What is a Quafaie?


Quafaie (pronounced: kwa FAY) are fantasy creatures that exist in the fantasy writing of Hugh Kemeny, and are created by him. They are primarily in Hugh Kemeny’s Black Phoenix short stories...

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Birds and the Bees (and other stuff)

I'm afraid of bees, and anything that looks like a bee: wasps, hornets, etc.
When I was looking at buying my house back in late August, I noticed these creatures (I'll call them bees, even though they might have been wasps), coming and going from part of the siding in the back. Part of the negotiations on the house was that the bees would be gone.
This spring I have noticed a few bees around the same places. I'm not sure if they are exploring or moving back in, or never really left.
Today while I was sweeping my back deck, a bee (actually a wasp I think) started to buzz around where I was.
I moved away as calm as I could - a good 3 meters away is, to me, a safe distance.
There are 3 ways to get onto my back deck: 1) from the kitchen, 2) from the den (or what is currently my bedroom), 3) stairs to the back yard.
The bee was exploring the door frames, so I was closer to the stairs, watching the bee.
It then decided to come closer to me, so I moved rapidly down the stairs.
With my adrenaline going, I had heightened senses, and so I came to an abrupt stop when I heard a magpie squawk.
I turned and saw a baby magpie.
If you don't know anything about magpies, they can be vicious birds. I've seen them chase down and attack cats!
So, when I saw the baby bird I moved quickly away from both the bird, and where I last saw the bee.

That is my story of the birds and the bees.....

.... now onto the other stuff....

If you've followed this blog at all, you'd know that life has been keeping my busy - mostly school.
Well, my other free time in the past month has been spent with a great guy I met. We met online a while ago, but only started seeing each other a month ago.

Some of my personal relaxation time, while watching t.v., has been fully organizing my photos for here and Flickr. I hope to have them done in a few weeks, then I might start posting HNT posts again.

Recently I have been meaning to write a few other posts in relation to current events and things in my life, such as one on Bill 44 (a piece of Alberta Legislature that was passed - the main points of it I was going to - and may still - comment on had to do with a) gay rights and b) teaching sex and religion - the most controversial part), as well as various other thoughts that have come to mind, like when someone asked me the other day; "are you happy, both in this moment and in life?" - My reply was: "I've been too busy of late to think about whether I'm happy - in life"

I guess it's time to stop and smell the flowers, just hopefully the ones without birds or bees.