It’s a long one…
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This is one of those posts that you think will just take a minute. You suddenly have a bright idea for a story.
So you grab your camera, pretend to be a food photographer, critic, stylist or something. Tell your people to relax, try to ignore the raised eyebrows, focus, remind them again that this will just take a second and that it’s not about them anyway!
Then take a breather to enjoy a healthy breakfast. Smile. Take note of everyone's schedule & the lack of interest in your blog post. Smile some more because your creative juices are flowing. Pour yourself another cup of tea, grab your camera and disappear to your creative place.
Before you know it…it’s noon or two or four and real life is calling!
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PLAY
This was supposed to be a quick morning post about HONEY!
As I was about to say 8 hours ago… I love the taste of raw honey and he swears by the health benefits of a daily tablespoon of bee pollen!
So I decided to do a little research.
{Honey contains a variety of flavonoids and phenolic acids, which act as antioxidants, scavenging and eliminating free radicals. Generally, darker honeys have higher antioxidant content than lighter honeys.} The National Honey Board
All I know about bee pollen is that bees collect & carry it in pouches on their hind legs! Sound appetizing?
R. Krell's paper on Value Added Products From Beekeeping published in 1996 is an excellent resource on bee pollen. I found this via a great blog called My New Roots.
A & F Country Market in Ventura sells bee pollen to my California friends.
Anthony and Frank (A & F), own the roadside business that sells out-of-this-world fresh items!
“A small percentage of the population is severely allergic to bee pollen (particularly if you are allergic to bees or other bee products). Please use caution and common sense before introducing this food to your diet.” My New Roots
By the way, do you like granola? Our favorite blend below is served up every morning at El Rancho de Los Caballeros. Los Cab is a dude ranch in Wickenburg Arizona where we love to stay when we go home for the holidays!
It’s their secret recipe and I was thrilled to no end when I found out that my friend & fellow blogger Sande Chase & her family stayed at Los Cab over the holidays! Better yet, she managed to sweet-talk someone in the kitchen into passing on the family recipe!
If you’d like to lasso the secret recipe for your cowpokes and see great photos from their trail ride on the high Arizona desert, visit Sande at her beautiful award-winning blog A Gift Wrapped Life.
Thank you so much Sande! xo
Back to bees.
It’s best if you buy locally grown organic raw honey whenever you can. Locally grown because it’s produced by bees which are from the environment in which you live and fresh raw honey will also be tastier, and more potent.
It is always best to grow or consume foods from the area in which you live as they contain the immune stimulating properties needed for your body to adapt to its environment. Pretty smart huh!
And, when you buy from local independent farmers you help keep them in business, which is good for your economy.
Besides honey & bee pollen, I could go on & on buzzing about all the gifts that bees bring to the table. I told you…better grab another cup.
My favorite being beeswax candles! Beeswax candles naturally clean the air, are drip free, burn with a very bright flame and for a very long time!
Lorrie Tranberg makes these beautiful all natural bees wax candles at home in California and offers them through her Etsy store, Your Beeswax.
According to the guys at This Old House, beeswax gives a fantastic polish to wood, metal, concrete counters and more.
I personally love Briwax.
Check out the This Old House list of 10 uses for bees wax here!
I now have a whole new respect for apiarist but have no desire to turn my backyard into an apiary.
The only things bee related in my backyard are bees, pollen and decorative bee skeps.
I love bee skeps!
Renee Granier, co-founder of the blog Under Spanish Moss offers this beautiful French bee skep at her shop, LaCaze.
It’s the weekend my friends so I will leave you with this… Always remember & never forget to…
Links to love.
The End.
12 comments:
WEll, those tiny little bees work hard for us, don't they? I am going tomorrow and get some candles and some darker honey.
As always, you write the most beautiful stories, Lisa.
Have a happy weekend.
Teresa
xoxo
We ar so going to meet up one day at Los Cab Lisa! We can sweet talk them in to giving us some more recipes (their tortilla soup) and just maybe I will go for a trail ride. That granola is making the rounds, I keep those trays going! Such a fun and healthy post Lisa. Much love XO
Love it all!! My sister had an Italian architect boyfriend for a while whose family had a apiary. She was very well informed on all the benefits of raw and organic honey!! :-)) Love your beautiful breakfast tablescape and I will have to go check out Sande's post - think I missed it - as well as your source for the beeswax candles which I love!! Wonderful Sunday morning chez vous!
I loved reading your post! It took many years before I would even taste honey, but in the winter, honey is my salvation with hot water and lemon. I have used Bees wax for years. Even in the showroom, steel and woof pieces are polished with beeswax.
Your breakfast setting is so fresh and divine, it makes me ache for summer. Thank you for such a beautiful and informative post.
Great post Lisa and I too love the blog 'my new roots'. I've recreated a few of her recipes and just love them!
Thanks for sharing all of this great info.
xo~
T
Wow how beautiful and informative. I have decided to cut out sugar in my diet but can't give up honey though they say it's the same. I can't give it up too.lol
x
C
I think every creative blogger can relate to the quick post that turns into an all day event! Our families would love getting together and laughing about us! :)
I love local honey...local anything really. I've always heard it was a great way to strengthen resistance to local allergies and with all my pollen issues, I consider that a great reason to add an extra follow of honey to my yogurt and granola and cup of tea!
xo,
Linsey
I love this Lisa and I can just picture the MR! I love your ramblings and sidetracks and then back to the point, just like telephone conversations! As always, creative and informative!
xoxo
Hi Lisa! I adore every photo and I'm delighted to be introduced to My New Roots! Lavender honey [local of course] is my favorite. Marvelous whisked into some creme fraiche over berries. Happy weekend! OX, Boo
I love that we live in an area with farmland surrounding us so fresh local produce and honey are always available. Such great info on our busy little bee in this post, Kathysue
This is beautiful Lisa...the only thing I don't like from bees is their sting! ;) Pollen is supposedly good for nursing mothers as well...thanks for your bon voyage wishes...will be thinking of you all...M
I want to make a bee line straight to your b'fast table.
adore honey and all that it inspires. I have a local friend who makes honey!
pve
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