Photographs Overrun By Beekeeping

So much for posting images once a week or once a month in 2012.
Beekeeping took up too much time last year, but then more people buy honey than buy photographs.
I kept taking pictures all year
I kept formatting them for the web until June.
I gave up posting June 8 — here’s the last images — to June 17.
There will be no descriptions or commentary – that tedious inputting is what caused a halt to the postings.

June 17

June 16

 

June 15

June 14

June 13

June 12

June 11

June 10

June 9

thus ends this project…. oh, I’ll soon do another photography blog — a gallery, not tied to dates….

Thanks for following… Karen

June 1 to June 8 2012 : Water Images

Rain – it makes one catch up on all the “inside” jobs.  As you’ll see, it’s been a week of rain here.

June 8

As The Water Churns

 

June 7

Metallic Rain

 

June 6

Forked Water

 

June 5

Thimbleberry In the Rain

Thimbleberries are in bloom right now.  Sometimes the bees work them, but not in the rain.  They produce a wonderfully tart berry, but you have to eat them when you pick them because they are too soft and too good to carry around.

 

June 4

Rain Drops At Rest

 

June 3

Water Arrives

My life seems to be controlled by weather.
So I’m forever checking WeatherUnderground.com

 

June 2

Kitchen Reflections

 

June 1

Happy Water

 

That’s this week’s “photo of water a day” from photographer Karen E. Bean, of Maple Falls, WA (that would be me).  I’m glad to be back on a weekly posting schedule.

 

 

 

May 1 to May 31

My June vow is to not keep putting off putting these on line.  It should be calmer at the apiary.  Of course that’s when everything goes haywire, eh?

I decided to post going backwards in time: May 31 to May 1.  That seems to be the age in which we live.

May 31

A Bit of Bubbly

May 30

Water Lily Close

May 29

At The Northfork (Beer Shrine, not River)

A family celebration, and the best place to do that is at the Northfork Beer Shrine (and wedding chapel – no joke, the owner can officiate at your wedding).  This is the best microbrewery I’ve ever found, the food is great, and all the folks are wonderful.  If you’re in the Mt. Baker area, it’s worth a visit.

May 28

Playing with Colors

I left the leaf in the natural colors, desaturated the background and played with the hues. Rain can do strange things to you.

May 27

The Fallen

May 26

Playing With A Pond

Colors, I like playing with colors….

May 25

Let There Be Light – And Water

Sometimes We Do Have Sun

May 24

Trickling By

May 23

In A Rush

May 22

Chained Rain

May 21

Stuck for a shot in the rain

When all you have is a brown tarp full of rain water….

May 20

Natural Metal

May 19

Maple Drops

May 18

Working in the Rain

These bees are New World Carniolan X Russian (Primorsky) X Survivor Stock. They are dark bees that will continue to gather pollen and nectar in a light rain – best kinds honeybees for this area.

May 17

To The Light

May 16

Joy Of Colors

May 15

Wet Deck

May 14

Going Under

May 13

Blue on Blue

May 12

Swirled Water

May 11

Honeybee Drinking

You can see her little tongue – I love bees

May 10

Holding On

May 9

Into the Depths

May 8

Shaken, Not Stirred

Yep, it’s water.  At dark, with the last light reflected on the pond at the farm.  Then moving the camera.

May 7

Apple Drops

May 6

Unnatural Nature

May 5

Drops on Edge

May 4

Turbulent Times

May 3

Sunny Reflections

May 2

Water Reflections

May 1

Another Rainy Day

I look back on these and think, but it is a bit sunnier than that here.  It’s just that when it’s sunny, I’m out in the bee yards and only get to walk when it’s getting dark (or shoot in the cabin after dark).  With the coming of summer – oh please, soon I hope – there will be more sunny shots.  Of course I’m writing this in the library on a rainy day….

Those are the photos for May from me, photographer Karen E. Bean, of Brookfield Farm in Maple Falls, Washington (Walking-Wild.com).  I truly hope I can now go back to posting once a week – bees and weather willing.

April 2 to April 30 2012

Ah yes, I do know we’re now in May.  It’s been busy in the bee yard, so I’m playing catch up in my postings.  This is the land of dial-up, so I must go to the library to post, and the library is never open when I finish my apiary work….  So here’s the collection of water images from April 2 to 30, 2012

April 2

Black and White and Wet

April 3

Into The Foam

April 4

Hives Beyond the Flood

April 5

Winter Peace

April 6

Forever Blowing Bubbles

April 7

Tiny Tumbling Fall

April 8

Dark Sun

April 9

Playing With Water Foam

Perhaps I’m missing the topography maps that I use when walking the backcountry in the summer.

April 10

Water Sparkles

Water frozen in motion fascinates me. It’s something we can’t see but the camera can.

April 11

Water Streaks

April 12

Cedar Distortions

April 13

Golden Swirl

Sometimes the sun does shine here

April 14

Disturbing The Waters

April 15

About to Fall

April 16

Holding On

Bracken Ferns: I love them when they are in this stage.

April 17

No Hole In the Bucket

April 18

Water’s Dark Path

April 19

Wet Fur Can Be Lovely (if a bit smelly)

This is my livestock guard dog’s fur – which gives me a chance to plug livestock guard dogs: the solution to living in a somewhat noisy peace with wildlife.

April 20

Slow-Mo Water

April 21

Dog Contemplates Camera

Here’s my livestock guard dog in full form (and kind of clean thanks to the pond)  He’s a Maremma

April 22

Tiny Water

April 23

Wet Fur / Wet Skin

Way too much time with photoshop that day…..

April 24

Forest Drops

April 25

The Pond God

The pond just needed something: like my dogs soulful eyes.

April 26

Skunk Cabbage Drops

Western Skunk Cabbage: A bizzarrely beautiful plant.

April 27

Downstream Flow

April 28

Spring Reflections

April 29

Bleeding Heart Drops

Pacific Bleeding Hearts : another lovely plant (with positive medicinal properties – amazing what nature provides)

April 30

From the Light to the Dark

I’ve been asked if folks can use these photos.  The answer is yes, but a credit and link would be appreciated : Karen Edmundson Bean, photographer, Maple Falls, WA : Walking-Wild.com

February 24 to April 1, 2012

Delay, delays, so this and the next is a bit of catching up.  I’ll work from most recent to earlier in the year.

Ship Canal At Dawn: Seattle, Washington

We work the Seattle’s Fremont Market every Sunday.  Ian goes every week, I go on the first Sunday of the week (it’s a 2 1/2 hour drive, but it’s our best market).  It works – Ian hates doing internet work, I hate rising at 3am… To each their skills at our farm.

March 31

Through a Glass Darkly

It just kept raining…. so to the kitchen, a glass of water and a window into the rainy day

 

March 30

Wet Ride

Glacier, Washington : Hopeful skiiers head for Mt. Baker in the driving rain.

 

March 29

Flower Drop

 

March 28

Pavement Art

Water falling in mass off a broken gutter onto the speckled pavement creates an abstract pattern that caught my eye.

March 27

Frond Reflections

It’s dark, it’s wet, it’s cold….getting desperate here….

 

March 26

Stream Shimmers

Forest walks – soothing, if damp in the rain

 

March 25

At My Fingertips

 

March 24

Goosey, Goosey, Gander

Waiting for the afternoon flight out of Reykjavík, Iceland : a visit to the local park. (We went to the UK, and then a day in Iceland…keep scrolling down)

 

March 23

Golden Circle Waterfall

A little touristy, but nothing says “water” like a massive waterfall.

 

March 22

Swan Song

Waiting for the afternoon plane from London to Iceland – these were in a large CITY forest/park. Near where my husband grew up.

 

March 21

Morning Dew

 

March 20

The Tap (at Sally & Martin's)

We just don’t have kitchen taps this cool in the US.

 

March 19

Southern Exposure

This is the view from Beachy Head (white cliffs of Dover to many of us) in the south of England.

 

March 18

Not Too Deep

There’s a drought in the UK – a “hose pipe ban” (no watering lawns) was in place already.

 

March 17

Tower Bridge Night

I was walking from the National Gallery (love those impressionists, we don’t have them in Maple Falls, WA) to the Tate Modern (don’t ask, don’t go – head for the Tate Britian instead), which is open late.. My route took me across the Thames.

 

March 16

Abstracts on Windscreen

A train from Newcastle, the underground to Heathrow, pick-up rental car…but there was some water…

 

March 15

The River In Wylam, UK

 

March 14

The Step Family

I so enjoyed my visit.

 

March 13

Kings Cross Water (UK)

A twelve hour flight, an underground journey to the Kings Cross train station, and now waiting to go north to visit my father (that was good) and my step-family (enough said).  This was the only type of water I had seen in over 18 hours.

 

March 12

Airborne Ice Crystals

On the way to the UK, I’m thinking Water, I need water, then I looked at the window : ice.

 

March 11

Wet Bee Hives

A bit documentary – I wrap my hives with roofing tar paper – to act as “rain coats” – these were showing why I do it : another nice day before I left for the UK.

 

March 10

Hard Reflection

A rock atop the black asphalt rain hat on one of my hives.  The rock, and rope holds the “rain hat” in place.

 

March 9

Farm Rain

Holistic Farms (near Bellingham, Washington) – their greenhouses as seen though the wet windshield of my truck.  I spent the days before my UK excursion feeding my bees (some of which live at Holistic Farms).

 

March 8

Snow Lines

Snow on Asphalt Sheeting…. More bee stuff… And in the snow, you can’t win around here.

 

March 7

Curved Snow

Snow curls off a metal, gutterless roof – to create a nice abstraction.

 

March 6

Potted Drops

 

March 5

The North Fork, Winter

We live near one of the most beautiful rivers in the world.  This is an easy day hike through old growth forests… Here presented in black and white.

 

March 4

Heavy Snow

 

March 3

Fremont Ducks

Way too much time fooling with photoshop….

 

March 2

Up Against The Wall

Rain, snow, more rain, more snow – it has not been a glorious winter here…

 

March 1

Shining Snow

 

February 29

Soaked Swirls

 

February 28

Shells Afloat

 

February 27

Light Water

 

February 26

Hemlock Drop

 

February 25

Water Crosses

 

February 24

It's A Rush

 

It is indeed a rush to get caught up on the postings.

Taking the images is fun, if challenging on some days.
Working with the images is fun.

Posting the images — now that is a bit of a pain – perhaps if I didn’t get so behind it would be fine.

Weekly, yes, weekly (I hope)

Now it’s off to prepare to split some hives and walk the pack goats …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Images 2012 : February 11 to February 23

I got a little delayed, thus 2 weeks of images posted on one day.  Hopefully, I’ll soon get back to a posting each week.

February 11

Waiting For Spring

 

February 12

Stepping In It

The hazards of trying to find a new shot for this project – Did I find one that day?  Nope, none I liked – thus the soggy boot.

February 13

Abstract in Black and White

Clearly : Way too much time playing with my very old photoshop program.  These are 2 water reflections combined and messed with.

 

February 14

 

Who’s In First?

February 15

Sky Shimmies

 

February 16

 

Where's The Heater?

She loves water – warm, icy, it doesn’t matter…however, she often seems to wonder why she’s jumped in when she realizes there’s no warm room to head for in the woods.

February 17

Swirled Creek

February 18

Black and White & Color

Still working on (ok, playing with) photoshop – It’s raining, there’s no sun – time to turn to the digital world to make dull shots more fun.

February 19

Rain Break

February 20

Stone & Motion

February 21

A Dark And Stormy Day

Oh, when will it stop raining????  I walk my pack goats, and pet goats, every day, as long as it’s not pouring.  Lately, it’s been down the road and around, because it’s a drag walking though the forest when it’s really really wet (the goats make this clear to me).

February 22

Motion on Motion

I like this, but I have to admit I had some help.  I was perched on top of our 15 foot tall culvert, shooting down into the creek when Mojo decided that what was really needed was a bit of camera shake.  He was right, but being nudged by Mojo on a wet surface above a steep fall was still a bit shaking – for me and the camera:

Not part of project but this is Mojo with a can he dug up from the clear-cuts that surround us:

Mojo - You never know what he'll bring home

February 23

Flowing Library

This is how I often see my library, which is the closest WiFi to my farm.  It’s only open a few days a week, and never for more than a few hours: rural Washington.  But the WiFi often works from the front of the truck…Thus I often post from the front seat of my pick up on rainy days (oh when will the rains end? )

 

Water Images 2012 : by Karen E. Bean : February 4 to February 10

February 4

Water Drops on Hemlock

Sometimes it’s just fun to play with all those filters.

February 5

In The Wake

A nice day at the Seattle Fremont Market, where we sell honey every Sunday.  But each time I walked the van guard dog along the ship canal, the sun went away.

February 6

Winter River

Just 10 miles up the road…

February 7

Crystalized

February 8

Paws For Thought

Sallie and water – you can’t keep them apart

February 9

Sal Swirled

As I said….it’s handy for photos on cold wet days.  I take the dogs and goats for a walk, we pass water (not an issue around here) and Sal jumps in…

February 10

Break Through

I do try to keep Sal from jumping in frozen ponds, or walking on them.  Ruins the shot, and I don’t want to pull her out.

That’s it for my Water Images 2012 Project this week.  We went from rain to beautiful sun, and back to rain.  Never a dull moment weather-wise in Maple Falls, Washington –

Photographer: Karen E. Bean
Walking-Wild.com

Water Images 2012 : by Karen E. Bean : January 29 to February 3

With this post, I’m closer to my goal of posting the one-a-day water images every week.   I think it was luck.

January 29

Barbed Water

That’s one of the pack goat pastures in the background (Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls, WA).
The goats are behind me, out of shot.  (I hadn’t cleared them with their agent)

January 30

Skinny Waters

 

January 31

Reflecting On Winter

The ice was slowly melting.

February 1

Down The Drain

Kitchen and bath – always a fall-back location for water

February 2

Dogs Willing and the Creek Don't Rise

Sallie (van guard dog) and Mojo (livestock guard dog) wondered why neither I nor the goats (behind me once again. I must speak with their agent) are willing to cross one of the two creeks on our farm (Brookfield Farm in Maple Falls, Washington).  It’s not art : it’s family, which is an art in itself.

February 3

Bubbling Waters

All the creeks at the farm are high, beautiful, and very, very cold these days.

Water Images : January 19 to January 28

It continued to be quite cold

January 19

Frozen Toyota

January 20

Shadow Snow Dancer

 

January 21

Winter Berry Stalk

 

January 22

Icicle Drip

January 23

Abstract Shadows on Ice

Then it stopped snowing and turned to rain – better seen through a window in my opinion.

January 24

Water Windows To Trees

January 25

Water On Wood

January 26

Fill The Tub

 

January 27

Ice Window

We have to break the water on the goats’ water troughs – this piece was too lovely to toss.

January 28

Water Chruns

That’s it for the past “week” – which, again turned into 2 weeks….

 

 

January 1st to January 18 Water Images

January 1:

Jan 1 – Nooksack River

Jan 2

Log On Pond – Digital “Instamatic”

January 3

Water On The Rocks

Why all the close-ups?  It has been either totally overcast or pouring rain since the beginning of the year

The WiFi in the area went down.  Then the snows closed the libraries (the only WiFi location in this land of “dial-up”).  Thus the “2nd week” has become the 2nd and 3rd week.

January 4

Sideview Mirror with Rain and Headlights

Late night at the library. Rain all the way home

January 5

Glacier, WA : a wet and stormy night

 More late, rainy  nights working on the new website

January 6

Turbulent Corner

January 7

When It Rains….

January 8

Branching The Waters

January 9

Pond Ice : Sunset

January 10

There Is Sun!

January 11

Winter Distortions

January 12

Skagit River Twilight

January 13

Afternoon By The Nooksack River

Busy day getting winter fed to bees, no time to shoot, but there’s always the river

January 14

Snows Return

January 15

Snow, Sun, Water

January 16

Cold Can Be Beautiful

January 17

Reflections of Fire

I sure wasn’t going outside in the middle of a white-out

January 18

Kettle’s Boiling

And then it got even colder…16F : a good time to drink tea

And that ends the “2nd week” of posting on this blog. It is a real challenge to shoot a photo everyday, but it is lovely to have a break in all the beekeeping work.