Bees and the Hum

Hey Hey Hey!

I am back in town and off of the Colorado River. The Grand Canyon was an amazing trip; it was great family and friend time and much time.

I know that I don’t show up much for the family blog but to my defense I am really busy doing a lot of cool things!

Outdoor Discoveries is doing fantastic! I am having a one week summer camp in June where I will be hanging out with a group of kids from 9-4. I am still having a weekly hike with kidos and its still super fun. The flowers are coming out in Portland and I am going to be taking my hikes to see all the trees unfold into color. The magnolias are in full bloom and beautiful right now and I have a pink dogwood that is outside my bedroom windows that is perfect! I am also planning a weekend camping trip for families, I don’t know where to go yet in the Portland area but if any of my family knows of any great areas to car camp with young kidos (5-12) I would be open to ideas. I would like there to be access to a river and to nice walking areas but a bathroom would make my life easier (I have some kids who don’t want to pee in the woods).

Danse Joyeux is doing well last weekend I am doing my first art/craft fair in Portland. I am excited to see what happens with tutus! I would have never imagined that making and selling tutus would be so much fun. You can check out my tutu at dansejoyeux.com

Something exciting has happened… I picked up a package of bees for my new bee hive! I got the crazy idea to rise bees some time this winter and now it’s all coming together! I picked up a box of bees that has somewhere between 10,000 and 12,000 bees! It is wonderful, when they are buzzing they make real wind and the way they smell is cool too. I check on the hive every day and my bees are doing so well, I have lots of new baby bees emerging and I have light honey that is already capped!

Kelly