Yesterday I dedicated the whole day to cleaning out four bee boxes of colonies we had lost. I wanted to be extra sure there was no disease left behind so I used bleach on some items and a heat gun on other. I also wanted to be sure I killed any wax moth eggs that might have been left behind. I had no idea that would take me all day and just about break my body. I am happy that I can do a few of the needed repairs and adjustments with the boxes vacant, but this is a lot of work for a couple of not so successful beekeepers. I know beekeepers lose colonies all the time, and this year was especially harsh with the smoke from the fires, but it doesn’t make it easier. I just have to keep my chin up and prepare for next Spring. I think making a few changes suggested by my mentor, and having the bee boxes already set up and ready for swarm season, rather than running around slapping boxes together quickly, will make it a lot easier. Yes.. think positively! I really need to think positively because I have six more boxes to clean. UGH!
Chances Are (The Pacific Bay Series Book 1)
by Kellie Coates Gilbert
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Chances are, you never know what story might be in the very next chapter…
When recently divorced Allie Barrett receives a letter notifying her that she’s inherited her deceased uncle’s home and fishing charter business in Oregon, she quickly decides the coastal town of Pacific Bay might be the perfect place to start over and raise her eleven-year-old son. But her high hopes are dashed when she discovers the quaint home on the bay is really a ramshackle dump in severe need of renovation and the fishing charter is a run-down business requiring an infusion of financial capital she does not have. Worse, the town mayor and her son are her competition and employ extreme measures to block her success.
With a surprise money source in hand, and the help of a no-nonsense widower who offers the love she’s always wanted, Allie finally finds things turning around in her favor. In fact, her story might just have a happy ending… that is, until her good-for-nothing ex, Deacon Ray, shows up and complicates matters.
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Garden of the Gods
by Stephen J. Stirling
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Action & Adventure
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“He heard the growl behind him again, this time much closer… He turned and looked up as the growl erupted into a deafening roar. He opened his mouth to scream, but his terrified cries were engulfed in the rage and ferocity of that roar.”
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BURIED TEARS
by VIVIEN JONES
Genre: Historical Fiction | Biographies & Memoirs
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Towards the end of what starts as a normal day, Kenneth is reported missing. The truth surrounding the day’s events is concealed and life, with Fear and Guilt as companions, is never the same. Over sixty years later, the truth and the tears crawl out of their hiding place into the light.
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The Witch and the Gentleman (The Witches Series Book 1)
by J.R. Rain
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For fans of Charmed, Supernatural and The Ghost Whisperer! First in J.R. Rain’s #1 bestselling witch detective series!
Allison Lopez is no ordinary Psychic Hotline operator. She’s a “remote viewer” whose abilities only seem to grow daily, thanks in part to her close association with an immortal friend. But when she meets a ghost named Millicent who reveals a startling secret, life is about to get a whole lot weirder for Allison.
Meanwhile, at the Psychic Hotline, she receives a phone call from a distraught father seeking answers to his daughter’s murder. It’s a call that shakes Allison to her core, and soon she finds herself in unfamiliar territory: on the trail of a cold-blooded killer. It will take all of Allison’s abilities, both old and new — and the help of friends at the LAPD and an immortal private investigator — to catch an animal who preys upon the innocent.
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The Ultimate Scottish Cookbook: Recipes as Fierce as a Scottish Clan
by Dennis Carter
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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The Scots use what their fertile land and rough sea can produce to create some of the best dishes available. The lush soil and grass in Scotland are responsible for the rich Angus beef and some of the tastiest produce anywhere. They also love their whiskey and use it to add extra flavor to many of the recipes in the Ultimate Scottish Cookbook.
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