Category: Dog News

…Today we had a beautiful rainbow in the upper meadows, and the snow is nearly gone.

Best Honey Comes From Yucatan — Yucatan Honey
We knew that! Now, it is a scientific fact. The Royal Lady stingless bee, cultivated by the Maya for 2,000 years, produces the best honey, or so says Dr. Stephen Buchmann of the University of Arizona. Now we are told that stingless bee honey has a wide variety of medicinal uses. Around the world, indigenous people use stingless bee honey to treat eye infections and wounds. There is even one study, soon to be released, that says it is more effective than regular antibiotics in treating eye infections in guinea pigs. There is also a growing suspicion that stingless bee honey may help deter people from developing cancer. As beekeepers in other countries, especially in Brazil, rush to begin raising stingless bees, they are discovering that there is an art to it that until recently only the Maya possessed the skill to accomplish. As it turns out, stingless bees don’t build honeycombs. Instead, they build honey pots. They are also very picky about their food and will leave or die off if not cared for properly. Dr. Buchmann is so worried that the art and practice of raising stingless bees will die out that he has taught several classes to beekeepers throughout the Yucatan Peninsula. We will be watching for the newest research on the best honey in the world, grown right here in the best place in the world – Yucatan. Read more: Wiki/Stingless Bee

I have loved to sew all of my life. My children suffered through my passion for sewing with patience, as they grew up. I had a Kenmore that has completely worn out….really. After 35 years it died a natural death from hard use. I went to the sewing shop and looked at new machines. They looked so fancy and had such big prices. Then, as I was about to leave the store I spotted this old Pfaff against a wall. It is an industrial machine, one that can sew anything, even leather. And, the price was reasonable. I now have a new toy. One that I can make wonderful nursing pads with for my mama xolos, and it will sew anything that I bring to it, even sails for my sister’s sailboat if need be. What a great fun toy this will be for me. It will keep me “in stitches.” Of course, it will be my second favorite, because my most favorite toy is my microscope.