Create with Joy: Friendship Friday: Christmas Carols

Snoopy‘s Christmas (Snoopy vs. The Red Baron) Hide Video Performed by: The Royal Guardsmen (1967) Contributed by: Ron Tilden The news had come out in the First World War The bloody Red Baron was flying once more The Allied command ignored all of its men And called on Snoopy to do it again. Twas the night before Christmas, 40 below When Snoopy went up in search of his foe He spied the Red Baron, fiercely they fought With ice on his wings Snoopy knew he was caught. Christmas bells those Christmas bells Ring out from the land Asking peace of all the world And good will to man The Baron had Snoopy dead in his sights He reached for the trigger to pull it up tight Why he didn’t shoot, well, we’ll never know Or was it the bells from the village below. Christmas bells those Christmas bells Ringing through the land Bringing peace to all the world And good will to man The Baron made Snoopy fly to the Rhine And forced him to land behind the enemy lines Snoopy was certain that this was the end When the Baron cried out, “Merry Christmas, my friend” The Baron then offered a holiday toast And Snoopy, our hero, saluted his host And then with a roar they were both on their way Each knowing they’d meet on some other day. Christmas bells those Christmas bells Ringing through the land Bringing peace to all the world And good will to man Christmas bells those Christmas bells Ringing through the land Bringing peace to all the world And good will to man Click note to hear MIDI file: -MIDI arrangement by Ron Tilden

Bees decided to move out!

Yesterday I got a call from my son inviting me for a cup of tea at his place.

I could not think how and why? He explained he is home and I am welcome to come over. I jumped in my car and went there.  Ha ha, very interesting situation there at their place.

My son was in his bee suit busy moving his swarm of bees back into his garden.

The bees decided that it was time to move out and look for somewhere else to hive!

My son had to take off from work to catch these run away bees. They all went to the lady next door. Got hold of a small lemon tree and were hanging onto each other for dear live.

I must explain, my son was busy splitting the hive because the queen was using more and more space for her eggs.There also were too many bees in the hive. There must have been an extra queen now also in the old hive, that is why the old queen just takes out a lot of the workers to start a new hive.(Could be the new queen also moving out)

Well after a discussion how the bees could be removed,  my son took a box and the whole swarm fell into the box when he shook them out of the tree. He had to leave them in the box(in the dark) till it was dark. He could then after dark put the whole swarm in a new hive, ready for them to go on with their good work!

What an adventure!

Here are two quick photos of the swarm in the tree.

Could be at least 5 000 bees in this swarm!

Community garden:reap the fruit of your work

Today we had a wonderful hour of work at our Time Bank Veggy Garden again. Everything is growing.

Carrots, beetroot , onions, pumpkins, peas, beans, corn,  you name it  grows! I also planted some beans last week (only4 I must say) They are also growing

We dug out some  fresh potatoes and divided it between 6 of us who were working today.

There were also some grapefruit and some rhubarb  from the gardens of other Time Bankers.

Potatoes

Grapefruit

Rhubarb

The following is how I plant my beans.

Material:

Toilet roll inner

Potting soil

beans

water

Last week there were 4 beans coming out and I planted them in the Veggy garden

Some more are starting show there faces. Next Friday I am going to plant them also!

Shows you what can be done with what you got at hand.

Music in pictures: Love is all around

http://autumninbruges.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/music-in-pictures-contest-love-is-all-around/

Elisa hosts Music in pictures, hop over and have a look and listen to the song by Wet Wet Wet

http://www.elyrics.net/read/w/wet-wet-wet-lyrics/love-is-all-around-lyrics.html

LOVE IS ALL AROUND

I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Love is all around me
And so the feeling grows

It’s written on the wind
It’s everywhere I go, oh yes, it is
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show, oh

You know, I love you, I always will
My mind’s made up
By the way that I feel
There’s no beginning
There’ll be no end
‘Cause on my love you can depend

I see your face before me
As I lay on my bed
I kinda get to thinking
Of all the things you said, oh yes I did

You gave your promise to me
And I gave mine to you
I need someone beside me
In everything and I do, oh yes I do
[- From: http://www.elyrics.net -]

You know, I love you, I always will
My mind’s made up by the
Way that I feel
There’s no beginning
There’ll be no end
‘Cause on my love you can depend

Got to keep it movin’
Ooh, it’s written in the wind
Oh, everywhere I go, yeah, ooh well
So if you really love me, love me, love me
Come on and let it show

Come on and let it show
(Come on and let it)
(Come on and let it)
Come and let it show, baby
(Come on and let it)

Come on, come on, come on let it show, baby
(Come on and let it)
(Come on and let it)
Come on and let it show
Come on and let it show, baby
Come on and let it show

My son and I.

We still love each other!