snow our here...a lot of snow compared to just a few miles south and down the hill.  Thanks to Miss Vanessa of A Fanciful Twist I got a glimpse of a real honey "who amused her" during her fairy tale.  I just love reading her posts and living vicariously thru them.  Such a treat to see such color and whimsy when surrounded by white, white and dingy white outside all the time. It will be months before we see some lovely Bridals Wreath...but I sure could make cupcakes to pass the time! Thank you Miss Vanessa for sharing this honey and always remained as bee-jeweled as you are!

 

Another brave bee was spotted by Jaquelyn at Ascender Rises Above.  Look at that dedicated worker, talk about job hazard!  Thank you Jaquelyn for your continues "Bee Knees" series of great bee spotting.  You are the Bee Knees and your art is truly "beeutious"!

 

Winding down with some fun stuff.  You may remember the mixed media piece I won from Laurel Englehardt of Happiness is....  It came on Saturday, bee-utifully wrapped of course, with a very special tag.

 

I squealed when I saw that big, bee-utiful, blue bee followed by "I NEED THAT STAMP!".  Attached to the tag and the piece I won, which is gorgeous by the way, was a tiny envelope...let's look inside!

 

Thank you soooo much Laurel, you are just the sweetest!  Love ya, mean it!

Well wrapping up with a glimpse of what my afternoon date will see me wearing!

 

That's right, a Fat Tuesday date...with a class of kindergartners and my magic bag of bits and bops for them to enchant me with through their talent. I will bee assisting in the mask making today!

Thanks again...may bees bee with you and remember when you see them bees send to meez!

Mail Order Chicks and The Chick is in the Mail

cheep-cheep, cheap!

 

 

I am easily amused, may have to Twitter after all.  This morning I drop the little people off at school and head to the post office.  Once in there I hear a very distinct sound.  I stop, listen, look around, then finally ask..."Do you have birds in here or is that the ceiling fan".  The nice lady smiles and says "Nope, that's chicks, someone is coming in to pick them up".  Ok, I am holding back the best that I can until I get to the car and crack (like an egg) up laughing.  Apparently you can mail chicks...NOW THIS I NEED TO POST ABOUT.  Maybe Kate (who works for the Post Office) can add to this or maybe it is something that only happens out here on "Planet E.I.E.I.O."  I once had a friend who enjoyed mailing food...she would address things like bagels and mail them off.  If you have any interesting "in the mail" stories oh do share!

Artsy journal~the finale

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm, I was going to say "the end", but really it is only "The Bee-ginning"

Artsy journal part 4

 

 

 

 

 

Just a few more pages left to post tomorrow.  The little princesses are stamps I borrowed from Pajama Girl, why is it those little people have such great stuff?

Blog catch up time diversion meme: caution is advised!

 

Thank you my dear friend m.heart...if you jump off a bridge I will follow.  Well, maybe just to save you then yell at you for jumping off a bridge...anywaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay  m. did this meme  and I just had to give it a go because she is just the coolest!  (I had planned on doing a bit of blog catching up tonight)

here are the rules:
1 - go to "wikipedia." hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
the first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - go to "random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
the last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - use photoshop (or similar) to put it all together.

Here are my links

1. the name of my band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalon  "Babalon—also known as The Scarlet Woman..."  oh, do go there and read more!

2. my quote from Abraham Lincoln http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/414.html

3. The title alone should be a verse to "my hit song" on my album

            "Bestowed Rhythm - an aura to revive your soul, from the gathering bare darkness"

I am in love with this image and how perfect if you read the Babalon tidbit!  Oh do try this one everybody and let me see the results!

Phew... if this really were my band and my song...there would not be any snow left around here....somebody open a window already!

Artsy journal part 3

 

secrets unfold, neato!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A time to stop and remember indeed...  Do you remember the Spirograph?  Wow, times have changed from the one we grew up with. Spirograph had pins in it and they were allowed to sell it and we were allowed to play with it and survived.  I had a blast taking out the Spirograph for this.  If you need some fun entertainment for yourself or a child, go get one and while you are at it grab one of those pens that has the four different colors all in one.  They are still as entertaining at this age as they are for the 5 year old who gets their hands on one!

One more thing to answer my friend Gaye  about the size of this.  I would say, without measuring, the longest pages are about 8 inches in length and the widest are about 6 inches!

Artsy journal part 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To answer a few questions, these pages are created one by one, on cardboard,cut up file folders, heavy bristol, card-stock, bingo cards, the backs or fronts of old greeting cards...you name it.  As long as I had something that would hold up and not be to thin, it was fair game.  I still have several more pages to show you and it amazes me how fast they added up.  Being able to create on a small level really did add some balance to my life so I love this page in particular!