Bees

One fine day the bug and I were leaving the house and noticed a couple bees fly past the car. I was stopped in front of my house and wanted to see where they were headed. Oh, no where special, except for the GIANT BALL OF BEES that had formed on one of our trees out front!!!!!



I didn't know what to do! How do you get rid of thousands of bees?! I couldn't get close enough to spray them, they surely attack. And besides that I didn't really want to murder a bunch of bees that weren't harming anyone. I went inside, called around and came across a bee catcher. He was so excited to hear of a bee swarm! Apparently, there is a bee shortage out there. I gave him our address and he was on his way!



The bee catcher said they were Italian bees and can bee a little hot headed if agitated so I should stand back. You don't gotta tell me twice! This was the last photo I took outside. hahahaa

This I took all the way zoomed in from our front door. It was so cool to see him wrangle all the bees inside his little box. He was like a Bee Whisperer.


Once he got the bees inside the box, he loaded them inside his truck and gave me his card. He said that some of the bees that didn't make it would look for another swarm maybe one or two houses down and to warn the neighbors.

Haven't seen or heard of any since but I still follow their path if I see a couple flying together. What a weird day.

Siouxsie Sioux

We have had Siouxsie for about a year now. She and our cocker spaniel Bella are the best of buds. For reals, like if I recorded them together, I should probably send it into AFV or something. haha. They even groom each other. So cute! Anyway, Here are a few photos of Siouxsie. Enjoy!

Age of Aquarium

I procrastinated a lot on this entry mainly because there are so many pictures and the thought of having to sit down and write about each and every one became a very daunting task in my mind. So here I am, finally sitting down nearly two weeks after these picture were taken, finally blogging about them. The captions will be short and sweet. This is our trip to the Newport Aquarium and our random little stops back home. Spoiler Alert: I see a lighthouse in your future!


The bug was pretty stoked at the idea of getting to touch stuff, but once he saw the texture of what he was touching, he was done. hahaha. This did not surprise me, after all, Juno didn't touch grass or sand on his bare feet till he was like two years old!

Yea, I touched them.

We taught Juno to say "I Luuuuvs me some shrimpsss!" What great, grammatical parents he has!


I heart this picture so much.. It gives me goosebumps to see father/son loveliness like this!

Contemplating the freakishness of the spider crabs.

Yea... I could have done without ever seeing them too, Junebug.

Shark Tank!




We made some stops along the way back down the coast.




Ate some damn good crab.

And saw a lighthouse!!!!



We love lighthouses ::hug::






A great day was had by all.

Roots

This past weekend we got back to our roots. Well, The men in my life did. I guess I am mearly a supporter of the Asian community. ... I mean come on, I supplied a whole human being to the Asian community so that's gotta count for something! hahaha! Eugene held it's annual Asian Celebration and this year they celebrated their 25th year! It was held at the Lane Events Center at the Lane County Fairgrounds. They had whole rooms dedicated to art and history, food and performances, and what person in their right mind would leave out the gigantic room of craft booths that don't really belong at ANY festival!

We saw beautiful displays of Orchids from some of the Orchid nurserys in town. There were a couple Bonsai tree displays but the pictures of those were terrible so I didn't include them. (I have lighting issues!)

Mainly, it was so nice to get out of the house during a sunny weekend in February. Very uncharacteristic of Eugene during the Winter. Even the Cherry Blossom Trees have bloomed!



Father and son. Ryan is teaching Junebug the importance of the meat/rice combo spoonfull. Important stuff.

Digging in.

Again with the lighting. These flouescents were tricky. The dancers were great though!

What two year old can resist the face painting booth? There were lots of designs to choose from. And like the realistic parents we are, we chose the design that took the least amount of time. heehee. He loved it!

Ok, here are the orchids I was talking about. Amazing!!! I can't decide if I love them or hate them but they definitely intrigue me. Look at that!! I am a big fan of any type of art form or life form that makes you question everything. These flowers definitely had me wondering what they were and why they look the way they do. Awesome.

More Orchids.

This is a tree in our front yard about to flower. The fuzzy shell around the bloom is soooo soft. They are going to be beautiful. I hope they stick around all Spring.

Some photos of the Cherry Blossoms around town.