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Monthly Archives: April 2007
Bees Love This Flower
And I just figured out tonight that it is called Blue Curls or Phacelia Congesta: I see it on the side of the road by some railroad tracks on my walk home, and bees are always on it, so I … Continue reading
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Texas Alliance for Life
My beloved wife is very involved with the pro-life movement, an grassroots effort that brings together people from all walks of life to support the sanctity of human life in Texas. I have learned so much about the workings of … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Theology of the Body
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Archbishop Burke: Stand And Deliver
Thanks be to God for holy archbishops like Archbishop Burke in St. Louis! Sadly, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital invited Sheryl Crow to perform a concert for the benefit of the hospital. Ms. Crow believes that cloning human beings and then … Continue reading
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Bees Drinking Sugar Water Syrup
I filled up the 2 gallon feeder pail with sugar water after me and Katie’s bee inspection, but some of it spilled on their front entrance. The bees all lined up and started drinking it together: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6843413633987342676&hl=en
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My Best Man, Robert, Now in New York!
Robert has now moved to Long Island, New York! We miss him already, though fortunately he will be coming back to Texas for a few weeks in June for Gerardo and Roxanna’s wedding. Roxanna, Gerardo’s fiancee, took a picture of … Continue reading
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My Husband is Amazing
Devin is trying to make me fall more in love with him this week. And, my goodness, it’s working! First, I arrived home on Saturday afternoon, after a long and luxurious day of relaxing at my Theology conference, to find … Continue reading
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2nd Bee Inspection Success!
Katie and I geared up in our bee suits and inspected our bees today–it was really cool. Here are the notes from my bee journal (every beekeeper has to have one, you know): Bees drank 2 gallons of sugar syrup … Continue reading
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The New Sink Is In!
I tackled the hot water valve on the master bathroom sink today–now that I understand how the compression pipe works it only took a few minutes–and then I installed the connector conduit pipe and the new faucet. The old sink:
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Bees Bringing in the Pollen
Here is a video where you can see some of Ambrose’s bees bringing in sacs of pollen on their legs. The neighborhood dogs provide the background music. http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-5214292101849945084&hl=en
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Compression Valves and Other Lessons in Home Maintenance
Since Katie was at her theology seminar all day, I thought I would surprise her by fixing things around the house that have been on my “Big Fix-It Man” list for months. What I naively thought would be a simple … Continue reading
