“Spring is the Period”

Spring is the Period… Emily Dickinson

Spring is the Period


Express from God.


Among the other seasons

Himself abide,

But during March and April


None stir abroad


Without a cordial interview


With God.

Excited about spring this year and working in my flower garden. Ordered lavender seeds that I am planning to begin indoors to transplant outside in the mountains once the weather is free of frost.

Cast of Steel Magnolias - Sauratown Summer Theatre

Production Staff:

Justin Bulla - Director

Tina Evans - Stage Manager

Patti Dunlap - Props Mistress

Cast:

Carrie Atkins - Shelby

Angela Hodges - Clairee

Katherine Gambill - Quiser

Kelly Fayne - M'Lynn

Laurie Jernigan - Truvy

Adventures in Beekeeping

Call me miss bee haven or maybe aunt bee – just  purchased my beekeeping kit package from Beech Mountain Beekeeping Supplies & Honey, a great new establishment that opened in 2010. Not only do they keep beekeeping merchandise, but also raw honey is uncapped, spun, bottled, and placed on the shelves for sale. I was fitted for my beekeeping clothes with jacket and veil and gloves as shown in the picture below.

The bee yard at Beech Mountain 

Beekeeping Supplies & Honey is  surrounded by fence to keep out honey-loving bears. As I was standing outside waiting for my purchases to be loaded, bees were circling around me. As a hopeful bee charmer, I took this as a good omen. Bees will arrive May 11<sup>th.

My interest in beekeeping stems from the need to replenish the vanishing bees to help in the pollination of our vegetable garden and apple orchard as well as helping the environment.</sup>  During January and February, I took the Davie County Beekeepers Association's course "How to Get Started in Beekeeping". I am now a member of that association and am finding it fascinating learning about insects that live together in a complex society in a man-made box.

Mountain Stream in the Snow

"Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature."-- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher.

Stream behind the barn in Banner Elk

An Irish Friendship Wish - Author Unknown

May there always be work for your hands to do;


May your purse always hold a coin or two;



May the sun always shine on your windowpane;



May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;



May the hand of a friend always be near you;

May God fill your heart with gladness 
to cheer you..