We got bees! My husband has wanted to keep bees for a long time, and it was easy for me to get on board with the idea.

The nuc was ordered months ago, and the hives were picked up last week. On Sunday we installed the bees! My husband and I each installed a hive, so we could each get all the experience.

They are so fun to observe! I just love watching the workers return to the hives with full pollen baskets, then they waddle into the hives…. so cute.

I’m also knitting, of course. I’m making great progress on my Weekender sweater.

I hope you’re all doing ok with sheltering in place. It’s hard, but we’ll get through it.

I’m many inches along in my Weekender sweater. It’s easy and mindless, just what I need right now.

I’ve been wanting to blog, but have also been kind of overwhelmed and down in the dumps about the current situation. So here I’ll do a little photo roundup of things that have been keeping me sane.

Honestly, I feel lucky that I have so many things that I enjoy doing at home. There’s always something to do, and I’m never bored. I even learned a new knitting technique; the tubular cast on, so I finally have my Weekender pullover started, with yarn purchased during the Rose City Yarn Crawl. So, aside from some bickering and cabin fever, we’re doing ok. I am just extremely grateful that we’re riding this thing out in a house with a big yard, rather than in the apartment we had in SF with no outdoor space.

Hang in there, everyone!