Sunday, August 31, 2008

kendal - bees

again. we went this time last year, and mother found out on Friday that my cousin's son was doing something there this year again - therefore wanted to be taken over.

It was in fact quite good (although all we did was there and back again, i hoped to beat the rain back, but no chance!)

you may have all read bits in the papers about honey bees having a really bad time, lots of hives just vanishing - not reproducing, dying, etc - and consequential worries for plants and, essentially, for our food. there is a substantial body of opinion that takes the view that if the bees die, we die as all our food will die as it won't be pollinated.

anyway, peter's group (all two of them!) picked up on this and did a piece of theatre (happily in a tent! if a small one) on that. it was really good. started off really bizarre and i think we all (mother, cousin & I) wondered what we'd let ourselves in for, but it was excellent, got the point across in a very entertaining and thought provoking fashion.

It was a bit damp there. it was wet at home. Molly of course was a bit soaked (if warm) but i knew there'd be no way I'd get her out again if I brought her in for her tea, plus I would want her dry to go out again....

so the result is they're all in.

wimps, but there we go.

plus of course i need her to get her feet/legs dry again so i can attack the mud fever before I turn her out again in the morning.


2 comments:

Jean said...

Dry and hot here, but we too are have concerns about the bees. It's one of those things the average person is just not aware of too. A nifty little theatre piece might just be the thing to inform people.

Hope Molly's legs heal quickly. When it's so wet like that for so long it is a definite worry. For her, being a wimp is a smart move.

cptrayes said...

I read today that the army have trained a sniffer springer spaniel to seek out bees nests for a 2 year research project.

C