MAY

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5/31/2011

granite counter
Sawing the granite was a job...                                              Counter laid out for test spacing then I raise the granite.

Counter
That is it for May.

Bird  Iris
Promise of Spring today but we are weeks late.

gage  potato
More rain, I have had enough, but the potato's like it.

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5/30/2011

freeze dried
Got the Freeze dried stuff Put up in the pantry.
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5/29/2011
HORN
Testing the new horn.
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5/28/2011

Horn horn
Horn for the xtal set.

horn horn
Back is wood and front is paper shopping bags cut in strips and soaked in wood glue.
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5/27/2011

50/50  Poilane
So  Sour dough works in in the fridge....                                                      Whole wheat bread!

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5/26/2011

Shelf   shelf
More shelves.
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5/25/2011

Shears
Make over for the shears, red for Kate and green for Erin.

 
Bird houseRobin
                      Waiting for someone to bring breakfast.                     This one can not remember where he left the wife and kids.

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5/24/2011
Marge
Happy Birthday Mom.

plants
More plants for the garden.

 
poilanepoilane
Rise 5 hours in the basket,                                                                             Bake in dutch oven...

Boule
Into the basket for about 4 hours then bake.

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5/23/2011

Dutchoven
Choosing what to use for the Poilane.

Poilane
After 12 hours in the Fridge, and 12 to go, it has doubled.

Dough wisk
A homemade whisk strong enough for dough.
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5/22/2011
mow mow
Six hours on the mower.
mow mow
The grass was tall.

Grapes
Compost around the grapes.
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5/21/2011

Coalinga Bees
New roof and strapped down, all clean inside for the Coalinga girls, only 200 or so left.

Mowing
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5/20/2011
Queen Cage
Cleaned the retirement Bee home for the queen less girls from Coalinga.  Replaced the travel screen with top bars.  Cleaned
the junk from the box they were shipped in from the bottom of the hive and took out the queen cages.  Cleaned them up and took candy from each
and remelted it and filled the cage on the right's exit tube.  They pop open to fill with queen and snap shut. 

planting

planting

Planting

bee trap
Six bees at the door of the trap.  All 4 traps had similar activity.

lettus
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5/19/2011

bees
Bee Hive on the left is retirement home for Coalinga Bees.
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5/18/2011
PTA
PTA

rope class
David's 4th grade got a rope class, whether they wanted it or not.

bee check
Bee and Queen check, No queen,  300 bees or so will travel to Oregon to live in a retirement home.
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5/17/2011

bouganvilla
Bougainvillea

press proof
Helped Damon print on his new press.                                                                      Test proof.
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5/16/2011
Water
Work in progress....
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5/15/2011
toast
Toast says "Thanks for my Seat" in cat talk.
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5/14/2011

mat dinner
Lessons in etiquette.                                                                       Dinner.

Oven  Wine
Mud Oven                                                                                   Wine Tasting

Cat seat Proof press
So Sharon's cat can sit in the window.                                             Damon's new Proof Press.
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5/13/2011
bees
Lots of activity.  Maybe working, maybe raiders?
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5/12/2011

bees bees
bees
Been a hard day, drove 200 miles, made a bee hive and bee suit and opened the box of bees to see if queens were alive.
I do not believe so, but I really could not see well enough.  I opened 3 queen cases and there may have been one alive, big maybe we
will let them be to themselves for a week.  We will see.

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5/11/2010

bees in a box
So we drive all day and what do we find in the parking lot, full of bees with the queen opened to let them out.
So I got the tape from my hasty bag, waited till dark closed the lid and taped it shut.  No veil, no gloves no shit!


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May 10, 2011
Happy Birthday Dad, he would have been 91
Dad at 20
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5/8/2011
Happy Mother's Day

Helen Marge
Helen                                                                             Marge
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5/7/2011
No Kodak Moment
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5/6/2011

Rosin Bar moth
Rosin Bar home made from pitch.                                                Bed fellow from last night, about 3 inches long Moth
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5/5/2011

Mow burn
mouse
Hiding under a burning brush pile is not a good idea.
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5/4/2011
bed bed bed
Prepared the garden beds with compost and dolomite and fertilizer.
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5/3/2011
Bee book   wild flowers 
ABC of Bee Culture,  1913 edition of a 1877 Book came today.                    Wild flowers in the backyard.
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5/2/2011

Tiger lilly
April showers bring the May flowers.

Target
They still work.  2 from each.
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5/1/2011
May DAY

Morrel
Morels,  for the finding.

Outside Bed Lounge Lizard 
Bed Ready For May 1st, and first night outside.                                             Yes of course we made this for you.


Cast Iron Muffin Pan
Griswold No. 10  Erie, PA  U.S.A.  948
Sharon's cast iron muffin pan.  After 1 hour under the sand blaster.