Beeswax

Do you know how beeswax is made? I didn't but I do now. Let me share.

Apparently worker bees develop special wax-producing glands on their abdomens. The bees consume honey which causes the glands to convert the sugar into wax which is extruded through small pores. It takes 8 pounds of honey to produce a pound of wax! The wax appears as small flakes on the bees' abdomen. The flakes of wax are removed by worker bees from their neighbor's abdomen and then chewed until it reaches the right consistency to be applied to the honeycomb.


Why would I take the time to look this up? Well....

Let me introduce you to my dad. He loves to use beeswax.

Here he's putting beeswax on the nails which he uses to hang our trim. Dave and I are so grateful that he has the skills to hang all our trim (or at least instruct Dave on the process). We are also grateful that he is here hanging the trim.

But what this photo doesn't show you is the pile of beeswax shavings on the stairs. I have beeswax everywhere! I'm constantly scraping it off of my floors. It's actually quite comical. I have to admit that of all the warnings we received about building a home, beeswax was never one of them.

Where's Waldo?

We have our own version of Where's Waldo here. Except Waldo is a deer and is a little tougher to find here.

Can you find the deer in this picture?



Did you spot all 5 of the deer in that photo? No? You mean you couldn't see them all because our weeds are hiding them?

Here's another photo.

We have a small weed problem (and some would say a deer problem). We have to wait until later in August to plant grass so we aren't bothering with the weeds until then. In the meantime we have lots of hiding spots for deer.

More Stoms

We've got more storms rolling in tonight.

We took a break from working on the house to watch them roll in. The colors were amazing.

As I'm typing this the wind is picking up. It's going to be a heck a of storm. Thank goodness the house is weather proof!

Storms

It's been a pretty stormy season so far. I don't really care for them, but I have to admit it's amazing to watch them roll in. We have the perfect angle to see everything (and all of the windows help!).

Our most recent storm was Monday night. Luckily, the leak in our roof is fixed so we've had no more water enter the house.

Now if our builder would just come finish the mess amde by the water.