“At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin. I watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the longing building in my chest. The way those bees flew, not even looking for a flower, just flying for the feel of the wind, split my heart down its seam.”
After reading it, I watched the movie which was so perfect because it was exactly how I pictured everything to be. I recommend reading the book no matter what though because it is well written and it takes you into Lily’s mind and heart. The dialogue in the movie was everything I hoped it would be, but it didn’t give me the same depth and understanding as the book. I guess that is usually how books-turned-movies are.
So, I have a thing about honeybees, honey, honeycomb, everything. All honey-related things are so cool and I really want to learn more about beekeeping. I bought Keeping Bees by Ashley White the other day. It would be a fun thing to do after I graduate and study up on it. Also, we have neighbors who are beekeepers so maybe they can take me to their apiary :) but I’ve got to meet them first.
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| etsy & hammerpress |
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| thewheatfield on etsy (my friend Sara sent me this) |
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| flickr |
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| design*sponge |
“I looked again at the honey jars, at the amber lights swimming inside them, and made myself breathe slowly. I realized it for the first time in my life; there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat days, shining brightly, and we don’t even know it.”
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