Day 164

My very good husband.  In my very lovely meadow.  On a very beautiful day. 


I ran 5.29 km today in 38 minutes.  We have had several days of off and on rain, so everything is damp and rather radiant.


It was the monthly beekeepers' meeting this afternoon, and in the summer we have the meetings at the houses (and bee-yards) of members who have volunteered to host the meeting.  A year ago we had everyone at our house and it rained as well! 

It is an interesting group of people, and generally a gentle group, because I think you have to be fairly kind and caring to be a beekeeper.  This afternoon the youngest person was a gorgeous little dark-eyed girl of about five or six, sitting on her chair with her snack in hand, and an ipod's earphones over her ears, probably telling her a story, from her rapt expression!  (The very young are plugged into technology from birth.)  And the eldest was an interesting old man with bleary eyes and long teeth when he chuckled.  He doesn't keep bees anymore because it is "too much work" for him now. 

Some members have been keeping bees for more than four decades, which is a great deal of experience.  During the discussion on the vast number of swarms we have had this year, one person mentioned that he loves this part of the meeting, because whatever problem he has he will always come to a meeting, ask his question, and get an answer.  Someone piped up "At the very least, you'll get ONE answer."

The landscape driving home was soft and indistinct, reminiscent of the old man's face.  

My youngest son is heartsore over a girl and has been sad for days now.  Which is very unlike him, he has always been an easygoing kid. But I think he gives his whole heart to every project, including a girlfriend. And he has been reading a book called Revolutionary Road, which has had a profound effect on him.  It is a rather depressing book about relationships between people in 50's suburbia.  

So amazing to watch time metamorphose your dear chubby little baby into this thoughtful young man.  He still has that baby's huge eyes though.