-Posted by Isaac

There they go, now let’s get some work done.

No wait. More distractions.

It’s a good thing the sun came out this week.

If it hadn’t, I don’t think I would’ve done a single thing. We started cloudy and warm.

Warm enough Monday morning to find some protein. But things quickly took a turn. I think it was 14 degrees when I walked out on Friday.

I had big plans to work on my new shop, but the distractions kept coming. Some were welcome. Like on Tuesday, we had a big 12 bucket order to fill. Jayne and I made it a lunch date. There’s a new mead place in Dayton. It’s going to be called Blackbird Meadery, and they’re connected to the Hairless Hare Brewery.

It’s located right beside the airport. You can watch the planes take off as you sample the local beer with your personalized ‘Ugly Mug’.

And I suppose those mugs will soon work just as well with the local mead.

By Wednesday I was able to knock off a few hours on the shop.

One wall done, three to go. I hadn’t planned on this being such a project, but the more I think about it, I’m convinced that we need a nice shop— someplace warm and well lighted. Someplace I can work on things, change oil, listen to podcasts, dream about future projects without being distracted by work.

I see my future self fixing up a ‘68 Mustang, or an old cj7 Jeep. Maybe piecing together a small plane. Maybe fiddling over an old Honda Nighthawk 750… like I did way back when. Before life caught up.

Not that I’m dissatisfied with my present life. It’s just that my present ride doesn’t quite measure up.

How’s that John Lennon quote go?

Yeah, that’s the one.

It’s doesn’t only apply to life. Death can be a distraction also.

Because the sun came out, I thought I’d take a break from the shop and go visit the bees. Maybe do some feeding. That was probably a mistake. I found myself fully entangled in my least favorite job— cleaning dead-out hives. Nobody was out of food, but several more had kicked off since I last visited. I think I was bragging about a 1% loss back in December. Well, that was 50 days ago. We’re now up around 15%.

(At least we’ll be able to finish up on our haphazard paint job from October.)

Will our losses stay under 20%? I hope so. Nothing but good news coming out of California, and the majority of our girls are out there in the sun. So that’s a bright note.

And one other bright note. A new product! While I had to put my projects aside, distracted by dead bees, Jayne and Katie were full steam ahead.

Their new project- Beeswax Food Wraps.

Because this is far from my area of expertise, Jayne inserted this before I started on this blog post:

These are made by blending together beeswax, pine rosin, jojoba oil, and applying to 100% cotton to make a breathable wrap for storing fruits, vegetables, and sandwiches. ****Isaac insert clever commentary here****

Looks good to me. I don’t think we need any ***Isaac-clever-commentary***. In fact, I think it’s time to distract myself right out of finishing this post.

Time for a snack.