Bees and fruit and frying pans

[lizwilliams]

We went down to look at the new bees last night and they have settled in well. They were all trundling in and out with white clover pollen, which made each bee look as if it was carrying two large laundry bags.

We have also had a ton of fruit - mainly blackcurrants. T has been making jam like a mad thing. I picked about 3 lbs of redcurrants last night and a few raspberries, but the raspberries haven't done much this year - it's been too wet.

In more exciting news, I was halfway through an email just now when T said, in those don't-argue-with-me tones, 'Open the DOOR! NOW!' So I ran to do just that and encountered him with a blazing frying pan. He threw it into the garden, scattering dogs and cats (far from being alarmed, Sid gave me a 'Whoah. Cool!' look, which is typical of Sid, teenage boy in cat's body). T is OK, if slightly singed, but the pan isn't, and it was my favourite omelette pan, too. Still, it's an excuse for a trip to the kitchen store...

Comments

[inamac.livejournal.com]

Bearing in mind the country tradition of telling the bees all the gossip, have you considered rigging up an lj feed to the hive?
My sympathies for your loss - it's taken me 25 years to properly season my cast iron omelette pan, I'd be devastated to lose it.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

We might start getting weird hive-mind messages back...

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Actually, I do tell them things on a regular basis - I like the tradition.

[(Anonymous)]

Lovely tradition, but the poem, "Telling the Bees," broke my heart.

Esther

[(Anonymous)]

Odd that, we've been drowning in raspberries. The rain has damaged a lot, but it has still been a very good crop. The blackcurrants are only just starting to ripen, but they are looking ominous. What do you do with all the jam? He have trouble getting rid of it if we make it. - Cheryl

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

We have made enough jam for the next 300 years! And are giving it away...

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Given your previous post, does this count as "other" or "quiet night in"?

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Quiet night in! Which we quite often do, to be honest. Usually involves lots of tea and pottering about.

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

Bees carrying laundry bags... what a visceral image. Wow. O_O

[maeve-the-red.livejournal.com]

If you've made all the jam you can, I have some good recipes for xxxxberry wine, if you're interested, though you may need to find a brewshop to get yeast nutrient and other chemicals.

Your account of the flaming pan of doom put me in mind of an incident involving naan bread, house fires and hallucinogens, though as this is a semi-public space it may have to wait until we next meet up.