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Hello, Goodlife. I like to buy locally grown honey. It is sold at the diner I frequent, as well as other places. Here is all I know about beekeeping:

The sex of a bee is hard to see,

But he can tell and so can she,

And that is why, in times like these,

There are so many sons of bees. 🐝🐝

Good morning. Much to my great delight, its raining. I really think I can hear my yard whispering thank you! It seems you can water all you want and the yard looks ok. But rain and it looks better almost immediately.

Tigersmom if your having issues posting please reach out to [email protected]. Hopefully they can help you figure it out.

I want to sit on the patio for a bit before my day starts. Back later. Let's everyone be safe.

Oh, Iris…thank. you for the much needed vacation!!!

Not a creature was stirring, not even an ant this morning….yippeee and three cheers for peppermint oil

Good morning Rockers.

Lorita. I hope your starting to feel better, get some rest and slow down. I'm trying to do that as well. I've been having problems with my glutes, no pain when I get up, just after I've been up and around for awhile. It's nice that you and Darwin are there for each other. He needs to slow down as well.

Ron. Another reason I understand your view is different in Missouri, it does not have the same memories as the view you had in your Louisiana home. I miss ths views I had in my Oregon home.

Eaglemom. I also enjoy the way grass looks after a rain, and also the smell. I also like sitting on the back deck with my first cup of morning coffee, while my fur babies are doing their morning thing.

Iris. I feel like I'm on the trip with you. You take real good pictures. You'll have to leave me behind when you go on that tram. 😬

Another hot day here, it's 106 now going up to 110. Take care all of you guys, stay safe. Hugs to all Zetta

good evening

Those beautiful pictures Iris. I vacation through you

it is 4 PM and 74° here the coolest day we’ve had in a while. It’d be beautiful if it wasn’t cloudy.

Lorita, I think I would make tomato juice out of cherry tomatoes if I wasn't able to eat them. Wash them, cut them in half in a mixing bowl, mash them with a potato masher, and strain the juice. That's how my mother made grape juice for jelly.

Our high temperature here was about 90, which is 10 degrees cooler than Monday. Someone at the store said a high of 78 is predicted by this time next week. I'm ready!

Another idea for those tomatoes;

https://www.seriouseats.com/easy-quick-cooked-tomato-sauce-puree-coulis-recipe#:~:text=Transfer%20tomatoes%20and%20any%20juices,through%20an%20even%20finer%20strainer.

Eve, that looks so dry, and the fire so close! Best wishes to you!

Good Evening All,

Waiting for some of that cooler weather here as well. 102 today but the bigger issue this year is we have only had 2.7" of rain since January. Fires abundant in western Colorado this summer and we have had a lot of smoke. The nearest fire though is about 80 miles from us - so not like Eve - please be careful and know your evac plan. Hopefully you don't have too many animals to evacuate as well.

GG - I used to spend some time in Durango when I worked in the non profit world. It is quite the college town now but still fun to visit and the Silverton-Durango railroad offers the best scenic mountain trip during any season. I used to live in the Seattle area and my sister still lives outside of Lacey. Your stories of WA make me miss it.

Lorita - Pikes Peak - I can't believe I am saying this having lived here nearly 50 years now, BUT I too have never been. There is so much to do here I have just never gotten around to it. There is an annual road race to the top that has always sounded fun to watch from a safe distance; sitting in a chair at a cafe with my favorite beverage as they go by. 😎

Carl - Your bee - poem cracked me up. As usual your humor adds a smile to my face and I look forward to reading your posts. PS.. queen bee is the only one who gets a boyfriend or actually several but only once in her life. Nurse bees are like nuns; females but devoted to their one purpose - taking care of the queen and her eggs. Workers bees are also female but more like the cooks, construction contractors, and maids, they are the army and backbone of the hive. Then the drones are males - a hive can have several dozen but they are really only useful to the virgin queen. The queen lays about 1,000 eggs a day (she is tired). A good queen bee lives for 2-3 years. An active hive this time of year has between 10,000 - 50,000 bees.

HB - first, you are amazing taking care of your mom the way you do - really an inspiration because you keep it "real" while keeping your humor. I always think what a great approach you have with her regardless of any thoughts you may share with this group. Honey does taste different depending on what the bees have been eating. But I think alfalfa or corn is probably similar regardless of the geography. However, flowers make a big difference in flavor. Dandelions in the spring are the first flowers bees harvest but I don't care for that honey and much prefer the fall honey when our bees have been on the sunflower fields. I currently manage 5 hives; which is plenty as my DW enters late stage 5 and tips her toe in stage 6. Definitely getting help after this season.

Thank you all for the warm welcome - it was nice for me to talk about not ALZ for a change. Good night

Next I visited the Raptor Center, which cares for orphaned and injured eagles, hawks, falcons, owls and other birds of prey. Some may be able to be released when healed. Some had been shot.

These pictures are taken in front of a screen that prevents the birds from seeing humans so they don't get too attached.

This young bald eagle is 10 weeks old —they stretch their wings and hop around on branches in anticipation of learning how to fly.

A bald eagle in the weathering yard

A golden eagle in the weathering yard

This 25 year old bald eagle has amputated talons and is unable to catch the fish that it eats in the wild

I had my second acupuncture treatment. I actually am walking better with less stiffness. It seems to be working. But how?

To the new Rockers, I joined the board because I had memory loss and suspected that I had Alzheimer's Disease. But repeated neuropsychologic testing and PET scanning determined that I do not have Alzheimer's Disease or any dementia. In fact, my neurologist changed my diagnosis to adult ADD. I used to be active on both the PWD boards and the caregiver boards, now I mostly post on Lorita's Friends thread.

I live in Southern California and I am retired. I like listening to the other Rockers from around the country and even from overseas, and learning about their lives and also reminiscing about how things used to be. I like to travel. Now I am on a cruise to Alaska. It's fascinating! There's room for some more on the front porch.

Iris

good morning

Iris thank you for my little vacation this morning

praying for those close to the fires

Good morning rockers, it’s pleasantly cool on the deck this morning but will be heating up to mid/high 90’s.

The fire has grown to over 550 acres, 5% containment. They flew night flying helicopters dropping water overnight.

Carl - you’re so right, that land is dry and not maintained. It’s the property below ours, undeveloped so no homeowner to keep it up. My horses openly graze our land and do a great job of keeping grasses down. What they don’t get to, I mow or weed whack.

GG - that squishable tea kettle would be great for our camping trailer. We don’t camp, I bought the trailer to use when we have to evacuate for fires.

Good life - I’ve been keeping an eye on the Colorado fires because just before the ALZ diagnosis I was looking for homes/land in western CO. Such a beautiful area. For many years I was a director of a large animal evac group that worked for our county primarily during fires. I probably need to revisit my evac plan now that my husband may be of limited help. Glad you mentioned being prepared.

Iris - I love cruising and a HAL cruise to Alaska was one of my favourites, though it’s been 20 years. I’m living vicariously through your pics, TY.

Taking the husband to a nail salon this morning as he’s unable to reach his feet easily. Found an awesome person, and best of all, AJ was excited when he saw her set up with a foot soaking tub.

Thank you all for the positive thoughts on the fire. I really appreciate this thread and getting to know everyone. It’s such a welcome break for me as well as being educational.