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Spring.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/snowbees-58000.jpgsnowbees 5800058,000 beeshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/snowbees-in-the-car.jpgsnowbees in the carNo, we don't buckle them in.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/snowbees-4-lb-box-2.jpgsnowbees 4 lb box 24 pounds of beeshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/snowbees-basement-temp.jpgsnowbees basement tempToday's conditions for the snowbees.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/snowbees-2-w-beeguys.jpgsnowbees 2 w beeguyshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/snowbees-1.jpgsnowbees 1BeeMan and Junior BeeMan carry 16 lbs of bees to the car.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cimg8753.jpgSnowy Chives in MarchSnowy Chives in March2015-03-29T19:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2015/03/14/bees-in-the-mancave-how-cool-is-that/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo-7.jpgDad's WorkshopIt looks so innocent from this side of the door.2015-03-15T12:40:01+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2015/03/07/squirrels-with-tiny-shovels/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo-6.jpgnice shoveling job!I wish I had seen them with their little shovels!2015-03-07T20:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2015/03/05/spinning-wheels/2015-03-07T08:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2015/02/22/behind-closed-doors/2015-02-22T18:29:31+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2015/02/16/fine-really/2015-02-17T22:33:01+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/12/20/bee-bopping-the-christmas-bread/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141224-142724.jpg20141224-142724.jpg2014-12-24T19:28:47+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/12/23/all-that-glitters/2014-12-23T18:10:48+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/11/19/wheres-mom/2014-11-20T22:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/11/19/wheres-mom-2/2014-11-20T01:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/11/02/the-ghosts-of-vegetables-past/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pumpkin-dead.jpgpumpkin deadDeceased mutant pumpkin. https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pickled-turnip-1.jpgpickled turnip 1https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pickled-turnips.jpgpickled turnipshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/10313009_762412193820110_8807804847599473798_n1.jpgGiant Mutant PumpkinsGiant Mutant Pumpkins. The larger one still reigns on the front porch. The smaller one has deflated.2014-11-02T23:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/10/26/embracing-the-lunatic-fringe/2014-10-27T10:21:27+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/10/19/the-reluctant-pioneer/2014-10-19T23:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/09/29/whats-in-your-freezer/2014-10-16T19:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/09/28/september-bees-and-moths-for-the-freezer/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-d-group-work-doing-what.jpgHive D group work doing whatGroup work. What are they doing? Probably guessing what I've got in my freezer.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-d-fall-harvest.jpgHive D fall harvestA peek at the fall harvest.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-d-condensation-on-lid.jpgHive D condensation on lidA puddle in the hive, most likely from condensation.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-d-burr-comb-on-the-queen-excluder.jpgHive D Burr comb on the queen excluderhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-d-propolis.jpgHive D propolisPropolis is the sticky stuff bees make to seal the hive. It's a real pain to get off countertops.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-c-wax-moths.jpgHive C wax mothsThe hive is dead and full of wax moths. They can do serious damage to the hive structure.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-b-with-hive-beetles.jpghive B with hive beetlesSmall hive beetles can ruin a hive and its harvest by breeding in the bee's brood cells.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-b-chunk-of-burr-comb-that-fell-off.jpgHive B chunk of burr comb that fell offhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-b-building-lots-of-burr-comb.jpgHive B building lots of burr combhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hive-a-brood-comb-9-27.jpghive A brood comb 9-27Lots of brood in Hive A.2014-09-29T21:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/09/17/clouds/2014-09-19T00:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/08/13/making-lipbalm-one-way-to-avoid-doing-schoolwork-2/2014-08-13T22:46:22+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/08/07/making-lipbalm-one-way-to-avoid-doing-schoolwork/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lip-balm-shrink-wrap-tip.jpglip balm shrink wrap tipTip: hold tube in place with a pencil eraser. The tube won't blow across the kitchen and you won't burn your finger.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lip-balm-shrink-wrap.jpglip balm shrink wrapLastly, shrink wrap!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lip-balm-product.jpglip balm producthttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lip-balm-mise-en-scene.jpglip balm mise en sceneLip balm mise en scenehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lip-balm-editing-error.jpglip balm editing errorFree tube of lip balm (either size) to the first person to point out the editing error. John doesn't count--he already got his.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20140807-221925.jpg20140807-221925.jpgThe purple thingy holds 50 lip balm tubes in place. Plastic pipettes enable me to fill them without making a globby mess.2014-08-14T19:03:14+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/08/06/how-much-honey/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cimg8541.jpgCIMG8541Junior beekeeper examines the honey boxhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cimg8534.jpgCIMG8534A peek through the queen excluder at the bees.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cimg8531.jpgCIMG8531Removing the honey boxhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cimg8523.jpgCIMG8523Hive D. We took the lower brown box and kept the top box on for a potential fall harvest.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/harper-spinining-the-honey.jpgHarper spinining the honeyJunior Beekeeper spins the honey while his sister watcheshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-1.jpgphoto 1https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-2.jpgphoto 2Straggler bee in the wax cappings a day later...right before his water ridehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-3.jpgphoto 3Cappings from honey box ready to be melted into wax for lip balmhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-5.jpgphoto 5Maywood Honey 2014https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/3-beekeepers.jpg3 beekeepers2014-08-07T20:25:07+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/07/27/in-summer-we-gather-but-we-dont-gather-chocolate/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fralingers-fudge-box.jpgfralingers fudge boxEmily looooves chocolate.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cucumber-pear-gazpacho-with-mint.jpgcucumber pear gazpacho with mintCucumber Pear Gazpacho with Mint2014-07-27T21:24:26+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/07/21/im-gonna-get-squashed/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140723-143512.jpg20140723-143512.jpg2014-07-23T21:25:06+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/07/08/berries-and-bugs/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140710-170353.jpg20140710-170353.jpgIn addition to blueberries, the wild blackberries, brambles, and raspberries are ripening. 2014-07-11T01:23:21+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/06/24/obsolete/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140624-123743.jpg20140624-123743.jpgThank you, Man-cave Dweller!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140624-123010.jpg20140624-123010.jpgDaughters used to inherit vacuum cleaners. Don't tell me this machine is obsolete.2014-07-20T08:14:31+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/04/24/gobble-gobble/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/turkey1.jpgturkey1This part of Maywood is photo-enforced! Thanks to Tim McQuaid for these photos.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/turkey-selfie.jpgturkey selfieTurkey selfie. But the photo is courtesy of Tim McQuaid & his field cameral.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/turkeys2.jpgturkeys2photo by Tim McQuaid's field camera at Maywood2014-04-27T23:37:19+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/04/22/i-took-my-a-grandson-to-a-peep-show/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140421-223234-e1398447334654.jpg20140421-223234.jpgA Peep for everyone...even French teachers!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140421-223218-e1398447357275.jpg20140421-223218.jpghttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140421-223010.jpg20140421-223010.jpghttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140421-222614.jpg20140421-222614.jpghttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140421-222233.jpg20140421-222233.jpg2014-04-26T20:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/04/26/the-newbees-have-arrived/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140425-150027.jpg20140425-150027.jpghttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newbee-neighbors-honey-or-brood-frame-4-22-14.jpgnewbee neighbors--honey or brood frame 4-22-14Honey frame or brood frame? https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newbees-complete-the-4-hives-4-22-14.jpgnewbees complete the 4 hives 4-22-14Happy to have 4 hives full!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newbee-neighbors-in-hive-d-are-hard-at-work-4-22-14.jpgnewbee neighbors in hive D are hard at work 4-22-14A peek in the other hives...https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newbees-in-hive-a-with-sugar-water-4-22-14.jpgnewbees in hive A with sugar water 4-22-14The sugar water feeder is set up to help the hive get started. Straggler bees still in the shipping box will join the rest soon. https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newbees-dumped-4-22-14.jpgnewbees dumped 4-22-14The rest of the bees are unceremoniously dumped in.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newbee-queen-installed-4-22-14.jpgnewbee queen installed 4-22-14The queen box is installed in the hive. This will be removed once the queen is no longer in it.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newbee-queen-her-attendants-4-22-14.jpgnewbee queen & her attendants 4-22-14The queen and her attendants arrive in their own little box. The other bees will eat through a sugar plug to release her into the hive.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newbees-new-queen-4-22-14.jpgnewbees & new queen 4-22-14Next, remove the queen and put her in the hive. https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newbees-subdued-with-sugar-water-4-22-14.jpgnewbees subdued with sugar water 4-22-14First, BeeMan sprays them with sugar water to keep them too busy snacking to bother with him.2014-04-27T11:02:21+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/04/17/bug/2014-04-17T17:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/04/07/the-pedometer-contest/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pedometer-doesnt-count-picture-taking.jpgpedometer doesn't count picture takingThe pedometer doesn't count picture taking, but we are taking steps toward spring at Maywood.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pedometer-at-0.jpgpedometer at 0There are times I want to press a re-set button on the day, but not while I'm counting steps!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pedometer.jpgpedometerState of the art pedometer....not.2014-04-08T21:55:20+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/03/17/in-search-of-green/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg8247.jpgCIMG8247There is green in there.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg8248.jpgCIMG8248Vine...with thornshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg8238.jpgCIMG8238I know I can always rake the periwinkle for a green pick-me-up.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg8242.jpgCIMG8242Daylilies look vulnerable to the forecasted snow.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg8236.jpgCIMG8236Moss...and a chipmunk hole. Alvin!!!!!!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg8237.jpgCIMG8237https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg8227.jpgCIMG8227Tentative daffodils ask, "Is Winter gone yet?"https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg8234.jpgCIMG8234Rhododendron braved the winter and came out ready to bloom.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg8250.jpgnot very green yardA dreary place to look for green2014-03-16T22:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/03/09/bees-alive-as-glaciers-recede-at-maywood/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bees-hive-d-wrapped-cropped-3-8-14.jpgbees hive D wrapped cropped 3-8-14Hive D is thrivinghttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bee-frozen-cropped-3-8-14.jpgbee frozen cropped 3-8-14Little bee, don't freeze on the snow!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bees-try-to-take-selfies.jpgbees try to take selfiesThe bees don't know that they can't take selfies through the viewfinder.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140308_125939.jpg20140308_125939https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bees-hive-d-wrapped-3-8-14.jpgbees hive D wrapped 3-8-14Hive D is very activehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bees-spring-feeding-3-8-14.jpgbees spring feeding 3-8-14Sugar water feeders go on each hive.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/beekeeper-3-8-14.jpgBeekeeper 3-8-14Let It Bee Spring--Beekeeper starts the seasonhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/beesunwrapped-3-8-14.jpgbeesunwrapped 3-8-14Tar paper comes off. After all, tonight begins daylight savings!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/red-maple-3-8-14.jpgred maple 3-8-14Red maples are budding right on schedule.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bees-happy-to-see-us-3-8-14.jpgbees happy to see us 3-8-14They are happy to bee with me.2014-03-08T21:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/03/01/the-hot-dry-air-of-winter/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/emily.jpgemilyShe wasn't swishing her hair. It was sticking straight out after an encounter with the sofa.2014-06-10T16:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/02/14/plowing-through-snow-days/2014-02-14T17:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/02/14/snow-bees-and-honey-butter/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pumpkin-bread-with-honey-butter-2-13-14.jpgpumpkin bread with honey butter 2-13-14Pumpkin bread with Maywood honey butterhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/john-tractor-2-13-14.jpgJohn & tractor 2-13-14He deserves some pumpkin bread and honey butter. And maybe even a backrub.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hives-to-house-2-13-14.jpghives to house 2-13-14It was easier walking down to the bees, than coming back up!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hives-2-13-14.jpghives 2-13-14The bee yard during the Winter Storm Pax. Who names a winter storm "Peace?"https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hive-b-2-13-14.jpghive B 2-13-14Hive B2014-02-15T21:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/02/10/a-bionic-language-nerd-watches-les-oympiques-dhiver-a-%cf%b2%d0%be%d1%87%d0%b8/2014-02-09T23:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/01/22/pioneer-chronicles-or-more-reasons-why-i-dont-do-camping/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/this-much-snow-1-22-14.jpgthis much snow 1-22-14We got this much snow. YOU go out and measure it.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/betsy-wont-start-1-22-14.jpgBetsy won't start 1-22-14Don't you just hate it when your hydraulic fluid feels like sludge?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snowy-screen-porch-1-22-14.jpgsnowy screen porch 1-22-14It sure isn't summer time.2014-01-25T19:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/01/21/bee-ing-hopeful-in-the-dead-of-winter/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cimg7631.jpgCIMG7631At least we have bread, milk and toilet paper.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hive-c-1-20-14.jpghive C 1-20-14Hive C. Bees coming in for a landing after their cleansing flights.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hive-b-1-20-14.jpghive B 1-20-14Hive B.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hive-a-1-20-14.jpghive A 1-20-14Look closely--bees coming and going at the entrance and at the lid. Hive A.2014-01-21T19:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/01/15/frozen-fog/2014-01-15T14:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2014/01/04/in-the-bees-midwinter/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cimg8068.jpgCIMG8068https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cimg8069.jpgCIMG8069https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cimg8066.jpgCIMG8066At Winter Solstice, bees were busy, but still had plenty of grease patties.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cimg8064.jpgCIMG8064https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cimg8061.jpgCIMG8061https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bees-midwinter.jpgbees midwinterJudging from the dip in the snow on top, the hive is warm enough to melt it. Icicles are on the outside of the hive.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/john-plowing-snow.jpgJohn plowing snowAfter a morning fussing with the tractor, he identified the problem as the ignition switch. But he got the job done!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bees-midwinter9.jpgbees midwinter9https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bees-midwinter6.jpgbees midwinter6A couple of dead bees at the entrance to Hive C.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bees-midwinter5.jpgbees midwinter52014-01-06T04:15:46+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/12/21/are-you-ready/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/are-you-ready.jpgare you readyThere's another roll of tape around somewhere...2013-12-21T19:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/12/20/christmas-trauma/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2-rejected-stockings.jpg2 rejected stockingshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1-rejected-stocking.jpg1 rejected stockingPersonally, I always thought this was not too shabby for a last minute fix.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/julies-ornament-1.jpgJulie's ornament 1This is a vintage nursery school ornament. It's over 20 years old. Not bad for a cardboard egg carton.2013-12-21T13:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/11/25/t-day-and-counting/2013-11-25T04:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/11/03/pioneers-in-the-woods-or-is-it-wood/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-5.jpgcooking hotdogshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-4.jpghauling waterhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-3.jpghotdogs over a firehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-2.jpgmaking the fireIf the fire doesn't light, we eat raw hot dogs, guys.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo.jpgphotohttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-1.jpgAt least one girl tried splitting wood--she was pretty good at it!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/phil-with-ax-e1383499524183.jpgOne of the guys with ax2013-11-10T22:03:10+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/10/28/first-frost-and-fingers-crossed-winterizing-the-hive/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7959.jpgCIMG7959https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7956.jpgHive beetlesSmall hive beetles can ruin a colony. We'll have to get on this. Stay tuned.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7977.jpgAssassin bughttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7960.jpgCIMG7960https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7969.jpgBees entering the hiveThe mason jar is the sugar water feeder. Giving them sugar did not make them lazy...they were busy little bees but get to store their honey for winter.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7987.jpgTar paper on hiveThe black tar paper will help with solar heat in the cold winter.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7980.jpgCIMG7980https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7957.jpgBurr comb on lidBurr comb...the bees don't always keep their honeycombs in the frames.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7933.jpgCIMG7933https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cimg7939.jpgBottom boardSliding the plywood in sure beats lifting the entire hive.2013-11-03T14:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/10/20/hip-chronicles-the-bionic-woman-vs-the-athletes/2013-10-20T00:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/09/30/whole-milk/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wilson-dairy-co-atlantic-city.jpgWilson Dairy Co. Atlantic CityThe photo of Wilson Dairy predates me by a long time. 2023-11-25T00:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/09/09/taking-a-chill-pill/2013-09-08T23:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/08/31/back-in-the-saddle-and-my-back-to-school-techno-rant/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cimg7913.jpgCIMG79132013-09-08T19:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/06/20/musings-while-medicated/2013-06-20T00:55:14+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/06/10/at-least-im-not-pregnant/2013-06-18T08:04:44+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/05/20/taming-the-beast-a-tale-of-customer-service/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cimg7804.jpgCIMG7804Would they have been so friendly if I weren't a Very Important Customer? https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cimg78021-e1369001376503.jpgCIMG7802This water bottle apparently couldn't share a bag with a steak.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cimg7802.jpgCIMG7802https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cimg7799.jpgCIMG77992013-05-20T02:07:24+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/05/02/fete-du-muguet/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cimg4962.jpgLily of the valley 3https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cimg4963.jpgLily of the valley 2https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cimg4964.jpgLily of the valley 12013-05-06T02:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/04/29/busy-as/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/images5.jpgimages[5]2013-04-29T02:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/04/22/granddaughter-eyes/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mary-beth-1969.jpgMary Beth 1969My little sister in 1969. I was too trapped in the stare-down to get a picture of the grandbabe.2013-04-22T00:36:14+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/04/08/the-chair/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cimg7742.jpgCIMG7742"Trust me. I did not slap my sister."https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cimg7741.jpgCIMG7741Did he forget that he professed his love in The Chair?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cimg7739.jpgCIMG7739Did he profess his love in The Chair?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cimg7735.jpgCIMG7735"I did not slap my sister."https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cimg7733.jpgCIMG7733"Huh? What?"https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cimg7732.jpgCIMG7732"Don't blame me. I wasn't born yet."https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cimg7731.jpgCIMG7731It's a good chair for a Grand Duchess, though.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cimg7743.jpgCIMG7743The Chair2013-04-12T01:40:51+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/03/23/jesus-wept/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cimg4876.jpgCIMG48762013-03-26T00:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/03/18/life-long-learning/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/george-marks-man-in-overcoat-walking-on-sidewalk1.jpggeorge-marks-man-in-overcoat-walking-on-sidewalk[1]Man in overcoathttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/snowsuit1.jpgsnowsuit[1]"I can't put my arms down!" from A Christmas Story.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/imagescac2oj3b.jpgimagesCAC2OJ3B2013-03-18T07:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/03/11/plodding-and-stomping-toward-spring/2013-03-13T16:58:45+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/03/04/march-mudness/2013-03-04T01:50:07+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/02/25/up-to-our-ears-in-wax/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/beeswax-cappings.jpgbeeswax--cappingshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cimg7654.jpgCIMG7654Old comb from the empty hiveshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cimg7653.jpgCIMG7653This is what I got from the better part of a 5 gallon bucket.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cimg7652.jpgCIMG7652https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cimg7649.jpgCIMG7649Cleaning the frames2013-04-01T13:44:50+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/01/28/hey-murphy-pass-the-hydraulic-fuel/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/202380576976815018_hg09cauh_b1.jpg202380576976815018_hG09CAUH_b[1]https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7632.jpgCIMG7632Pottery Barn wickless candles--great for ambience but useless as a heat source.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7635.jpgCIMG7635It's a fuzzy picture because I took it through a screen. You think I'm going out in the cold to take a picture of a tractor?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7626.jpgCIMG7626Murphy's Law #658--If you buy an extra heater for the classroom so that your assistant principal doesn't have to give up hers, your room will become too hot to need a heater.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7631.jpgCIMG7631Best alternate source of heat is the woodstove.2013-01-28T01:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/01/21/bsi-bee-scene-investigator/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7625.jpgCIMG7625Evidencehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7611.jpgCIMG7611Kathy Harp, BSIhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7618.jpgCIMG7618This is where French teaching and beekeeping intersect--the guillotine.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7609.jpgCIMG7609I really have no idea what I'm showing you here.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7616.jpgCIMG7616This technique can also be used for interrogating the bees. The flashlight is particularly effective.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/61sbxlxhxhl-_sl500_aa300_1.jpg61sbXlxhxHL._SL500_AA300_[1]The Beekeeper's Bible (Richard Jones)https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7605.jpgCIMG7605Do these wings look weird to you?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7599.jpgCIMG7599The bee scene to be investigated2013-01-22T06:26:39+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2013/01/14/disaster-strikes-the-hives/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7586.jpgCIMG7586https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7584.jpgCIMG7584Capped honey on the left and a cluster of dead bees on the righthttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7580.jpgCIMG7580There is evidence in this photo. Wish I knew what it was.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cimg7578.jpgCIMG75782013-01-18T01:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/12/31/epic-inertia/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/epic-inertia.jpgepic inertiaEpic inertia. 2012-12-30T20:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/12/24/im-not-santa/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cimg7570.jpgCIMG7570This list is comprehensive but not complete...Santa must fill in missing categories.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cimg7567.jpgCIMG7567https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cimg7548.jpgCIMG7548Santa from Wanamakers in Philly circa 1960https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cimg7561.jpgCIMG75612012-12-26T03:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/12/16/peace-on-earth/2012-12-15T18:17:12+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/12/10/my-own-medicine/2012-12-11T00:30:17+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/12/03/its-advent-not-christmas-thats-what-i-tell-myself/2012-12-03T03:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/11/21/if-bacon-drippings-were-gold/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7468.jpgCIMG7468Who knows what lurks in yonder fridge? Today, at least, no bacon drippings.2012-11-22T02:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/11/19/charcuteriean-alternate-way-to-spend-time-and-money-on-the-links/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7466.jpgCIMG7466Charcuteriehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7464.jpgCIMG7464LEM sausage stuffer with the breakfast link attachmenthttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7462.jpgCIMG7462Breakfast sausage with Fresh Ginger and Sagehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/redneck-smoker.jpgredneck smokerhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/liverwurst-5-cubes-of-frozen-ground-meat-go-into-grinder.jpgliverwurst 5--cubes of frozen ground meat go into grinderHeavy duty meat grinder--no plastic parts on this baby.2012-11-19T04:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/11/12/the-busy-beekeeper-tries-to-tuck-the-bees-in-for-winter/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg74283.jpgCIMG7428The tractor is running great at the moment.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7417.jpgCIMG7417In another month, I'll be decorating with evergreens. https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7405.jpgCIMG7405https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7402.jpgCIMG7402https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7454.jpgCIMG7454Insulated lid goes on tophttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7453.jpgCIMG7453Fondant sits on top of the honey frameshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7372.jpgCIMG7372Feeder boxes fitted with insulationhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7435.jpgCIMG7435https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7389.jpgCIMG7389A nice day for playing with bees or just wandering around the yardhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7367.jpgCIMG7367Fondant for the bees2012-11-11T23:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/11/04/arrrrrrrrrrrr-is-for-oysters/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7364.jpgCIMG7364Yeah, it's made with oysters. And proceeds benefit Chesapeake Oysterbed Reconstruction.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg7363.jpgCIMG7363John's Oyster Stew2012-11-04T01:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/10/28/preparing-for-frankenstorm-how-scared-should-i-be/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg7327.jpgCIMG7327https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg7333.jpgCIMG7333https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/weather-rope-4pm-sat.jpgweather rope 4pm satDuring the last hurricane, all the weather rope did was get wet. https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg4752.jpgCIMG4752I survived from inside the warm house. John was outside on the tractor.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/269432_461252007250792_531193847_n11.jpg269432_461252007250792_531193847_n[1]From Radio 96.1https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/269432_461252007250792_531193847_n1.jpg269432_461252007250792_531193847_n[1]2012-10-28T09:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/10/23/mice-mouses-or-meece/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg72971.jpgCIMG7297https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/20121017_194543.jpg20121017_194543https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/10080216532.jpg1008021653[2]https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg7322.jpgCIMG7322https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg7315.jpgCIMG73152012-10-23T01:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/10/15/a-perfect-maywood-day/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg7297.jpgCIMG7297I'd have taken a photo of the meal, but was too busy eating it.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg7306.jpgCIMG7306Outer frame is not very full; best to leave it all for the bees.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg7304.jpgCIMG7304Another boys gets hooked on beeshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cimg7300.jpgCIMG7300John checking a frame and showing it to the "visitor's gallery."2012-10-18T00:01:00+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/09/30/things-that-go-thump-in-the-night/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg6213.jpgCIMG6213John milling a tree last spring with his WoodMizer2012-09-30T02:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/09/23/the-lazy-gardner-drying-hydrangeas-in-september/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7233.jpgCIMG7233These were cut a week ago and are now dry.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7216.jpgCIMG7216No direct sunlight in the hallway...a good place for drying.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7239.jpgCIMG7239These were actually cut in August and abandoned (on purpose) in the music room.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7241.jpgCIMG7241Overloaded hydrangea2012-09-22T23:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/09/17/making-room-for-a-new-season-of-venison-and-football/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mommom-john-in-their-matching-ravens-jerseys.jpgMomMom & John in their matching Ravens jerseysMomMom & little John fixing chili in their matching Ravens jerseys. Photo by Mario.2012-09-17T00:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/09/10/not-a-bee-not-a-yellow-jacket-and-why-is-it-out-at-night/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7187.jpgCIMG7187This mantis is praying that we'll leave him alone.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7204.jpgCIMG7204Red viburnum https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7207.jpgCIMG7207John used an unobtrusive clear soda bottle...and he even took the label off!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7181.jpgCIMG7181European Hornet, over an inch long. This one has already taken the oil bath.2025-05-16T23:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/09/03/on-labor-day-and-hobbies/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7171.jpgCIMG7171I like having a hobby that yields concrete, visible, I-can-count-'em results.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cimg7174.jpgCIMG7174This is just the pile I keep at home. There's a bigger pile at school.2012-09-03T14:18:56+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/08/26/geezers-world/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg7162.jpgCIMG71622012-08-26T00:43:07+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/08/20/not-ready-to-call-it-a-summer/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg7153.jpgCIMG7153It's a calming thought, but I lean more towards Ecclesiastes 3:1--"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven."https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg7152.jpgCIMG7152My back-to-school car maintenance got me a back-to-school back-pack! It only cost me $$$$. 2012-08-20T02:35:17+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/08/13/tending-the-herb-garden-with-thoughts-toward-school/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg5078.jpgCIMG5078Taller fennel, but still not its full 3 ft. height or loaded with seeds.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fennel-everywhere.jpgFennel everywhereInnocent fuzzy little fennel plants grow up to be prolific seed producers.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/herbs-neatly-in-behind-borders.jpgherbs neatly in behind bordersIn this photo, the herbs had not yet run amok.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg5427.jpgCIMG5427Here is a "volunteer" that I'm glad to have!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lemon-balm-everywhere.jpgLemon balm everywhereUnlike the lemon verbena, which is happily dominant in its spot, the lemon balm could more aptly be named lemon "bomb"--it ends up everywhere! Hmm...like the contents of some students' backpacks!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/snoopy20the20vulture1.jpgsnoopy%20the%20vulture[1]2012-08-13T01:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/08/03/honey-harvest-2012/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg7071.jpgCIMG7071Buckets of honey waiting for jars.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg7074.jpgCIMG7074https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg70311-e1343962461327.jpgCIMG7031Removing the caphttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg7043.jpgCIMG7043From spinner down into the buckethttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg7035.jpgCIMG7035Spinning the honey out of the combshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg7031.jpgCIMG7031When the honey is "done," the bees cap it closed. Here, John cuts off the wax capping to get to the honey. This is the wax I'll use to make lip balm.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg7017.jpgCIMG7017https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg6980.jpgCIMG6980Very few bees in this honey box because of an effective bee-escapehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cimg6983.jpgCIMG6983Setting the fume board on a hive https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/7-28-12-3.jpg7.28.12.3Off to the bee-yard2012-08-07T18:28:49+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/07/25/preparing-for-the-honey-harvest/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-i-want-some.jpg7.24.12 I want some!I want that honey!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-e.jpg7.24.12 eThe orange stuff is propolis.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-bee-escape.jpg7.24.12 bee escapeWith the bee escape in place, bees can exit the honey box but must re-enter the hive through the front entrance. This should make it easier for us to take the honey--there won't be so many bees in the honey box.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-exiting-bees.jpg7.24.12 exiting beesBees entering and exiting the honey box.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-preview-of-this-years-honey.jpg7.24.12 preview of this year's honey!Preview of this year's honey!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-straining-the-burr-comb-for-a-pre-harvest-snack.jpg7.24.12 straining the burr comb for a pre-harvest snackStraining the burr comb for a pre-harvest snack. Yes, the dead bees are in there. That's why we're straining it!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-full-frame.jpg7.24.12 full frameOne of many full frameshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-lazy-hive-d.jpg7.24.12 lazy hive Dhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-burr-comb.jpg7.24.12 burr combNailing the bee escapes in placehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/7-24-12-hes-smokin.jpg7.24.12 he's smokin'He's smokin'! But he forgot to bring the entrance reducers.2012-07-24T23:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/07/23/summertime-and-the-reading-is-easy-sort-of/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ventnor-beach.jpgVentnor beachhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/seagull-at-the-morning-star-villa.jpgseagull at the morning star villa2012-07-23T02:25:12+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/07/04/whats-bugging-you/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wheel-bug-battles-spider1.jpgwheel bug battles spiderhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wheel-bug-and-spider.jpgwheel bug and spiderhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wheel-bug-nymph1.jpgwheel bug nymphThere were actually 2 wheel bugs. This one appears more red in the picture than the other one.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wheel-bug-nymph.jpgwheel bug nymphhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wheel-bug-battles-spider.jpgwheel bug battles spiderhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cimg68681.jpgCIMG6868https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cimg6868.jpgCIMG6868https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cimg6870.jpgCIMG6870https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cimg6814.jpgCIMG6814https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cimg6853.jpgCIMG68532012-07-04T01:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/06/25/kitchen-canisters/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cimg6804.jpgCIMG68042012-06-25T02:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/06/18/chillin-out-in-boulder-colorado/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cimg6730.jpgCIMG6730Boulder Creek bike trailhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cimg6578.jpgCIMG6578Rocky Mountain National Park, above Estes Park COhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/boulder-colorado.jpgBoulder ColoradoPearl Street in Boulder, Coloradohttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cimg6707.jpgCIMG6707Boulder Creek bike trailhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cimg6741.jpgCIMG6741Sunset from our room at the Millenium Harvest House Hotel.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cimg6634.jpgCIMG6634Don't step on the tundra plants.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rocky-mt-natl-park-12000-ft.jpgRocky Mt Natl Park 12000 ftNo trees at 12000 ft. Just tundra and rocks.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/boulder-creek-behind-boulder-high-school.jpgBoulder Creek behind Boulder high schoolThis is Boulder Creek where is flows behind Boulder High School. Click on the picture for evidence of teenage creativity. I can't help wondering if the creators were skipping class as well as stones.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/boulder-creek-behind-the-high-school1.jpgBoulder Creek behind the high schoolThis is Boulder Creek where is passes behind Boulder High School. Click on the picture for evidence of teenage creativity.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/boulder-creek-behind-the-high-school.jpgBoulder Creek behind the high school2012-06-18T20:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/06/10/adding-more-honey-boxes-how-sweet-it-is/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-frame-lid-back-on.jpg6.8.12 frame lid back onhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-honey-box-goes-on.jpg6.8.12 honey box goes onHoney box goes on over the queen excluderhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-4-honey-boxes-to-date.jpg6.8.12 4 honey boxes to dateFour honey boxes so farhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-bees-under-the-queen-excluder.jpg6.8.12 bees under the queen excluderBees under the queen excluder. Honey box goes on top of this.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-bees-on-single-frame.jpg6.8.12 bees on single frameBees on a single framehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-bees-on-hive-frames.jpg6.8.12 bees on hive framesBees on the top of hive frameshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-bees-in-the-hive.jpg6.8.12 bees in the hiveBees inside the hivehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-bees-emerging-from-top-of-hive-box.jpg6.8.12 bees emerging from top of hive boxBees emerging from the top of the hive boxhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-lid-off-hive.jpg6.8.12 lid off hiveLid off the hivehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6-8-12-opening-hive.jpg6.8.12 opening hiveOpening the hive2012-07-11T00:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/06/04/the-home-stretch/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cimg6485.jpgCIMG6485https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cimg6488.jpgCIMG6488Bumblebee on the raspberries2012-06-04T01:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/05/28/meditations-from-the-herb-garden-graduating-the-seniors/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cimg6482.jpgCIMG6482Sprinkle a little mulch and they won't look so forlorn.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cimg6453.jpgCIMG64532012-05-28T15:04:10+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/05/20/the-scent-of-maywood-this-week-its-wild-roses/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cimg6436.jpgCIMG6436Busy little bee working the wild roseshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cimg6422.jpgCIMG6422Which will dominate the honey flavor this year, tulip poplar or wild rose?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cimg6419.jpgCIMG6419A wild rose barrier from the bees to the highway.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cimg6442.jpgCIMG64422012-05-19T20:54:07+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/05/07/the-road-less-traveled-or-alternate-routes/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cimg56301.jpgcimg56301An afternoon shot of a less traveled roadhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cimg5630.jpgcimg56302012-05-07T13:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/04/30/manhunt-at-maywood/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/celebrities-clint-eastwood-6826041.jpgcelebrities-clint-eastwood-682604[1]2012-04-29T21:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/04/22/a-tale-of-haggis/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6298.jpgCIMG6298Take a close look....vegetarian haggis? Isn't that an oxymoron?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6301.jpgCIMG6301The friendly haggis-selling butcherhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6300.jpgMicrowavable haggishttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6299.jpgHaggis for saleTake a good look...vegetarian haggis? Isn't that an oxymoron?2012-04-28T17:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/04/14/in-search-of-london-gin-tonic-sorbet-and-pasties/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6296.jpgCIMG6296The little lord with his scepter--and he knows how to use ithttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6297.jpgCIMG6297Little lord of the pastieshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6295.jpgCIMG6295A meal of pasties2012-04-14T16:37:57+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/04/13/live-from-london/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6282.jpgCIMG6282At the British Museumhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6226.jpgCIMG6226https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6292-e1334316907401.jpgCIMG6292Fitzroy Tavern, Londonhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6228.jpgCIMG6228https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6229.jpgCIMG6229Trivia quiz: What is this?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6260.jpgCIMG6260Rosetta Stone--the stone, not the language programhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6276.jpgCIMG6276This tourist doesn't speak Greek yet, but his Nonna is working on it.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6294.jpgCIMG62942012-04-13T11:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/04/09/little-man-hands/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6212.jpgCIMG6212Cleaner than tractor grease, but dirt + water + boy still = needs a bath.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg62191.jpgCIMG6219https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6216.jpgCIMG6216Lesson 1 in tractor maintenance--he'll be working on this same tractor for the next forty yearshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6219.jpgCIMG6219Junior mechanic2012-04-09T03:06:08+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/04/02/the-back-forty/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg5893.jpgCIMG5893Beehive Lane in the fall, heading up to the househttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cimg6176.jpgCIMG61762012-04-02T00:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/03/26/the-house-is-a-buzz/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cimg6205.jpgCIMG6205https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cimg62031.jpgCIMG6203https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cimg6203.jpgCIMG62032012-03-26T00:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/03/19/marching-into-spring-with-my-rake/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cimg6175.jpgCIMG6175https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cimg6174.jpgPeriwinkleFirst periwinkle blossom of springhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cimg61651.jpgUnlimited supply of leavesUnlimited supply of leaveshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cimg6165.jpgCIMG6165https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cimg6163.jpgCIMG61632012-03-19T02:38:06+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/03/03/heigh-ho-oh-no-its-back-to-work-i-go/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/snow-white-and-7-dwarves.gifsnow white and 7 dwarveshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/7dwarfs231.gif7dwarfs23[1]https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/snoopy20the20vulture1.jpgSnoopy the Vulture2012-03-03T05:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/02/27/bugs-visible-and-invisible/2012-02-27T03:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/02/19/convalescence-the-invalid-wife-and-emerging-bees/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cimg6151.jpgRed maple budsWe see twigs but the bees see "yummy"https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hotel-des-invalides.jpgHotel des InvalidesHôtel des Invalideshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cimg6142.jpgDaffodilsAre the daffodils doomed?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cimg61401.jpgHydrangeaThe hydrangeas are more than just stickshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cimg6140.jpgCIMG6140https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cimg6150.jpgRed maple The bees know that the red maples are budding2012-02-18T21:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/02/15/going-squirrelly/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/chipmunk-on-the-porch.jpgchipmunk on the porchI don't have a picture of a squirrel, but chipmunks are equally annoying woodland rodents.2012-02-14T16:25:30+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/02/13/theres-hope-for-snow-days/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cimg4748.jpgCIMG47482012-02-13T02:18:22+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/02/05/hip-chronicles-in-which-the-hipster-and-hanny-go-on-an-outing/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/geezer-crossing.pnggeezer crossing2012-02-11T03:34:05+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/01/29/the-ongoing-adventures-of-bionic-hip-mom-mom-week-2/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cimg6132.jpgThe washer, the walker, and The ClawThe washer, the walker and The Clawhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/new-hip-mom-mom.jpgnew hip mom momnew hip mom mom in need of a 4 wheel drive walker2012-02-05T01:22:04+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/01/24/bionic-hip-mom-mom-week-1/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cimg6125.jpgJust 20 ft to the bathroomJust 20 feet to the bathroom2012-01-24T03:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/01/15/in-memoriam-peaches-1993-2012-and-fluffball-3-may-december/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cimg5639.jpgCIMG5639Fluffball circa Septemberhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/peaches-cropped.jpgPeacheshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cimg6117.jpgCIMG6117Kristin and Peaches circa 2000https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cimg6113.jpgCIMG6113Kristin, Julie, and Peaches circa 19942012-01-14T20:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/01/08/meditations-on-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-a-recipe-for-winter-white-martinis/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cimg6106.jpgWinter White Martini and Other Stress ReducersI already ate the grilled cheese.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cimg6104.jpgWinter White MartiniWinter White Martini2012-01-09T22:23:49+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/01/01/2011-in-review/2012-01-01T00:48:25+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2012/01/01/a-mary-poppins-new-year/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mary-poppins-over-london1.jpgmary poppins over London2012 may find me flying to London to visit little John (and his parents). That would be practically perfect!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mary-poppins-over-london.jpgmary poppins over London2012 may find me flying to London to visit little John (and his parents). That would be practically perfect!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cimg6099.jpgCIMG6099https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mary-poppins.jpgmary poppins2012-01-01T16:49:13+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/12/26/merry-christmas-from-maywood/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg6042.jpglog home window at Christmashttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg6033.jpgOne little light2011-12-26T19:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/12/23/crunch-time-shopping-with-the-kid/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/fleas-navidog.jpgFleas NavidogFleas Navidog. (Thanks to Linda B.)2011-12-22T17:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/12/18/twas-the-week-before-christmas/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg6026.jpgCIMG6026https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg6025.jpgCIMG6025All that sparkles is not glitterhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg6019.jpgCIMG60192011-12-18T08:31:29+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/12/12/traditions-define-a-family-how-weird-are-yours/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg5999.jpgCIMG5999Appropriate twinkleshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg60141.jpgCIMG6014Childhood grudges start herehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg6014.jpgCIMG6014Childhood grudges start herehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg5990.jpgChristmas mantleChristmas mantle2011-12-12T03:42:38+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/12/05/cleaning-the-chocolate-fountain/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cimg5968.jpgCIMG5968https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/thanksgiving-chocolate-fountain.jpgThanksgiving chocolate fountain2011-12-05T11:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/11/28/busy-beavers/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cimg5954.jpgCIMG5954post-deluge beaver damhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cimg5953-e1322437990482.jpgbeaver lumberBeaver lumberhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/redneck-smoker.jpgredneck smokerJohn's redneck beaver-approved smoker2011-11-28T01:17:07+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/11/21/heirloom-mashed-potatoes/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cimg5933.jpgCIMG5933Passing the baton...um...potato peeler...2011-11-20T21:51:55+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/11/13/countdown-to-thanksgiving/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cimg5931.jpgCIMG59312011-11-17T22:23:45+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/10/30/wheres-the-ice-scraper/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cimg5924.jpgOctober snow2011-10-30T15:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/10/30/friday-night-at-the-hunting-lodge/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cimg5893.jpgCIMG58932011-10-29T19:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/10/23/what-do-you-do-with-pumpkin-seeds/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cimg5862.jpgCIMG5862Pumpkin seed donors2011-10-24T01:29:21+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/10/17/feed-me/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sedum-more-backyard.jpgsedum more backyard2011-10-17T02:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/10/09/gotta-get-away/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/horseshoe-crabs-attack-cape-may.jpghorseshoe crabs attack Cape MayHorseshoe crabs attack Cape May!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/caoe-may-dunes.jpgCaoe May dunesFind the a butterflyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/late-afternoon-in-cape-may.jpglate afternoon in Cape MayOctober afternoon in Cape May2011-10-09T15:54:05+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/10/03/a-spooky-thought-for-october-junk-drawers/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cimg5662.jpgJohn's junk drawerhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cimg5666.jpgmy junk drawer2011-10-02T19:30:22+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/09/27/butternut-squash-soup/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cimg5630.jpgCIMG5630Miller Lane in Hereford, Maryland2011-09-26T21:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/09/25/lucrative-lessons/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cimg5609.jpgCIMG5609If the lucrative business doesn't result in adequate compensation, there may be an altercation in my class.2011-10-02T17:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/09/18/pets-or-pests/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cimg5655.jpgCIMG5655https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cimg5638.jpgCIMG5638Isn't his little paw cute?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/chipmunk-on-the-porch.jpgchipmunk on the porchThis chipmunk is yet another rodent abusing my hospitality.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cimg5639.jpgFluffball #3Fluffball aka Prisoner #32011-09-17T21:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/09/12/monster-caterpillar-attacks-maywood/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cimg5607.jpgCIMG5607Unidentified mutant mushroomhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tobacco-hornworm-caterpillar.jpgtobacco hornworm caterpillarTobacco hornworm caterpillar2011-09-14T19:50:15+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/09/04/looking-for-normal/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cimg5594.jpgCIMG5594A normal bee on some normal garlic chives2011-09-03T18:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/08/29/do-we-have-electricity/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5571.jpgCIMG5571What happened to the mailbox?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5568.jpgYard saladSo much for making things tidyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5564.jpgtree downed by ireneTree down...but it's nothing compared to snow!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/weather-rope-4pm-sat.jpgweather rope 4pm satThe rope is wet at 4pm on Saturday.2011-09-02T20:09:45+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/08/27/hurricane-irene/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/weather-rope3.jpgweather ropeCheck Facebook for frequent updates!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/weather-rope2.jpgweather ropeTurn to Facebook for frequent updates!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/weather-rope1.jpgweather ropeCheck Facebook for frequent updates!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/weather-rope.jpgweather ropeTune into Facebook for frequent updates!2011-08-27T15:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/08/10/sycamore-tussock-moth/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg54442.jpgCIMG5444Sycamore Tussock Moth Caterpillar--Here birdy, birdy!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg54441.jpgCIMG5444Sycamore tussock moth caterpillar--here birdy, birdy!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5444.jpgCIMG5444Sycamore Tussock Moth Caterpillar--here birdy, birdy!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5449.jpgsycamore tussock moth caterpillarSycamore Tussock Moth Caterpillar in Hereford, Maryland--click to enlarge2020-09-14T10:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/08/21/swimmin-in-the-gene-pool/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/afric-cousins.jpgAfric & cousinsCousins in the gene poolhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/afric-dennison-wilson.jpgAfric Dennison Wilsonhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/afric-dennison.jpgAfric DennisonAifric Dennison Wilson2011-08-22T00:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/08/15/goutieres-and-dutch-boys-suits/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5521.jpgCIMG5521https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5520.jpgenough blue to make a dutch boy's suitEnough blue to make a Dutch boy's suithttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5514.jpgLemon verbena by the goutièreLemon verbena by a goutière2011-08-15T14:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/08/12/future-bambi-burgers/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/stupid-baby-deer.jpgstupid baby deerStupid fawn--trying to look vicious but not succeeding2011-08-11T18:14:12+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/08/06/heirlooms-in-the-garden/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5426.jpgCIMG5426And more to come...https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5427.jpgCIMG5427Happy volunteershttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5425.jpgCIMG5425Volunteer lilies2011-08-05T20:50:49+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/08/04/avoiding-the-closets/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5410.jpgCIMG5410There, that's a little betterhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5404.jpgJohn's rock collectionJohn's rock collectionhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5415.jpgThe closetsEnter at your own risk. There's a reason closets have doors.2011-08-03T18:14:39+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/08/01/peach-jammin-2011/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5372.jpgCIMG5372Shelley with the peaches, 6 weeks oldhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5369.jpgCIMG5369Kristin picking peaches, 1984https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cimg5366.jpgCIMG5366Peach jammin'2011-08-01T02:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/07/27/troubling-bee-havior/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5323.jpgHive #2https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg53271.jpgCIMG5327Hive #3--nobody homehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5327.jpgCIMG5327Hive #3--nobody homehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5331.jpgCIMG5331Hive #12011-07-26T21:01:38+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/07/24/seagulls/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/seagull-negotiating-for-hannys-breakfast.jpgseagull negotiating for Hanny's breakfastSeagull negotiating for Hanny's breakfasthttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/seagull-at-the-morning-star-villa.jpgseagull at the morning star villaLaughing Gull2011-07-24T02:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/07/16/a-tale-of-zoysia-grass-and-lasagna/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5254.jpgCIMG5254https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5255.jpgCIMG5255https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/two-tractors1.jpgtwo tractors2011-07-19T12:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/07/15/who-reads-this-blog-or-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%b4%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%b8%d1%85%d0%b8/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/planting-buckwheat.jpgplanting buckwheatSearching for "buckwheat" led someone to this picture2011-07-15T18:05:32+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/07/09/bug-of-the-day/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg52221.jpgCIMG5222Today's really cool (dead) bughttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5222.jpgCIMG52222016-06-23T09:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/07/07/beets/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/0628011821.jpg0628011821Cousin Billhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/6wilsons.jpg6wilsonsSorry, Mary Beth, but my food memories pre-date you.2011-07-06T18:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/07/04/celebrating-independence-day/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5199.jpgCIMG5199https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5202.jpgCIMG5202https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5195.jpgCIMG5195https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cimg5214.jpgCIMG5214Harper creating Sparkler Arthttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/flag-on-ventnor-boardwalk.jpgflag on Ventnor boardwalkThis enormous flag was flying over the Ventnor boardwalk. Can't you just hear it snapping in the breeze?2011-07-03T23:17:06+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/08/24/turtles/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/cimg4436.jpgCIMG4436Turtle Climb desperate for freedomhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/cimg4440.jpgCIMG4440Baby box turtle2011-06-26T15:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/06/26/hydrangeas-and-lemons/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg51091.jpgCIMG5109https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5109.jpgCIMG5109Hydrangeas2011-06-25T20:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/06/19/lifes-a-jungle-eat-raspberries/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5122.jpgCIMG5122Ok,these are cultivated raspberies--but they still had thorns!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg51171.jpgCIMG5117Reclaiming the yardhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5117.jpgCIMG5117Reclaiming the yardhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg51181.jpgCIMG5118A tsunami of vinca (aka periwinkle)https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5118.jpgCIMG5118A tsunami of vinca (aka periwinkle)https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5113.jpgCIMG5113Who will eat the raspberries? Me or the deer?2011-06-18T20:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/06/17/where-theres-smoke/2011-06-17T14:04:41+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/06/11/is-is-june-yet-yes/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5102.jpgDoodaBearDoodaBearhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5097.jpgCIMG50972011-06-10T16:57:04+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/06/05/smelling-the-roses/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5080.jpgMountain laurelMountain laurelhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5074.jpgChamomileChamomile https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cimg5081.jpgCIMG5081Oakleaf hydrangea2011-06-07T04:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/05/30/fluffball-2-or-is-it-3/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/downsized_0528011114a1.jpgdownsized_0528011114aAs a teacher, I relate to this sculpture. Is it June yet? Almost!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/downsized_0528011114a.jpgdownsized_0528011114aI could relate to his statue at East Tennessee State University2011-05-30T04:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/05/23/sage-blossoms/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sage-flower.jpgsage flowerSage blossom2011-05-23T02:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/05/16/tadpoles/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tadpoles-in-hand.jpgtadpoles in handTadpoles in handhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tadpole-boy.jpgtadpole boyTadpole boyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tadpole-pond.jpgtadpole pondTadpole pond2011-05-15T22:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/05/08/john-michael-monopolis-2/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/john-michael-monopolis-5-7-112.jpgJohn Michael Monopolis 5-7-11PopPop John and John-Boy2011-05-09T13:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/05/01/mondays-at-maywood/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cimg49361.jpgCIMG49362011-05-04T18:14:30+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/04/21/juniorbeekeeper/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4895.jpgCIMG4895https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4926.jpgCIMG4926https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4921.jpgCIMG4921https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4925.jpgCIMG4925https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4919.jpgCIMG4919https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4924.jpgCIMG4924The queen comes in her own boxhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4927.jpgCIMG4927https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4914.jpgCIMG4914https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4906.jpgCIMG4906https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4905.jpgCIMG49052011-04-21T12:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/04/20/wild-violets/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4891.jpgCIMG4891A helper harvester of wild violet blossomshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4889.jpgCIMG4889Wild violets2011-04-20T09:04:44+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/04/19/spring-cleaning-or-not/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4887.jpgCIMG4887Salamander, formerly known by a certain boy as a "salad-mander"https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4890.jpgCIMG4890https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4879.jpgCIMG4879Periwinkle2011-04-18T21:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/04/17/april-showers/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4876.jpgCIMG48762011-04-16T17:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/04/08/where-is-the-easter-bunny-when-you-need-him/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cimg4833.jpgCIMG48332011-04-07T17:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/03/20/messy-march-or-a-tale-of-two-spouses/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/cimg4820.jpgCIMG4820https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/cimg4814.jpgCIMG4814March bonfire2011-03-19T23:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/03/12/cousins/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/afric-cousins.jpgAfric & cousinsPaul, Patty, Kathy, Tommy, and Danhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/afric-dennison.jpgAfric DennisonAfric Dennison Wilson, our great-grandmother who came from Ireland2011-03-12T19:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/02/28/spring-might-actually-come/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cimg4780.jpgCIMG4780I don't advise sitting on this stumphttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cimg4774.jpgCIMG4774https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cimg4783.jpgCIMG4783https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cimg4769.jpgCIMG4769pine tree minus a branch or two or three...2011-02-28T15:39:44+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/02/22/why-do-today-what-you-can-put-off-til-tomorrow/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/space-snail.jpgspace snailSpace Snail with food sources Space Bug and Space Snake. Snail and snake created by Harper.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/space-bug.jpgspace bugSpace bug, created by MomMom2011-02-22T15:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/02/12/friday-night-with-the-geezers/2011-02-12T16:49:39+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/01/27/a-real-snow-day/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg4752.jpgCIMG4752John plowing out his parentshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg4753.jpgCIMG4753Loaded with snowhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg47471.jpgCIMG4747Tree overwhelmed by snowhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg4747.jpgCIMG4747https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg4751.jpgCIMG4751The Maywood yardhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg4742.jpgCIMG4742This morning's snow viewhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg4734.jpgCIMG4734I never liked that tree anywayhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg4733.jpgCIMG4733Last night's snowhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg4750.jpgCIMG4750The recreational farmer2011-01-30T00:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/01/26/motivation-complete-lack-of-motivation/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snow-day-stink-bug.jpgsnow day stink bugApparently winter is not going to kill off the stink bugs2011-01-26T21:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/01/23/little-children/2011-01-25T16:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/01/18/wintry-mix/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snow-sedum.jpgsnow sedumhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snow-dogwood.jpgsnow dogwoodhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snow-angel.jpgsnow angelhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snow-madison-harper-ethan.jpgsnow Madison Harper Ethanhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snow-berries.jpgsnow berries2011-01-18T20:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/01/16/sloppy-joe/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/venison-sloppy-joe.jpgvenison sloppy joeSloppy Joe without the Flaco red2011-01-16T20:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/01/12/snow-day/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snow-day-how-thankful-i-am-that-john-plows-us-out1.jpgsnow day--how thankful I am that John plows us outhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snow-day-woo-hoo1.jpgsnow day--woo hoo!!!Snow day--woo hoo!!!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/snow-day-view-from-my-office1.jpgsnow day view from my officeA snow day view from the Hereford Zone2011-01-12T17:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2011/01/08/hibernating/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg46051.jpgCIMG4605the cozy hearthhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/house-in-winter.jpghouse in winterhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cimg4605.jpgCIMG4605the cozy hearthhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fireplace.jpgfireplacewinter warmth2011-01-08T17:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/12/31/hershey-1995-2010/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/hershey-in-the-wild.jpghershey in the wildHershey in the wilds of Maywoodhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/hershey-party-animal.jpghershey--party animalHershey, the party animal2010-12-31T18:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/12/26/boomerang/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/harpers-room.jpgHarper's roomWoody and Buzz have moved in2010-12-26T21:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/12/23/adventures-in-liverwurst/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-snack-2.jpgliverwurst snack 2After a day in the fridge for the flavors to bloom, the liverwurst is ready to eat. And it does taste good with cranberry dill sauce!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-9-cook-the-liverwurst.jpgliverwurst 9--cook the liverwurstThe liverwurst is simmered in 170 degree water to an internal temperature of 145 degrees F.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-8-fill-the-casings.jpgliverwurst 8--fill the casingsWe fill the water-proof casings as John makes disgusting noiseshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-7-blend-it-together.jpgliverwurst 7--blend it togetherThe really, really cold meat is blended by hand--brrrr!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-6-add-spices.jpgliverwurst 6--add spicesSpices are addedhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-5-cubes-of-frozen-ground-meat-go-into-grinder.jpgliverwurst 5--cubes of frozen ground meat go into grinderAfter freezing the ground meat, it is cut into cubes and fed through the grinder againhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-4-into-the-grinder.jpgliverwurst 4--into the grinderCooked meat is then put through the grinderhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-3-cooking-meat1.jpgliverwurst 3-cooking meatNext, the meat is cookedhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-3-cooking-meat.jpgliverwurst 3-cooking meathttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/liverwurst-2-cubing-salt-pork.jpgliverwurst 2--cubing salt pork2010-12-23T22:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/12/18/eating-crow-another-adventure-in-living-with-john/2010-12-18T15:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/12/12/christmas-is-a-time/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/cimg4614.jpgCIMG4614The halls are decked...2010-12-12T04:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/12/07/stocking-up-for-winter/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dan-wilsons-secret-ingredient.jpgdan wilson's secret ingredientDan Wilson's secret ingredienthttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/venison-in-freezer.jpgvenison in freezerVenison in the freezer2010-12-08T19:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/12/05/holiday-traditions/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tuba-day-crabby-mood1.jpgtuba day crabby moodOnly in Baltimore does a crabby mood make you smile. Here's Hanny enjoying a crabby day.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tuba-day-crabby-mood.jpgtuba day crabby moodOnly in Baltimore does a crabby mood make you smilehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tuba-newlyweds.jpgtuba newlywedsThe tuba newlywedshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tubachristmas-2010.jpgTubaChristmas 2010https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tuba-schafer-2.jpgTuba & Schafer 2William Donald Schafer comes to Baltimore Tuba Christmas 2010https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas-cookie-2010.jpgchristmas cookie 2010https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/thanksgiving-carol-the-fountain.jpgThanksgiving-Carol & the fountainhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/thanksgiving-chocolate-fountain.jpgThanksgiving chocolate fountainHarper and Ally enjoy the chocolate fountain on Thanksgivinghttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/thanksgiving-desserts.jpgThanksgiving dessertsAnd everyone was afraid we wouldn't have enough dessert!2010-12-06T16:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/12/05/a-hunting-they-will-come/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/cranberry-dill-sauce-with-venison-tenderloin.jpgcranberry dill sauce with venison tenderloinhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/hunting-the-women.jpghunting--the womenThe deer with the dear who will cook themhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/hunting-4-deer.jpghunting 4 deerMike, John, and Gage with their 4 deer2010-12-05T22:25:29+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/11/13/leaf-management/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/leaves-on-fire1.jpgleaves on fireWhy is smoke coming out of the leaf pile?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/leaves-hershey-checks-out-the-progress.jpgleaves--Hershey checks out the progressHershey inspects our workhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/leaves-on-fire.jpgleaves on fireWhy is smoke coming out of the leaf pile?https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/leaves-management.jpgleaves managementFor those who were worrying--you can get to the front door now2010-11-13T22:27:27+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/10/30/fall/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fall-looking-through-the-door-wreath1.jpgfall--looking through the door wreathLooking through the door wreathhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fall-looking-through-the-door-wreath.jpgfall--looking through the door wreathLooking through the door weathhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fall-from-the-front-door.jpgfall from the front doorFall viewed through the front doorhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fall-where-is-the-driveway.jpgfall--where is the drivewayOh, where is the driveway?2010-10-30T21:27:30+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/10/09/october/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bees-fall-care.jpgbees--fall careLast honey check and a pre-winter prep.https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/every-leaf-must-fall.jpgevery leaf must fallEvery leaf must fall! And some nuts too!https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sedum-back-yard.jpgsedum back yardThe sedum is a gorgeous red this afternoon2010-10-09T21:29:55+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/10/01/redneck-gourmet/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/redneck-john.jpgredneck johnI should have known when I married him...2010-10-01T11:37:57+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/09/17/schedule-shock/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/europe-2010-383.jpgEurope 2010 383Sunset in St. Malo2010-12-15T16:56:56+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/09/20/mice/2010-09-20T02:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/09/09/sleepy-bumblebees/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/john-petting-his-bumblebee.jpgJohn petting his bumblebeeJohn petting his bumblebeehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bumblebee-sleeping-on-sedum1.jpgbumblebee sleeping on sedumBumblebee sleeping on sedumhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bumblebee-sleeping-on-sedum.jpgbumblebee sleeping on sedum2011-02-27T19:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/08/27/astyanax-red-spotted-purple-butterfly/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/butterfly-red-spotted-purple.jpgbutterfly--red spotted purple"Astyanax" Red-spotted purple butterfly2010-08-27T01:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/08/19/bee-watching/2010-08-19T01:14:41+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/08/15/lip-balm/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lip-balm-the-product.jpglip balm--the productThe labelshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lipbalm-tubes-filled1.jpglipbalm tubes filledFilled tubes of lip balmhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lipbalm-tubes-filled.jpglipbalm tubes filledFilled tubeshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lipbalm-tubes-being-filled.jpglipbalm tubes being filledLip balm tubes being filledhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lipbalm-tubes-ready-for-filling.jpglipbalm tubes ready for fillingLip balm tubes ready for fillinghttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lipbalm-ingredients.jpglipbalm ingredientsLip balm ingredients2010-08-15T03:25:49+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/08/12/the-birds-the-bees-and-zucchini/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/zucchini-with-powdery-mildew.jpgunproductive zucchiniunproductive zucchini2010-08-12T18:33:07+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/08/06/comfort/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/buckwheat-at-5-days.jpgbuckwheat at 5 daysHarper's buckwheat after 5 dayshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/planting-buckwheat.jpgplanting buckwheathttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/two-tractors-matching.jpgtwo tractors, matchingmatching tractors2010-08-06T21:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/07/30/chives-for-winter/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chives-snip-with-scissors1.jpgchives--snip with scissorschives--snip with scissorshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chives-snip-with-scissors.jpgchives--snip with scissorshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chives-snip-by-the-bunch1.jpgchives--snip by the bunchchives--snip by the bunchhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chives-snip-by-the-bunch.jpgchives--snip by the bunchhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chives-in-the-garden.jpgchives in the garden2010-08-25T18:31:06+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/07/29/one-box-of-spaghetti/2010-07-29T15:12:57+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/07/28/tapenade-the-real-stuff/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tapenade.jpgtapenadeTapenade2010-07-28T20:03:37+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/07/27/harvesting-the-honey/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/beeswax-cappings.jpgbeeswax-cappingshttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/filtering-the-honey.jpgfiltering the honeyFiltering the honeyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/honey-dripping-into-pail1.jpghoney dripping into pailHoney dripping into pailhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/honey-dripping-into-pail.jpghoney dripping into pailHoney dripping into pailhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/darker-honey.jpgdarker honeyDarker honeyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cutting-the-caps-off-the-comb.jpgcutting the caps off the combCutting the caps off the framehttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/brushing-the-bees-off-the-frame.jpgbrushing the bees off the frameBrushing bees off the frame2010-07-28T16:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/2010/07/25/back-from-the-beach/https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cimg42422.jpgCIMG4242https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cimg4244.jpgCIMG4244https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cimg4247.jpgCIMG4247The porch of the Morning Starhttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cimg4253.jpgCIMG4253Beach view through the porch railinghttps://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cimg4258.jpgCIMG4258https://slightlyoffthegrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cimg42421.jpgCIMG4242The view from our 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