birds and the bees

http://www.birdchick.com/2007/09/hello-bee-sting-goodbye-dignity.html

This is a great entry from Birdchick - she's been raising bees this summer, and this is the tale of her first bee sting. Scary, but funny!

Speaking of bees, they're thick around here. I'm mostly okay with the honey bees and the bumblebees, but the yellow jackets and other wasps are not fun neighbors. They are all completely in love with the pumpkins and sunflowers right now - I saw one bee that was so covered in pollen that I really couldn't tell if it was a bumblebee or not!! I think it wasn't - it appeared to be smaller, but still fuzzy so it was probably a honey bee. Anyway, other than worrying about stepping on one while watering the garden it was kind of cool seeing them happy. Except for the darn yellow jackets. grr.

So glad tomorrow is Friday. It's seemed like a long week, and each day fairly long. This weekend is going to be another work filled weekend. Oh joy. heh. Well, ultimately it will be joyful so it's okay.

Oh, yeah...

Found out today that the new season of Supernatural starts on October 4th. Thursday night. Too bad it wasn't Friday, but I guess that's okay. Fridays are long anyway, might as well stay up late the night before. *G* We just need to watch Season 2 before then, and that shouldn't be a problem really. Looking forward to it! Season 1 rocked! ^___^

Watching a History show on the Vandals. Pretty interesting. The 2nd half is far more like I remember from history class. ;D Though I didn't remember anything about the daughter of the slaughtered roman emporer and her desperate plan to avoid marrying the jerk who killed her father. heh.

Earlier we watched a bit of the Maneaters episode - about man eating lions. Weird that the three they focused on were maneless young male lions. Makes you wonder if that had anything to do with it (weird genes, mutations, etc) or if it was just coincidence.

hahah! That travelocity gnome is pretty funny sometimes. I still like the one where he got struck by electricity - 'am I gonna die'? The one they just showed with him bouncing on the bed (and getting stuck on the roof) and in the tropics (with the bartender juicing the orange on his hat/head) is kind of cute. It's funny this time, though ten times later it may not be so funny. You know?