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My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Beekeeper, willow keeper, ex scenic artist, grandma |
| Location | Shepperton, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I live west of London by the river where I swim every morning. Look after bees, trees (especially willow) and 2 lovely grandsons, who live in a boat 50 yards away, that my amazing husband made into a home for them and their parents, so I see them every day. And our son, his partner and granddaughter have been with us for 2 years. Have kept bees for 26 years, and been writing/talking about the bees’ dance for the last 10. The dance is their sign language, a form of communication, information sharing that is central to their existence, and one that is unique to bees and humans. The emails/blogs that I’m writing, and various conversations I’ve had, are my beedances. All the information and stories that have been passed on through generations, through millenia, are forms of beedance. |
| Interests | Bees, trees (especially willow), river/lake/sea swimming, reading non fiction, living in Oscar land (grandson), solitude! |
| Favorite movies | Hoppity Goes to Town, Salaam Bombay, Angels and Insects, Short Cuts, Staff Benda Billili, Manufactured Landscapes, Groundhog Day. |
| Favorite music | Mozart, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Tom Waits, non rock traditional African music |
| Favorite books | Weeds by Richard Mabey, Beechcombings by Richard Mabey, Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin, The Skin Chairs by Barbara Comyns (mother-in-law), Here on Earth by Tim Flannery, Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley |