Do you want to take a trip into my mind?  Just stare away at the flashing images for as long as possible and write whatever comes into your head and post it.

another animation of a painting creation

i am in the middle of a new painting.  it is one of those longer processes.  i am showing a bit of my process now.  i think this will allow for some deeper understanding of what goes into the construction of my work.

minature painting photo mix

 

winter warm and wet rain.  we are in the boot stealing mud with our digging.  later we will wash our bodies with our rough hands and minty soap.  thank you for your sleeping form.  thank flesh and blood and musk.  only strangers can really smell our smell and how it mixes.  we breathe and mix breath so long that you lungs know my lungs.  lately we have not.  lately we have grown so together that we mingle with the furniture and blend with the cushions.  when i lay my head on your breast it is my breast.  sometimes when the cat is sleeping on your head i think you have new hair. 

Warre hive in wood shop. 

Getting ready for spring.  Two of my hives are struggling.  One is in this Warre style hive and the other is in a top bar hive.  It is hard to feed them when it is so cold.  I have augmented my top bar hives so that I could feed them from the top.

I actually brought this one inside the house to feed the bees.  I did not close it up enough so 100 bees escaped and had to be caught in sugar water.

I am selling hives.  Warre hives and Kenyan style top bar hives that have been augmented for the wet cold winters. 

1. Sloped roof allows for water to drain off and not just sit on top. 
2. Quilt box for insulation and the escape of moisture.  Can be filled with saw dust or moss or herbs.  
3. Rye flower impregnated burlap cover for inspecting and feeding.
4. A porch roof with columns to support a hive entrance reducer and extra rain protection
5. Screened bottom board with drawers for ventilation and mite count.
6. Observation window.  See bees.
7. Bars with spaces between them.  The bees build straighter comb and can be top fed in winter.