Comments on: Flight of the Bumble Bee http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:11:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-24073 Grannymar Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:32:32 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-24073 Welcome Mick, Free honey will make a good return for past rent! ;) Welcome Mick,

Free honey will make a good return for past rent! ;)

]]> By: mick http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-24072 mick Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:24:06 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-24072 A hive (resident friendly!) of honey bees in our roof / wall cavity. Been there for years and had two swarms come out in the last couple of weeks. Both times they settled on a bush low down in the garden. Local beekeepers were having org...s about it - came and collected and we're promised jars of honey next year! I work on the basis if they leave us alone we'll do the same - soon as they go back on that agreement, now that's a different matter! A hive (resident friendly!) of honey bees in our roof / wall cavity. Been there for years and had two swarms come out in the last couple of weeks. Both times they settled on a bush low down in the garden.
Local beekeepers were having org…s about it - came and collected and we’re promised jars of honey next year!

I work on the basis if they leave us alone we’ll do the same - soon as they go back on that agreement, now that’s a different matter!

]]> By: patty http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-23964 patty Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:48:22 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-23964 having been stung several times by a big old bumble bee that got into my swimming suit, i'm petrified of anything that makes a buzzing sound having been stung several times by a big old bumble bee that got into my swimming suit, i’m petrified of anything that makes a buzzing sound

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-23959 Grannymar Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:28:45 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-23959 Jean, Perhaps I was not sweet enough for the bees! ;) I too am learning my limitations and ladders are out of bounds for the foreseeable future. :sad: Jean,

Perhaps I was not sweet enough for the bees! ;)

I too am learning my limitations and ladders are out of bounds for the foreseeable future. :sad:

]]> By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-23958 Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:08:32 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-23958 How scary! I'm glad you didn't get stung. I'm with Darlene. I don't do ladders. Part of wisdom is knowing one's limitations...of which I have many, and they're not imaginary. ;) How scary! I’m glad you didn’t get stung.

I’m with Darlene. I don’t do ladders. Part of wisdom is knowing one’s limitations…of which I have many, and they’re not imaginary. ;)

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-23957 Grannymar Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:53:37 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-23957 @Nancy - The Lord loves a trier! I hope your brother had free entry to the movie theatre. @Darlene - I always set my open paint tin into a bucket and hung the bucket from an S hook on the ladder. @Nancy - The Lord loves a trier! I hope your brother had free entry to the movie theatre.

@Darlene - I always set my open paint tin into a bucket and hung the bucket from an S hook on the ladder.

]]> By: Darlene http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-23956 Darlene Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:15:56 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-23956 After my husband died all maintenance was on my inexperienced shoulders. The swimming pool attracted all sorts of flying insects, but when the wasps built a nest in my Palm tree, I was feeling panicky and inadequate in dealing with them. Fortunately, my son visited me and he dealt with the problem. I don't know what he did, but he killed them and didn't get stung in the process. I must remember to ask him how he managed. I painted the trim on my house and knocked a full open can of paint off the ladder. I didn't do a very good job on the Fascia, but the ground had a lovely abstract painting. Klutzes should never get on ladders. After my husband died all maintenance was on my inexperienced shoulders. The swimming pool attracted all sorts of flying insects, but when the wasps built a nest in my Palm tree, I was feeling panicky and inadequate in dealing with them. Fortunately, my son visited me and he dealt with the problem. I don’t know what he did, but he killed them and didn’t get stung in the process. I must remember to ask him how he managed.

I painted the trim on my house and knocked a full open can of paint off the ladder. I didn’t do a very good job on the Fascia, but the ground had a lovely abstract painting. Klutzes should never get on ladders.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-23954 Nancy Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:03:09 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-23954 Grannymar, Not alone was my brother a slow clarinet player, he was tenacious in his endeavor to play the Flight Of the Bumble Bee. He practiced for 3 hours every day and it was torture for all listeners. We lived on a crowded city street but it wasn't crowded when Bob practiced. Everybody went to the movies. They didn't care what was playing, it was better than listening to the screeching notes of the clarinet. Even Rimsky Korsakov would have gone to see "Frankenstein Meets The Abbott and Costello" rather than hear his beautiful music tortured by my brother. My Dad always said that the theatre manager was the one who encouraged Bob to practice so much... Grannymar,

Not alone was my brother a slow clarinet player, he was tenacious in his endeavor to play the Flight Of the Bumble Bee.

He practiced for 3 hours every day and it was torture for all listeners.

We lived on a crowded city street but it wasn’t crowded when Bob practiced. Everybody went to the movies. They didn’t care what was playing, it was better than listening to the screeching notes of the clarinet. Even Rimsky Korsakov would have gone to see “Frankenstein Meets The Abbott and Costello”
rather than hear his beautiful music tortured by my brother.

My Dad always said that the theatre manager was the one who encouraged Bob to practice so much…

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-23953 Grannymar Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:38:06 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-23953 Magpie, I did not! I was far to busy praying that they would move off somewhere else! Magpie,

I did not!

I was far to busy praying that they would move off somewhere else!

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/06/30/3668/#comment-23952 Magpie11 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:34:22 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3668#comment-23952 Did you talk to the bees? I once saw a swarm and was told to speak to them and tell them everything was alright! Did you talk to the bees? I once saw a swarm and was told to speak to them and tell them everything was alright!

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