Who would have thought that the bleached wax came in so many different shades! The wax at the top wad its natural colour.

I’m getting on with it, this is as far as I’ve got. There’s a lot more to do! It’s not quite as blue as this in real life.

We’re in the middle of a heatwave! It’s impossible to walk outside now without shoes. Although there was a cloud yesterday, which was nice, it’s blue skies and very hot sun! Happily all our cats and dogs are sensible enough…

One of my favourite things about this time of year is when we are sat out in the evening, saying ‘bird’, ‘bat’, ‘bat’, ‘bird’ as the birds and bats flutter round together. There’s a short 5 minute or so window,…

Last Wednesday and Thursday there were storm warnings. On Wednesday there was an electrical storm bouncing around, and – quite literally – six drops of rain (Ian and I felt three each when we were sat outside in the evening).…

I think I know why bleached beeswax is so expensive. Here is the latest in my beeswax quest, the bleached beeswax has been melted into blocks however that appears to be a lot of black gunk on the bottom which…

I am making about two batts a night, so this box will take a while before it is full! I am trying not to mix the colors up too much so it doesn’t come out gray when it is spun.…

It appears that hanging beeswax in the sun for several weeks does appears to bleach it! Unfortunately the bigger bits of beeswax I have put outside haven’t bleached so I’m trying a different approach with them. This entails melting the…

We got out for the 5 km walk to the castle this morning. The first since…I don’t! Probably because it means getting up at 6:30am.

Enough asparagus for breakfast, but surely must be coming to an end now.