End of Week Three - Busting Out The Bus.

 Time to get the bus out and fill her up.  At $1.63 you can't go wrong.

 I went out Big Mill before traveling up stream to the world.

 But I had to stop and check out the bee keeper.

It was Danger Kari!

 I  Get Down!  So do Mitch, Tina and the kids.  Their on their way to the world as well.

 I parked along the stream.

 and it wasn't long before I caught a nice Brown.

 By the time I caught the second one.  I realized I left my hemo's on the gravel bar.

 Missouri ford

Social Distancing.

Week Three - Burn and relax!

 It's hard for me to let go sometimes.  We baught the bench along with a chair as a 

memorial to Big Jim.

I also butnt up an old pair if Keen's, two pairs of overalls and a bunch of right handed gloves. 

 Most bees collect just pollent or just nectar on any trip, but a few carry both at the same time. The pollene is stuffed into hairy receptacles on their hind legs called corbiculae. A single bees can carry about half her own body weight in pollen. Once back at the hive, the workers stuff the pollen into an awaiting cell.

 Evening yard tour.

Week Three - Another day another roof.

Calabasa took off early this morning.

  She must have wanted to get a good seat to watch the action 

 A view from above 

 and the otherside too

Before

After

Week Three - Feel the Burn.

 It's a cool start to the day so time to get a fire going in the pole barn.

 While the ground was hard I drove down to the sugar bush to clean up from the spring maple run.

 And grab some fire wood for the hot tub.  Oh yah, and it's not even ten o'clock yet.

 Hot tub  is lit.

 the old hot tub

 and stove is down below waiting for Jace.

 Spring clean up is still underway

Yet, another stove.

Roof Roof - Week three

 The garden shed is going to need a little TLC

 The virginia creeper has taken over the out house...

I'm sure there is a stash of tp in a folgers can in there some where.

 some of these wooden shakes still have a little life in them.... maybe as fire starters.

 I've been known to salvage some things.  I sure am glad I didn't throw these glass panes away
15 years ago.  I might need one of them.

Sparkes were flying as I cut the tin I salvaged for the roof, last week.

The weather vane that was mounted on Jim and Joyces garage for years still adorns the peak of the shed.

I'll clean the vines off so it'll spin.

but, I'll leave the lichens 

A late March arial view of the lower gardens.

for a little perspective and comparison of what's to come.

Week Two - Saturday

I hit the gravel on my return trip from picking up the trail camera.

Clear roads North to South.  Other than beer cans.
So, I did a little roadside clean-up.

Glad to see that the kids of Jackson Co. are still learning the fine art of shot gunning bush light.

Shop time involved sorting nails, cleaning more hives, repairing frames and building my own dual hohrner hormonica bagpipe.

Netflix and chill - Tiger King  WTF

Week Two - Friday

 Jace removed siding

Adn I had my own project 

 You're looking at the new roof for the garden shed.

 With our work done we gave the chickens a few snacks

 and checked in on the bees

 Next project, getting the lane cleaned up before the rains come tonight.

 yep,  this is what's in my pocket.

 Black beans

 and fixings.

bake at 450 *

Cheers!