Especially Poignant Remark

Rev. Warren said during his opening prayer, "we know today that Dr. King and a great cloud of witnesses are shouting in heaven". That sums up the entire day for me. What a miraculous event....... the Inauguration of our 44th President.


Click here for the "out of the mouths of babes" opinion of President Obama's journey.....

Brave Bees

While we had our snowshoes on yesterday we trekked over to the part of the field where the beehive sits. Even in these -22 degree temperatures, the bees generate enough heat inside the hive to stay warm and alive. The snow had accumulated in front of the "door" at the bottom of the hive and that needed to be cleaned away. You see if it happens to get warm enough, they will want to leave the hive for a bit to go to the bathroom, but they can hold it the whole winter if they have to. Unfortunately, a little bit of banging on the hive caused two of the "guard" bees to come out and have a look at what was going on. These little protectors probably ended up sacrificing themselves at our expense, unless there were paramedic bees that came down to provide medical attention to them?

Strange how working in cooperation with these bees actually makes you sad to see two of them die. I am going to suggest to the grandfather who knows everything that he should put some R-19 insulation around the hive. Or maybe there is a reason why he didn't already.

Of course, there is a bit of selfishness in hoping these guys stay happy and healthy all winter; a double batch of their glorious golden honey.

"follow grampa, he knows everything"

my nephew's advice to reagan during our sunday afternoon snowshoe

This confirms that our father is to our kids what our grandfather was to us.........

Thanks Dad

Game Night and Asparagus

this recipe has been requested from a die hard reader in Waldorf, Maryland....

Also, I am itching to post about our "game night" at Mark and Jennifer's house. I, however, was not the one with the camera and I was not the host. Therefore, I will wait and see what the other's come up with. It was a lot of fun.

OK.....Some observations.

• Dan cannot go to anymore game nights if he is to follow his eating plan....people, places and things goes for everyone. I ate a pork empanada...see no will power.
• the two year old and the 18 month old played the nicest of all of the kids..On the other hand, reagan did decide that rather than fight with her 6 year old cousin over who was going to be the waiter while playing restaurant, she would probably make out better playing the owner. Not surprising.
• gramma can beat the pants off anyone is scrabble but you really don't want her on your Taboo team. Although we did laugh the hardest when it was her turn.
• Apples to Apples is a game that all ages can enjoy.
• Another game night is definitely in order, especially if we are going to keep having extreme cold. 10 degrees on the digital thermometer tonight.

New Tradition....*first annual* Saturday of Martin Luther King Jr. three day weekend GAME NIGHT............Thanks Guys~

I'll have a medium coffee?

I just wanted to mention the new study that is out. Apparently researchers are trying to show that drinking large amounts of coffee has the potential to cause people to hallucinate, hear voices and smell things that aren't real. Some participants in the study reported also feeling the presence of dead people. I tried to keep track of how many cups of coffee I drank today at work, because I am clearly becoming a huge caffeine addict. Some of which I can blame on nearly freezing to death everyday in my office. Holding and drinking a warm cup of coffee is like having a space heater that works on the inside and out. I am sure that it would be best if I slowed up on the intake of coffee but if it has the potential to put me in contact with my Grandfather then hook me up to an IV.....