The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Apr 24th- A few of my favorite things...

~Carefully wrapped ends of yarn

~A young weaver who can imagine colors together

~New woven squares of yarn to use in other projects

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 8th- A few of my favorite things...
~Music that inspires young dancers to think of new steps,
~Imagine being on stage and performing with the music,
~And even inspires a music box doll to think...er... dance outside of the box

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~Birthday wishes that allow you to climb high
~Birthday wishes where you imagine soaring high
~Birthday wishes where your toes reach for the sky...keep reaching high, birthday girl!

 

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~Bins of bits and pieces that can become a minimalist cat or...
~A not-so-minimalist jointed dog sharing his bone...
~With a cubist pup...or anything else you can imagine

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 21st- A few of my favorite things...
~Learning all about beekeeping at the Community Library of Dewitt and Jamesville today
~Learning how to safely get the honey from the hive (and imagine that your are doing it too)
~To be turned (literally) into a tasty treat

The beekeeper Emily and her son demonstrating the frames 

that go in the supers (the green box) that get stacked 

as the bees make more honey through the summer

The frames hang inside the supers for the bees to make honey

Smokers are used sparingly to calm the bees

Bee suits protect the keepers from stings. 

They usually work in pairs to make sure they are suited up correctly.

The kids got to try it on for size

Outside they demonstrated lighting the smoker and what they burn in it

A well-lit smoker will last for hours...a poorly lit one for a few minutes

 

Bellows push puffs of smoke out for the beekeepers

 

Bees make wax to seal honey in the frames. 

The wax can be melted down and purified

to make beeswax to be used for a variety of things

After the wax is removed, the frames are placed in the extractor.

Then it is hand-cranked, spinning the honey out of the frames

After filtering your have lovely, tasty raw honey