>ali called istanbul this morning, barely coherent. "bees," he managed to say, "bees!" the bees were swarming and he needed to find the beekeeping suits.i fell into a deep funk after he hung up. why wasn't i there too? to hell with weddings, family reunions, shopping and eating meat all the time -- i should …
Month: May 2009
>baki and i are in istanbul for a week and then we are going to england for another week to see some members of my dad's family. it was hard for me to leave the garden, and this made me think of how different leaving a garden behind is from leaving a house behind. as …
>blooms
>i have fallen so far behind in writing that i have way too many things to report and photos to post. first up is a general shot of flowers! the garden is in bloom, with new flowers emerging every day. it is really exciting to go out and water in the morning because there are …
>the flowers are starting to open in the garden, and as it happens the evening flowers have been the earliest risers, so to speak. above, is our evening primrose, which i planted in front of the house last year. it did nothing at all last year, but is erupting now. its flowers open in the …
>the only picture that really matters is of the hives these days. still, i will try to post a few more, my internet connection permitting. if that pile of hives looks impressive, let me point out that only the two white ones actually have any bees in them at the moment. however, the cedar ones …