Busy as a bee, isn't necessarily what I aimed to be...
When I fell off the sanity wagon and let my heart lead me into planting 8 different garden spots on our property (but it is a happy busy). I have taken out aloes bigger than me, by the dozens, - and have planted such things as pumpkins, gourds, onions, beets, tomatoes, radishes, herbs, hundreds of sunflowers here and there, tiny spots of grass and all other sorts of flowers. I am in love with the growing of things. Totally and madly.
As you can imagine, this has led to waking when the sun is rising (quite a moving experience in itself) in order to get all my watering done, and watching to see which gophers are taunting me...
Oh, but the sunrise.
They are no words to describe the sunrise...
So, there I was, minding my own business. Watering my plants, hoping gophers weren't going to keep pulling my plants straight down into the earth anymore. Begging them to be nice to me. And, marveling at wild flowers peeking through the deck...
When all of a sudden........
The earth stood still.
Or seemingly so.
As a buzz, unlike any I have ever heard, hovered over my head. But I couldn't see a thing.
Bees, I thought.
You see, lately, I have had Bee of the Brain...
It started a couple weeks ago, with a giant gift of honey from Mister. Honey that was filling 100 feet of wall space in a commercial building a mile away (don't worry, he didn't bring me all of that honey, just some). Honey removed by the beekeepers.
Amazing.
Last year when I painted Stella Primrose Hawthorn, I also had bee of the brain. Love for bees. Passion for their well being...
As I still do... (Stella canvas print available in my shop)
So, when I heard that ever so loud bee buzz, I telephoned Mister Lovee. He asked if I knew where they went? But I told him that, the sound was loud, and then gone...
So, we both shrugged and went on our day.
Until yesterday.
When I noticed extra bee activity in our garden...
When the bees are here in abundance, I always keep doing my work amongst them and never get stung. But I am well aware of the dangers of agitating masses of bees.
Mister tried to get them to go away with a little water spray. Until I screamed LOOK! and pointed at one of the pecan trees...
Mister had not seen what he was standing next to. And when he did, he promptly put the water down.
I was amazed, and filled with chills. I have had so many worries about bees disappearing, that I was over-joyed to see so many in one place.
We quickly dialed up the beekeeper...
I picture the beekeeper smiling like a wise man, seated on a small hill in paradise, while he said...
Have no fear. The bees chose a place where they felt safe, to stop and rest. They are simply resting their queen... (who by the way, is in the center of the bee mass)
He said the bees will not stay. They will leave soon, and find a place to live elsewhere...
The dogs have shown no interest in the bees at all.
I stand, watching, quiet. Careful. Amazed. Overjoyed. Thankful.
Wondering what the queen looks like.
Wondering, what it feels like to be queen bee.
Wondering if everything is okay in the bee world.
Thankful that they stopped here, and, that I am able to have this experience.
My Dad said the same thing happened in our family home garden last year and the year before that. I was surprised. Then he said in a soft intense voice, "Wow, such amazing creatures, bees, just awesome..."
Turns out, I could never be as busy as a bee ;)
I can't think of a bigger sign, for me to finish my giant painting I started in August. Bees and all...
Can you?
And so, as soon as I hit publish, that is exactly what I shall do. It has been a long week of late dinners, university graduation parties, visits, dressing up.
It is time for my big hat, a long cotton gown, and a palette filled with paint...
Yes indeed....
Have you ever had an experience, of the Bee variety?
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
(When Fairytales Come to Life)
Off I go, to paint the afternoon away...
♥ ,V
See you soon ;)
ps: Lady Lamb, the Beekeeper: I like this, very muchly :)
pss: Tori and Cyndi paired up for a song, have you heard it? What do you think?
psss: I took a video of the bees. I will share it soon :)
pssss: Waiting impatiently for me to get off the computer :)))
