Bees Knees

Had our first fieldtrip with Byron's class this morning. We went to the Savannah Bee Company. One of Byron's classmates is the son of either the founder or the owner of the company, not sure what exactly. It was great. I forgot my camera, like a big dummy, but got a couple pics with the phone. They got to see the packaging plant and taste some honey straight out of a beehive. Byron was very impressed by the smoke they use to stun the bees.

The class learning about bees, Byron's over on the right in the gray sweatshirt...
Checking out the hives, Byron's in the shorts...Waylon wore this hat for about 1 minute...We are leaving tomorrow to spend the week in southern Illinois. We are all excited about seeing everyone, although the weather has been so so so great here we will miss that. It's been in the 70's and dry for the past 2 weeks. It's great. It cools off enough at night that it definitely feels like fall, but we can still wear shorts if we want to. Honestly though, I think everyone down here thinks we're crazy for still wearing shorts. :)

The leaves have mostly fallen off our Crepe Myrtle's in the backyard and the leaves have turned. It's much more muted than fall time was in Chicago. I always loved how the boulevard turned each fall in Chicago.

Puny looking Crepe Myrtles...
Trees off our side yard...