Fabela

Melina, you have beehives? Real ones, or is this an expression of something I don't know?

Venecia

Super quick check-in to wish all a good Monday.

Greetings Fabela! It's nice to see you here. You'll find lots of fun and support on this thread.

Fabela

Thanks!

MLD51

She has real beehives, Fabela.

Fabela

I love bees! I'm planting a lot of flowers in my garden that attract insects, it is so important for the planet. Bees are the best, wasps not so much.

Soberwolf

Snap Fabela that's what we're planting in our garden soon the bird & bee attracting flowers x

saoutchik

Hey Ken, hope you are OK. I initially read your post as lovely instead of lonely

Stick around

It is great that you have a hive Melina given the fall in the number of bees recently

MesaMan

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Dolly Parton was a Pioneer who had a Beehive before they were even Environmental. And, before The B-52s.

A Dog Park Pal/House Worker Dude put multiple Hives on our Land way from the House. I haven't checked them out, but the Barter is for occasional Honey.
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Weasel1966

Thanks Sao!

And MM... You got a good chuckle out of me as I scroll to see that doo!

Woke from a nice nap. Now time for leftover pork ribs!!! I have been kind of grazing all day.

Melina

Mesa, how I love me some Dolly. She is an amazing lady!

I've been wanting to watch 9 to 5 again lately, you just reminded me!

Hey fabela, yeah I'm a beekeeper. Not the world's expert on pollinators or anything but I do enjoy communing with honeybees! This is the first year I have my own hives instead of volunteering for beekeeping organizations.

It's a gift of sobriety and gives me a real BUZZ seewhatIdidthere.

Womp womp.

Thanks for planting bee friendly flowers. Yeah wasps and yellow jackets are real bumtrons. I constantly have to explain to people that yellow jackets are not your bros, they are not the ones we are trying to care of. They are just empty angry jerks, they remind me of dry drunks lololol

Xoxo

Ps I got the chef job and they want to pay me more than I thought. Pretty exciting! I'm going to cook them a few dishes on Wednesday to make sure we are a good fit.

I still think sobriety should have been invented earlier, I had no idea it was this good! Wompy womp again.

MLD51

Congratulations on the new gig, Melina!

I just got back from a great hike. I hope I burned off the mini kit kats I ate this morning. I only ate two. Surely they are long gone.
I'll go out hiking again tomorrow, if it doesn't rain. The rest of the week isn't going to be good hiking weather.

Fabela

Sounds very exiting! How many bees do you have? Or is it impossible to know?

saoutchik

Congratulations on the new job Melina

I never really noticed Dolly P's face before

Behan

Well done on job Mel.

Best of luck with weight watchers HAF.

Cool bike Sao! Is it motorised?

I hope you are having a nice day K.

Greetings everyone else!!

Ruby2

I'm home. Sao, that's a sweet exotic bit of machinery. I like the lines.

Melina, congrats on the new gig. Good luck on Wednesday. What are you thinking of cooking?

Ken, I hope your day picks up. I'm sorry you're feeling down. Boneless pork ribs sound really good right now.

Gosh, watching a commercial for a "hard iced tea" that one can enjoy while tubing down a river, after mowing the lawn, etc. etc. really. How about a nice glass of not hard iced tea?

Soberwolf

Has anyone seen Mr robot this is the show to watch watching the finale what a show

Jsbodhi

Yay Melina! Congratulations on the bees, sobriety and new job!

MLD: I love hemp hearts, I sprinkle them along with flax seeds on a lot of things
I actually like the way they taste and the texture too.

Mesa: like Ken I laughed when I scrolled down to the dolly pic- I like her too, and not for the same reason sao does

Ken: ((( hug))) anything bothering you, or is it just one of those days?

Hi Fabela!

Just finished work, gonna go and work out, though I kinda want to just sit on my porch and drink coffee and smoke.

Hi SW and behan xoxo

Jsbodhi

Wonder where brain is, did he go away again or something?

Tetra

My mother and I nearly came to blows this evening.

She makes a critical, negative comment about me and I am expected to not react.

Ok so I had a long chat with my dad and he said my resentment is becoming increasingly obvious, and that I have developed a bad habit of jumping down her throat at any given opportunity.

I am aware of this thank you. I know that she (a woman in her late 60s) is not going to change her ways so all I can change is my reaction to her.

Easier said than done.

My dad said I seemed to be a lot happier this time last year and I seem to be going backwards.

I said of course I was happier then. I had a job I actually liked, I was living with Grandma and only seeing my mom at the weekend, or every second weekend if I was out with friends. Actually because I saw so little of her then, I actually enjoyed coming home and spending time here.

I know I need to stop reacting. But when someone criticises you in a very negative way, it's difficult to sit there and say nothing.

My dad actually suggested going to the three hags and asking them if they would give me a bed a few nights a week. I know my dad is very good, and he called to see them last week as it was someones birthday, but after the way they shouted at me the last time, I would rather gouge out my own kidneys than ask them for anything ever. Yeah, I will never be as kind as my dad.

I don't care. Some things happen to you in life which you remember forever.

On a different note, I drove to the city today and around the city, which I had never done before. Roundabouts still scare the hell out of me, and I know I lost the plot a bit at that stage. But big thanks to Dad for not gripping the edge of the seat, white-knuckled, Although after I pulled up, his first words were "where is the restroom?"

saoutchik

Lol! Just barely Behan, approximate output 0.3hp

I was wondering where LB was too