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impress · 06-23-2009, 12:51 AM

Newly acquired white betta fish:

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Damned hard to photograph. They never hold still for you.

capnhowdy · 06-23-2009, 08:07 AM

I have a bluegill that I caught as a minnow about 2 yrs ago and I can't get a decent shot of him because of the glare from the tank.

capnhowdy · 06-23-2009, 08:28 AM

Nice bees, nowhereman.

nowhereman · 06-23-2009, 03:56 PM

Thanks - I'll try the post again. (Technology is our friend, yes?)
Anyway, RF last week with "the girls". 2 hives, about 30,000 "pets".

DanaC · 06-23-2009, 04:28 PM

*smiles* my Dad was a bee keeper when I was growing up. That picture there looks so familiar. Many different details, but the gloved hand and the bees held out for a look. That resonates with me.

Wonderful pics. I've always loved bees.

nowhereman · 06-25-2009, 07:29 AM

Thanks Dana. My Dad was a beekeeper also - kept 4 or 5 hives for years. My Mom's father and uncle had about 30 hives at one point, that's where Dad learned about beekeeping. A swarm showed up last year in one of his old empty hives and I thought that maybe that was a sign, a gift from him. He's been gone for 3 years now, and I feel him with me when I'm out there with the bees.

Trilby · 06-25-2009, 12:14 PM

A Bee Poem For You:

The Arrival of the Bee Box
I ordered this, clean wood box
Square as a chair and almost too heavy to lift.
I would say it was the coffin of a midget
Or a square baby
Were there not such a din in it.

The box is locked, it is dangerous.
I have to live with it overnight
And I can't keep away from it.
There are no windows, so I can't see what is in there.
There is only a little grid, no exit.

I put my eye to the grid.
It is dark, dark,
With the swarmy feeling of African hands
Minute and shrunk for export,
Black on black, angrily clambering.

How can I let them out?
It is the noise that appalls me most of all,
The unintelligible syllables.
It is like a Roman mob,
Small, taken one by one, but my god, together!

I lay my ear to furious Latin.
I am not a Caesar.
I have simply ordered a box of maniacs.
They can be sent back.
They can die, I need feed them nothing, I am the owner.

I wonder how hungry they are.
I wonder if they would forget me
If I just undid the locks and stood back and turned into a tree.
There is the laburnum, its blond colonnades,
And the petticoats of the cherry.

They might ignore me immediately
In my moon suit and funeral veil.
I am no source of honey
So why should they turn on me?
Tomorrow I will be sweet God, I will set them free.

The box is only temporary.

--Plath

nowhereman · 06-25-2009, 04:41 PM

That's great - I'll print that and hang it with my bee supplies. Thanks for sharing it.

Gargantutron · 06-25-2009, 05:12 PM

Hey. Didja know that it's National Pollinator Week? Nationally recognized. No jokin'. There's a story about it on NPR

DanaC · 06-25-2009, 06:54 PM

nowhereman that's really lovely. To have that direct connection. *smiles*

@ Bri: that's a brilliant poem. I love it! I really should revisit Plath now I am not an overly cynical teenage college student.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-26-2009, 12:54 AM

Non news...

Sundae · 06-27-2009, 04:08 PM

What storm?
I mean I always creep under this shelf to sleep right?
What do you mean my belly is on /jjjjjjjjj;s rrrrrrrrhgb z\ae

sugarpop · 06-27-2009, 08:46 PM

Our newsest pack member. We just adopted her today. Isn't she absolutely gorgeous?

sugarpop · 06-27-2009, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by impress

SG, magnificent cat. Stunning.

I echo that sentiment.

TheMercenary · 06-27-2009, 09:22 PM

Sugar. I see red x boxes. You must be using photobucket or another similar place that is blocked by our filters.

06-23-2009, 12:51 AM	#916
impress It's better to be pissed off than pissed on. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Irvine, California Posts: 936	Newly acquired white betta fish: Damned hard to photograph. They never hold still for you. __________________ If I gave a crap, I'd give it to you.

06-23-2009, 08:07 AM	#917
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I have a bluegill that I caught as a minnow about 2 yrs ago and I can't get a decent shot of him because of the glare from the tank. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-23-2009, 08:28 AM	#918
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Nice bees, nowhereman. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-23-2009, 03:56 PM	#919
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	Thanks - I'll try the post again. (Technology is our friend, yes?) Anyway, RF last week with "the girls". 2 hives, about 30,000 "pets". Attached Images

06-25-2009, 12:14 PM	#922
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	A Bee Poem For You: The Arrival of the Bee Box I ordered this, clean wood box Square as a chair and almost too heavy to lift. I would say it was the coffin of a midget Or a square baby Were there not such a din in it. The box is locked, it is dangerous. I have to live with it overnight And I can't keep away from it. There are no windows, so I can't see what is in there. There is only a little grid, no exit. I put my eye to the grid. It is dark, dark, With the swarmy feeling of African hands Minute and shrunk for export, Black on black, angrily clambering. How can I let them out? It is the noise that appalls me most of all, The unintelligible syllables. It is like a Roman mob, Small, taken one by one, but my god, together! I lay my ear to furious Latin. I am not a Caesar. I have simply ordered a box of maniacs. They can be sent back. They can die, I need feed them nothing, I am the owner. I wonder how hungry they are. I wonder if they would forget me If I just undid the locks and stood back and turned into a tree. There is the laburnum, its blond colonnades, And the petticoats of the cherry. They might ignore me immediately In my moon suit and funeral veil. I am no source of honey So why should they turn on me? Tomorrow I will be sweet God, I will set them free. The box is only temporary. --Plath __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

06-25-2009, 07:29 AM	#921
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	Thanks Dana. My Dad was a beekeeper also - kept 4 or 5 hives for years. My Mom's father and uncle had about 30 hives at one point, that's where Dad learned about beekeeping. A swarm showed up last year in one of his old empty hives and I thought that maybe that was a sign, a gift from him. He's been gone for 3 years now, and I feel him with me when I'm out there with the bees.

06-25-2009, 04:41 PM	#923
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	That's great - I'll print that and hang it with my bee supplies. Thanks for sharing it.

06-25-2009, 05:12 PM	#924
Gargantutron Uncommonly rare Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 11	Hey. Didja know that it's National Pollinator Week? Nationally recognized. No jokin'. There's a story about it on NPR __________________ "In spite of everything, life is good."

06-26-2009, 12:54 AM	#926
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Non news... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-27-2009, 04:08 PM	#927
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	What storm? I mean I always creep under this shelf to sleep right? What do you mean my belly is on /jjjjjjjjj;s rrrrrrrrhgb z\ae Attached Images

06-27-2009, 08:46 PM	#928
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	Our newsest pack member. We just adopted her today. Isn't she absolutely gorgeous?

06-27-2009, 09:22 PM	#930
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Sugar. I see red x boxes. You must be using photobucket or another similar place that is blocked by our filters. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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