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I checked on my bee colonies a couple days ago. The winter weather has been brutal this year, and it’s my first winter keeping bees. My fingers have remained crossed every day since I started this adventure. There is a tremendous amount of information to learn, and then try to apply to be successful. One colony I obtained in October as a cut out from a barn with my mentor, despite my best efforts, did not make it all the way through winter. The other four hives, when I knock on the sides with my ear to the walls, have a lot of buzzing. I’ll be extremely happy if my four colonies get through the year. Spring can’t come soon enough for me and my bees!

I hate the snowy weather . The roads were terrible ON our 3 mile drive to church at 8am . Only about 1/4 of the parishioners That normally attend , were there . Had breakgast when we got home and binge watched Yellowstone .

I enjoy the winter and could never survive south of about Gettysburg PA. My Aunt, next door, has been spending winters in your area of GA with my cousin, since my uncle passed away, (3) years ago. He also liked NY winters. I prefer these real old-fashioned pre global warming winters more than the mostly lame ones that we’ve had since the early 1980’s. If I knew for sure they were going to continue a while, I’d look into getting another snowmobile. The last one I bought was a new 1997 Polaris XCF. After about the 3rd almost snowless year, around 2010, I finally sold that. Our winters have been so lame the last few years, that I haven’t even owned a registered 4wd vehicle the last (5). I am thinking of registering my Dodge Durango field car prior to next winter though, especially if it’s looking like it’s going to be another old fashioned snowy cold one, like we’ve had this year. I took that bastard for a spin out through the frozen snowy fields last week and it really did well in the deep stuff. It would be nice for running back and forth to work on the snowier days.

I am also very thankful for the way God answered my prayer on that buck (thanks for reminding me about that). After I missed him with my crossbow in November (wasn’t sure it was a clean miss because I never found my bolt). I prayed that “God’s will be done” regarding the carcass recovery. Little did I know that He’d make me wait a month for that “follow up” shot with my ML on that Tuesday evening, one minute before sunset. That was pretty sweet because it was much easier to deal with the carcass in the cold weather and faster to process with less fat to be trimmed post-rut.