What the wind did today!

The wind was so strong last night that when I looked at my screen door I saw that it was bent and warped right out of its slat - so I took a hammer and banged it back so it wouldn't protrude out so much. Time to get a new screendoor!

This is no time for the heater to be tempermental!

Sitting here at the keyboard typing away I notice that the radiator is cold which is odd because its been on all day. The temperatures have been in the 40's all day and right now its 38 degrees outside! So why is the radiator cold? So I went to check the thermostate to see what the house temperature is and its like 62 which means the heater should be on. So I flip the switch that designates the "cold/vs hot temperature" and slowly the radiators start to warm up. They are hot now. Besides my little panic attack I'm sure that if I had left it at its setting the radiators would have started. I sure hope there's nothing wrong with the furnace!

Hopefully the end of the 'beehive" story!

Well I finally was able to put the cushion in a trashbag and set it outside with the trash and I'm happy to say that the trashmen took it away!

Hooray!!!!

And even though I'm glad to be finally rid of it I know that I shouldn't get too happy about it because there is still the other cushions although I haven't seen any beehive signs - I'm hoping that I won't have to get rid of them but I may have to. And I am reminded that the beehive in the cushion isn't the only beehive that I have seen on the property.

The Beehive - the story continues

Today the temperature was in the 40's and windy. I finally managed to put the tied up trashbag at the curb for the trash pickup. Trash day is tomorrow!

The Beehive - the story continues

Back in August I had wrote about how I went to sweep off my front porch and found that the bees had built a nest in one of the cushions of the porch furniture. I didn't know it until I actually started to move the chair so that I could sweep off the area. Well out the bees came and there were a LOT of bees! I even tried covering myself up so that I could go back out and remove the cushion. Well even covered up I got stung! So I decided to do some research. From what I read I read that a suggestion that said to wait until the weather got colder. Either the bees are asleep or something but then would be a good time to get rid of the hive. Well this particular day it was very cold and rainy and windy and I noticed that there were no bees flying around the cushion so I managed to put the cushion in a trashbag and tie it up. Hooray! I finally got to tie up the cushion. Since trash day is a few days away the cushion is still on the front porch until I can put it out with the rest of the trash! But at least I got to the point where I could put it in a trashbag and tie it up.

This isn't the first time that there has been a beehive somewhere near the house. The last one was quite big and it was on the side of the house. A neighbor came and sprayed it during the night and then later a bad storm blew it from where it was. My neighbors are not immune either as my backyard neighbor had one on the side of his house as well.

I am so glad that I finally got rid of this beehive but I don't want to jinx it though because even though I have finally managed to get it in a trashbag and tie it up it still has to be put out with the rest of the trash.