{"id":684,"date":"2019-01-10T20:55:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T01:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beeart.ca\/?p=684"},"modified":"2019-12-08T13:58:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T18:58:55","slug":"reflections-on-lifes-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beeart.ca\/?p=684","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Life&#8217;s Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"685\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beeart.ca\/?attachment_id=685\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beeart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/screen-shot-2019-01-10-at-1.04.20-pm-e1547153738533.png?fit=560%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"560,310\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"screen shot 2019-01-10 at 1.04.20 pm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beeart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/screen-shot-2019-01-10-at-1.04.20-pm-e1547153738533.png?fit=560%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-685\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beeart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/screen-shot-2019-01-10-at-1.04.20-pm-e1547153738533.png?resize=560%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"screen shot 2019-01-10 at 1.04.20 pm\" width=\"560\" height=\"310\"><\/p>\n<h2>As we greet the New Year, memories guide us forward.<\/h2>\n<h3>One of 2018&#8217;s best memories started off as a very sad story.<\/h3>\n<h4>Travelling country roads tending our bees we came across a lovely Painted Turtle who had been the victim of a car assault.<\/h4>\n<p>Her beautiful shell was in terrible shape, a huge piece of the bottom half almost completely detached revealing parts of her internal organs.<\/p>\n<p>We carefully picked her up and called the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre (yes angels do exist!)<\/p>\n<p>They reassured us that they would arrange a volunteer to pick her up and bring her to their hospital North of Peterborough if we could get her to a vet clinic in Orangeville.<\/p>\n<p>The hour plus drive was hard on her, she was in a lot of pain and she laid two eggs en route.<\/p>\n<p>All Summer we worried about Ms Deemerton (we named her after the wee town she was found in).<\/p>\n<h5>While visiting Paris we were reminded of her struggle to survive in a world that held both honour and hazards for her.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beeart.ca\/?attachment_id=688\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beeart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/tortues-a-paris-e1547147789387.jpg?fit=2463%2C1309&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2463,1309\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"tortues a paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beeart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/tortues-a-paris-e1547147789387.jpg?fit=1024%2C544&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-688\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beeart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/tortues-a-paris-e1547147789387.jpg?resize=1505%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"tortues a paris\" width=\"1505\" height=\"800\"><\/h5>\n<p>Finally, 3 months after her rescue, Ms Deemerton was ready to return to her watery home. She had laid another 10 eggs while at the OTCC ! Just like Queen Bees they can store sperm for years. Sadly though, none of these eggs hatched.<\/p>\n<p>Time was ticking as she needed to get back home before the seasons changed again. She had been hit on the road in Spring while finding a good place to lay her eggs. It was now almost Fall and it would be hard for her to adjust if the temperatures fell.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre called to say they could bring her halfway and explained how to care for her on the rest of her journey home.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h5>Exactly 3 months to the day, Ms Deemerton returned to the sights, sounds and scents of her native home.<\/h5>\n<div id=\"v-u0HasEIf-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1504' height='846' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/u0HasEIf?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Had it not been for our trip between bee yards she might not have been found.<\/p>\n<p>We always pay respect to Water. Water is Life. We label our honey bottles with the body of water the girls drink from; respect for the bountiful gifts Water always provides.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the bees, the gift of life was returned.<\/p>\n<h4>Ms Deemerton reminds us of the simple joys of life and how connected we all are.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"v-JJd5dSIM-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1504' height='846' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/JJd5dSIM?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>We like to imagine Ms Deemerton giving a nod as the bees drink at the bank of her pond. Perhaps a nibble?<\/p>\n<h4>We are all connected, after all.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we greet the New Year, memories guide us forward. 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