A compendium...

I love beekeeping. What a fascinating hobby! If you have any interest at all in beekeeping, I urge you to contact your local beekeeping club...

Anxiously awaiting forced crocus blooms. My husband is always telling me, "You can't force the issue." I think...

We had had a week of some pretty nasty weather. Icy, windy, sleety, rainy. Near zero temperatures, an all-around nasty week. When I wro...

Though dangerous, an ice storm brings its own kind of beauty. 1/9/2014.

I'm a bit of a purity nut. I never used margarine because butter is pure and natural. (Yes, I can be a contradiction here too, however, ...

It was mighty cold out, 12 degrees when I woke up this morning; the windchill hovering at zero. I feared for my bee girls and was anxious to...

A compendium -  kəmˈpendēəm; a coll ection of things, esp. one systematically gathered.  Thus begins my venture into the world of bloggin...