Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Cat follies and other sweetness

The annual season of "drowning in honey" has begun!


This is just the tip of the iceberg. I have 26 honey supers sitting on my hives that need to be taken off by month's end, plus five drying in my garage, plus I still have a couple of five-gallon buckets to bottle.



This batch is delicious! Mostly basswood with some dandelion. SO DAMN GOOD!

And speaking of sweet, look at the beautiful painting my friend Joan from God's Little People made for me:


I just love it!! Thank you Joan.


And here are some sweet kitties...



Lovely Missy!


Buttercup watching Emerson play with Honey


Honey stalking her sister Buttercup. HONEY! Tsk tsk!


Strictly play between two sisters.




They were having a blast!



Missy is more dignified!


And Honey finally got tired out.


Beautiful Annuk.


Lovely Buttercup.

And...


I'm not entirely sure what's going on between Gordon and this duckling! :)




25 comments:

  1. Great action shots, Natalie. Even in this heat they play. Missy reminds me a lot of our Annie. Quite dignified. Gordon quacks me up. ;-)

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    1. Yes, she is like Annie! A little sweetie, too.

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  2. I've always enjoyed your bee and honey posts. I learned so much about the activity.

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  3. Excellent shots of the cats in action, Natalie. I love honey and cannot get anything near to your pure stuff.

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    1. Oh, I wish I could share some with you. This basswood honey is so yummy!

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  4. Your kitties are adorable as always. Your Honey looks delicious. The liquid kind I mean!

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    1. There are a lot of honeys around here, including HOney the duck ! :)

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  5. love the orange cats at play!!

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  6. I love all photos and speceally the cats playing!!!!
    Hmmmm... honey is so good!

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  7. Gordon and the little duck are getting along swimmingly. It looks like he's trying to hide behind the duck but he's Peking.
    Annuk is looking especially gorgeous!

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    1. She has really pretty markings. I love her spotty forelegs. ANd your pun! :)

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  8. Lovely photos . Oh that honey looks so YUMMY ! If I may ask what type of camera and lens do you use ? I love photography and love to know what other photographers as yourself use just a curious country gal here lol ! Thanks for sharing , Have a good evening !

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    1. Hiya, a Nikon D7100 with a 40mm Nikon macro lens! I used the "portrait" setting for the cat closeups!

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  9. The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah is in a few weeks and one of the things that we always have to have on our table is HONEY!!! YUM!
    catchatwithcarenandcody

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    1. I have a couple of Jewish friends who have enjoyed my honey at Rosh Hashanah in particular! Shanah tovah! :)

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  10. Is there any way one can buy your honey online? And congratulations by the way to your new horse. He looks beautiful!

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    1. I can mail you some! The problem is the postage often costs more than the honey. :( But email me if you're interested!

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  11. I might like some too!

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    1. Email me! :) Address is in my profile.

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  12. Your kitties are adorable :)))
    Great pictures ! Greetings !

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Thank you for all your comments, which I love to read!