I took a week of “vacation” and worked on flooring for the house in Tyler.
Here’s a quick time-lapse video of my tear-out of the old carpet, and installation of new flooring.
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Here’s a pic of my new hive brand for marking my woodenware. Made by a friend who is a welder/metal worker. We’ve had such a mild winter – it makes me worried that we’ll have a cold snap in the next couple of weeks approaching Spring Equinox. Today was such beautiful weather. At 7pm, it’s 75 deg. F., and we hit 77 today. We’re supposed to have lows in the mid-30’s this Friday night, though. The […] Fabien Cousteau and Rex Smith I just received word that I’ve been invited to spend an evening in April 2012 with Fabien Cousteau – grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. You remember him, right? Back in the early 1970’s, Jacques brought the wonders of our Earth’s underwater realms into the homes of America. I grew […] Spent all day today at the Texas Discovery Gardens ( http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org ) – manning the Texas Honeybee Guild booth for the “Urban Sustainable Ecosystems” symposium. ( https://www.facebook.com/UrbanSustainableEcosystems ) Day two looks to be a great list of speakers scheduled as well! Amber and I will finish painting our hive woodenware before heading out to day […] My Borage plant was thirsty, so I watered it, and turned on the time-lapse app on my camera. (Update 2/15/2013 – Over the last year – the number one search term linked to my site has been “swarm trap plans”. Thusly – I’d like to link over to Rob’s set of downloadable plans for hive products. (Sorry – Rob’s site is no longer accessible) Old Link here: http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/beekeeping/downloads/ ) ( and now back […] December 31, 2011. It’s supposed to get up to 70+ degrees here in Richardson, so I’ll spend the beautiful day outside, building swarm traps for this upcoming spring. The design is from Rob over at http://www.BeeMaster.com I’ll tip up a glass in a toast for a bounty of bees this year! Finished building Here’s the final parting shot of the last build for 2011. See ya next year! Now, it’s time to work on my bee hives! Tired. More got done today than is in today’s pictures. Will post more tomorrow. Where the building goes Skids & Floor Trusses Side Walls & My Helper […] |
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