You will not believe the thousands of bees we had in our back yard this afternoon. At least we think they're bees - they could be wasps, but we're hoping they're bees. We spent a lovely warm morning pruning some plants, planting seeds and setting up our garden planters for seeds. Suddenly a neighbor came out and said "look at that swarm of bees coming our way." We ran inside and in no time, our patio and back yard and the neighbor's patio and back yard were covered with thousands of bees. We have no idea as to what got them swarming, but it was pretty scary. After about an hour, they settled down, but we think they may be attempting to nest in the tan bark. They were clustering in clumps the size of footballs on shrubs and garden stuff. Tomorrow we'll get some spray that repels them. If we make the yard unattractive to them, they'll go nest elsewhere.
We had drinks with our neighbors, Stan and Faye, tonight. They seem like nice people. We'll be playing golf with them on Wednesday and if it works out that we become friends, probably seeing them often. Apparently neither of them are truly golfers so they probably won't care that I'm such a beginner.
We've been discussing having the Father's Day bash a week earlier since the Crawdad Festival in Isleton is Father's Day weekend which creates a HUGE, BUMPER TO BUMPER traffic problem through Rio Vista and surrounding roads. The only access to Isleton is either Highway 160 or Highway 12. It's necessary to travel both highways to get to our house. I would hate to have the first visit to our home for some to take 3-4 hours. The Crawdad Festival is THE annual event for Isleton and draws thousands of people - much like the Garlic Festival in Gilroy
Tomorrow we plan to go into Fairfield to do some shopping. We'll come back with spray and do bee abatement.
Love to all
Corrie and Jim
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Father's day a week early or late would work well for us, as Emily has senior high camp starting at 4 pm on that Sunday. We were trying to work out the logistics of getting up there, celebrating, and getting Em to Happy Valley within the time constraints. I vote yes.
Dad, I didn't know you liked Thai food. Corrie, did you introduce him to it or was he already a fan? I love Thai food even though I don't know what I'm eating half the time. Jim Jr.
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