What a day for the bees! In February?

Today we had record breaking temperatures in Connecticut! The temps got well in to the 70's and the bees were out and about.

I even spotted some bringing in pollen, in February?!!!!!

As the girl to the right is doing some house keeping, the girl on the left is telling the tale in the form of a waggle dance, showing her excitement of her find. 

                                                Another one with pollen!

Before closing them up, I offered some more fondant which they were readily munching on as well as a good sized pollen patty. Hang in there girls, it's a trick! We still have a month until Spring!

The egg dry spell is over!

Finally, our dry spell has ended with the chickens finally laying these two eggs! They stopped laying mid December and havent laid anything since. We lost a few of our older girls this winter. We will be adding some new girls this Spring. So happy to be back to fresh eggs and not those nasty store bought ones.

Making Bath Bombs

Have you ever gone into a shop and seen the Bath Bombs but the cost was so high you thought again. I wanted to explore how to make these so I set out to learn. Now I see why they cost so much, they are labor intensive but they are also fun to make. There are various recipes on such sites as Pinterest, etc. You will need your various ingredients. Some supplies and more than anything, bath bomb molds!

With a good wisk blend all you ingredients together. This takes some time but you can do it while watching tv or something.

In this batch I wanted whole lavender on each end of the bath bomb so I put just a pinch in each mold.

Pack them as tight as you can and then bring the molds together, push as hard as you can to get a good pack...

Take them right out of the mold and there you are, instant bath fizzy bombs for your tub! Your skin will drink in the ingredients and will be amazingly soft too!

This batch I experimented with rose pedals I ground down, I used a gentle red dye to give it a rose color. So there you go, easy peasy! We will have these in our new gift corner that we will have at upcoming shows but for now, you can find me in the bath!!!