I am Stephen. I live in Bristol, UK. I decided to shorten my profile...to this: Wildlife, haiku, travel, streetart, psychogeography and my family. Not necessarily in that order.
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Ha! This made me smile. As a former bee-keeper (at least 40 years ago) you created a memory Stephen. Thanks for the memories. P.S. I used to keep bees in Leigh woods and in Henbury at Higgins farm on station Road. later when I moved to the USA I kept them in Hoffman estates Illinois. In those days we processed about 2 tons of honey a year which we sold to health food stores. I gave it up in 1974 due to allergic reactions to bee stings.
Since it is in the family I should mention that I was a Dadant authorized reseller. Our company was named the Honey House at Pooh Corner. At our peak we had about 80 hives. In the pre=season much of our income was derived from pollinating services for the cucumber growers in Illinois. My partner by the way was a Dutchman named Piet Sweet. Very iodneus.
I love names that work like that. I once knew a man who was the chairman of the institute of fisheries management, his name was Sir Hugh Fish ( often said Sir HUGE Fish).
Stephen, your comment promted m to go to by basement (man-cave) to look for the DVD Big Fish starring Ewan mcgregor, Albert Finney etal. A wonderful story.
I am alwys enchanted by it. I love the sagacity of the witch with the glass eye. Especially the comment she makes: THEREASON BIG FISH BECOME BIG IS THAT THY DON’T ET CAUGHT.
Nature’s fighting back
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For a moment there I thought you had gone somewhere…cute!
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Not going anywhere soon…
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Ha! This made me smile. As a former bee-keeper (at least 40 years ago) you created a memory Stephen. Thanks for the memories. P.S. I used to keep bees in Leigh woods and in Henbury at Higgins farm on station Road. later when I moved to the USA I kept them in Hoffman estates Illinois. In those days we processed about 2 tons of honey a year which we sold to health food stores. I gave it up in 1974 due to allergic reactions to bee stings.
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That is amazing, you have a great many strings to your bow, that’s for sure. My sister keeps bees, she has about six hives in Cornwall.
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Since it is in the family I should mention that I was a Dadant authorized reseller. Our company was named the Honey House at Pooh Corner. At our peak we had about 80 hives. In the pre=season much of our income was derived from pollinating services for the cucumber growers in Illinois. My partner by the way was a Dutchman named Piet Sweet. Very iodneus.
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I love names that work like that. I once knew a man who was the chairman of the institute of fisheries management, his name was Sir Hugh Fish ( often said Sir HUGE Fish).
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Stephen, your comment promted m to go to by basement (man-cave) to look for the DVD Big Fish starring Ewan mcgregor, Albert Finney etal. A wonderful story.
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I have that film. I’ll have to watch it again.
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I am alwys enchanted by it. I love the sagacity of the witch with the glass eye. Especially the comment she makes: THEREASON BIG FISH BECOME BIG IS THAT THY DON’T ET CAUGHT.
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I love how your title brought me in and then in three lines you took me to another place. I also like the phase Pollinator Inn. Great post.
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Thank you for the kind words. Telling a story in three lines is tricky but so rewarding when it works.
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