
The bee on the left is one of my own honeybees. She lives in a nice white box in my yard and flies about visiting the flowers. Notice that the gentle honeybee, unlike wasps and hornets, won’t sting unless she absolutely has to, to help defend the hive or the honey or the queen mother [...]
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Sterling silver is always my first choice for earrings, and these Berenguela earrings top the list. A classic design is brought alive with tiny cups of silver, filled with hand-applied enamel in rich coordinating colours. Hand-crafted in Northern Spain, where there’s a long and justifiably deserved reputation for jewelry-making, the pretty pair sells for $35 [...]
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