Beekissed
Mountain Sage
Been awhile since I visited the guest house and I miss you all! Things have been pretty hectic here but are starting to settle down a little.
Big changes...for the first time in my whole life, I am living alone. Did you hear that? Entirely alone...well, I will be once my youngest goes away to military training at the end of the month.
The Bat is still ensconced in her own home for now and is readying it for sale....then will probably move in here~but until then, I am alone in the house.
The two oldest boys are out on their own but together and sharing the rent on a place. Joel was accepted into the nursing program and Eli is contemplating finding work in the oil fields.
I have always lived with someone else in my home.....weird to think of it that way but I have.
My mind is whirling with the possibilities....
Thinking about saving up for flying lessons....can you say "mid-life crisis", boys and girls? 
Oh, I miss the laughter and noise a little but the house was feeling so cramped this past year, the boys were getting restless...and I was losing patience.
The garden was a bust and the drought and heat has been the worst around here....my grass is pretty hard used.
I got a new ram lamb that I just am not too fond of just yet...maybe things will change. He was pretty as a newborn but is quite scruffy and ugly right now...flighty and wild also.
I am selling Ugly Betty....she is my first herd cull.
Mo's baby is now referred to as Fats...he is sweet, soft and so big at 1-1/2 mo. that he has to get down on his knees to nurse! His fave thing to do is chase chickens.
The bees are extremely gentle and productive...they have almost pulled comb completely to the back of the hive. They are quiet and cause no harm, though the comb is not built where I planned.
The newest chicks~now 2 mo. old~ to the flock are amazingly hardy and tough, move like a well-organized army across the land, forage non-stop and are already perching on the top rung in the hen house...bold little brats!
Looks like the apple crop will be good this year....tons of apples.
I am getting back into making soaps, lotions, salt and sugar scrubs and will try to have some made before the Treasure Mountain Festival in mid-Sept.
Dad will be going to his new home on Wed. and Mom will be staying nearby to get him settled in....at long last. It has been one year since he was committed for treatment.
Its a shame that my siblings had to obstruct his getting out of that place....but now he will be able to settle into a place that will be more friendly and home like.
Mom has had her property restored to her and will soon have her full income as well....my sister has withheld giving her any of Dad's income for her spousal support but now she will have no choice.
Weird people! :/ Who in the world treats their parents this way?
Fall is approaching swiftly and I do not have a stick of firewood in the shed, nor jars in the cellar, and only a little hay in the barn. I'm trying not to get frantic over these facts.
Hope all is well with your families and critters!
Big changes...for the first time in my whole life, I am living alone. Did you hear that? Entirely alone...well, I will be once my youngest goes away to military training at the end of the month.
The Bat is still ensconced in her own home for now and is readying it for sale....then will probably move in here~but until then, I am alone in the house.
The two oldest boys are out on their own but together and sharing the rent on a place. Joel was accepted into the nursing program and Eli is contemplating finding work in the oil fields.
I have always lived with someone else in my home.....weird to think of it that way but I have.
My mind is whirling with the possibilities....
Thinking about saving up for flying lessons....can you say "mid-life crisis", boys and girls? Oh, I miss the laughter and noise a little but the house was feeling so cramped this past year, the boys were getting restless...and I was losing patience.
The garden was a bust and the drought and heat has been the worst around here....my grass is pretty hard used.
I got a new ram lamb that I just am not too fond of just yet...maybe things will change. He was pretty as a newborn but is quite scruffy and ugly right now...flighty and wild also.
I am selling Ugly Betty....she is my first herd cull.
Mo's baby is now referred to as Fats...he is sweet, soft and so big at 1-1/2 mo. that he has to get down on his knees to nurse! His fave thing to do is chase chickens.
The bees are extremely gentle and productive...they have almost pulled comb completely to the back of the hive. They are quiet and cause no harm, though the comb is not built where I planned.
The newest chicks~now 2 mo. old~ to the flock are amazingly hardy and tough, move like a well-organized army across the land, forage non-stop and are already perching on the top rung in the hen house...bold little brats!
Looks like the apple crop will be good this year....tons of apples.
I am getting back into making soaps, lotions, salt and sugar scrubs and will try to have some made before the Treasure Mountain Festival in mid-Sept.
Dad will be going to his new home on Wed. and Mom will be staying nearby to get him settled in....at long last. It has been one year since he was committed for treatment.
Its a shame that my siblings had to obstruct his getting out of that place....but now he will be able to settle into a place that will be more friendly and home like.
Mom has had her property restored to her and will soon have her full income as well....my sister has withheld giving her any of Dad's income for her spousal support but now she will have no choice.
Weird people! :/ Who in the world treats their parents this way?
Fall is approaching swiftly and I do not have a stick of firewood in the shed, nor jars in the cellar, and only a little hay in the barn. I'm trying not to get frantic over these facts.
Hope all is well with your families and critters!
Hi Bee! 
