Bees & Flower Gardens
Have bees? Yes!
Need more flowers? Yes!
We have found that there is joy (and some heartache in both).
Peter and I started our apiary last season and thought we had everything we needed. What we didn't know was that despite my research on black bear sightings in this area of Virgina (turns out bears don't care about where they have or have not been sighted), we had a bear destroy our first hives. Devastating.
We had another try last season, but we had a rough winter, and our one surviving hive did not make it to see spring. Devastating.
So, we try again...and plant lots more flowers along the way.
Broken Chair Honey
This is the beginning of "Broken Chair Honey." So excited to partner with my sister, friend, and sister-in-Christ on bringing a message of hope, joy, and life through her courage to share her journey through the loss of her husband, Adam and the sweetness of honey.
The inspiration for her artwork, The Tree of Life. Found at the beginning and end of God's Word.
Revelation 22:1-5
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
And this quote from a white board and pile of sticky notes from Sarah and Adam's home...
"You don't know light unless you have been in the dark."
Lots more to come...
