Bumblebee Blog http://www.bumblebeeblog.com Busy living the good life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:06:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 BumblebeeBloghttp://feedburner.google.com <link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/06/2471/</link> <comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/06/2471/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:06:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2471</guid> <description><![CDATA[Another Monday. Harry and I spent the better part of the weekend painting the master bedroom. We traded off between rolling and detail work and we both made our fair share of messes. For a while Sophie perched on top of a chaise to supervise our work. Sarah was distraught. She does not like change. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/06/2471/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title /> <link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/03/2469/</link> <comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/03/2469/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:36:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2469</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you’re in the neighborhood and just happen to have your paintbrush and paint clothes with you, stop on by. Harry and I are taking the day off from work to start painting the master bedroom. We figure it’ll take until Sunday. Harry does most of the rolling—no small chore with high ceilings—and I do [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/03/2469/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title /> <link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/02/2466/</link> <comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/02/2466/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:05:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2466</guid> <description><![CDATA[Happy Groundhog Day! What are you doing to celebrate? We’ll have a special dinner of NOT groundhog. Dinner will be a special pasta (TBD) and some yummy homemade yeast rolls. Then we’ll pull out the photo album of past Groundhog Days and reminisce. We will toast Puxatawny Phil by opening the first bottle of my [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/02/2466/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Wordless Wednesday: Hens in the Woods http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/01/wordless-wednesday-hens-in-the-woods/ http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/01/wordless-wednesday-hens-in-the-woods/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:43:00 +0000 Robin Ripley http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2454 http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/01/wordless-wednesday-hens-in-the-woods/feed/ 9 <link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/01/2448/</link> <comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/01/2448/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:32:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2448</guid> <description><![CDATA[Working from a home office is not always what it’s cracked up to be. I have a lousy IT department (me). Interruptions range from barking dogs to crowing roosters. I hear my business phone ring during non-business hours. But there is a lot good about a 15 step commute. Such as today. It’s cloudy and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/02/01/2448/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title /> <link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/22/2446/</link> <comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/22/2446/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:29:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2446</guid> <description><![CDATA[It’s cold here with a bit of ice and snow on the ground. The hens hate it. There was a huge, chicken-y traffic jam at their window/door this morning. As I opened it three hens bolted outside. But they beat a hasty retreat back into the coop while other hens were still trying to get [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/22/2446/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>When Friends Come to Visit http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/21/when-friends-come-to-visit/ http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/21/when-friends-come-to-visit/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:03:35 +0000 Robin Ripley http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2432 http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/21/when-friends-come-to-visit/feed/ 12 <link>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/14/2426/</link> <comments>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/14/2426/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:33:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Robin Ripley</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2426</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today is bottling day. I have had some hard apple cider aging in the basement for a while now. I’m going to add a bit of sugar to it to carbonate it before putting it into stopper bottles. If you hear a loud popping sound, it’s just me opening up a bottle for a little [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/14/2426/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Good-Bye, T. Boone Chickens http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/13/good-bye-t-boone-chickens/ http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/13/good-bye-t-boone-chickens/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:35:02 +0000 Robin Ripley http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2404 http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/13/good-bye-t-boone-chickens/feed/ 21 Hand-Crafted Peppery Cheesy Crackers with Nigella and Poppy Seeds http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/01/hand-crafted-peppery-cheesy-crackers-with-nigella-and-poppy-seeds/ http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/01/hand-crafted-peppery-cheesy-crackers-with-nigella-and-poppy-seeds/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:00:10 +0000 Robin Ripley http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/?p=2367 http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2012/01/01/hand-crafted-peppery-cheesy-crackers-with-nigella-and-poppy-seeds/feed/ 10