Hot and Dry

     The BEE in this Arizona Desert is surviving the hottest and driest July in the history of Arizona. I'm glad I live in Tucson, because it was only 108 today, not the 110 of Phoenix.

     Bees have water gatherers that bring back moisture. Some of the workers start flapping their wings, some in the doorway. These bees are smart, they work together for the benefit of the whole hive to keep it cool.

     Did you know that bees recognize colors and that they recognize their hive if it's a certain color and oriented in a particular direction? 

     Now these cute bee houses/hives are in England, I believe. But if you look closely you will see many at the door/slit of the nearest house. 

    Now here's a comment from me that is just out of left field. My last name is Field and I saw a blogger post with the name Left Field. So that thought took me to Right Field. If I posted under that name would I be unabashedly saying I'm right? No, that wouldn't do. What about Middle Field? Would I then be walking down the median of mediocrity or as another LDS blogger says "That's Adequate!" their slogan. LOL.

Here's signing off:

BEEField 

Focus is What is Needed in 2020

Life is like a Camera

Just Focus on What's Important

  and Capture the Good Times

Develop from the Negatives

  and If Things Don't Work Out

Just Take Another Shot

Bob takes Selfie 1961

Bob Still Taking Photos in 2020

     My High School friend, Bob Burke, received his first camera in 1961 and the first photo he took was in the mirror. He still uses this as his FaceBook portrait, and his daughters say, "Hey that's the oldest selfie on FaceBook." Well, oldest meaning earliest one taken, dated then posted. 

     Now all his photography is done on a digital camera. He's never without it. He posts photos he's taken online, mostly at the request of friends, where there are weddings, sports events and travel photos numbering in the 10,000's. A lifetime of FOCUS.

     Now it's time for BEE in the Desert to FOCUS in this blog so that it is relevant to the 2020 Pandemic; self (read that physical) distancing but definitely NOT social distancing. Here we Go: Family Memories, Bee Culture, and insights into the scriptures.

2020 Reflections on Sickness and Statistics

Reflections on Sickness and Statistics

     The last entry in my 2019 Journal said that I was never going to write in it again! Well, congestive heart failure brought me to my knees the first week of December; then on the 28th my kidney's failed. Having spent all that time in and out of the hospital, it was my health that made me say "never."

      After a 10 day stay in a skilled nursing facility, I repented and began again to write. I was alive after all, and had seen miracle after miracle showing God's hand in my life, but I hadn't recorded one of them. Alas, along with this kidney failure came the loss of recent memory cells in my aging brain. 

     No sooner had I made this resolution than there came a world-wide pandemic (Coronoviris19) and brought self-isolation, schools closing, panic buying of food, toilet paper, cleaning and sanitizing supplies, restricted travel, and even closing worship in churches and our temples. 

     With all of this time on my hands, there was no excuse not to do "something" worthwhile. I decided to learn about family history research topics via webinars and blogs. Of course I had to take copious notes, print off syllabuses and subsequently discovered things I hadn't realized even existed. 

Statistics from my blog and FamilySearch lifted my spirits.

     This blog, that I was pretty sure, no one viewed, certainly not even the 11 people who have "followed " me had begun generating  viewers or pageviews over the years. 32 pageviews just this last month, many from Instagram. And an all time history since 2010 of 14,609 pageviews. I was shocked.

     I also learned that FamilySearch has tracked my statistics since 2012.  

They track the Sources that I've attached. The range is from just 1 in 2012 to a peak of 5,914 in 2017. Total to date: 18,778

     Next they track Memories, such as photos, mp3 recordings, documents and so on. Mine range from 0 in 2012-13, 73 in 2014, 12 in 2015 peaking in 2016 with 261. Total to date: 767

     Finally they track Persons Created and my stats are from 115 in 2010 steadily increasing to 1,026 in 2018. Total to date: 3,679.

GRAND TOTAL OF: 23,252

Now I am following a schedule each day that includes prayer, scripture study and writing in my journal. Will I have the diligence to blog again? I've drafted one modified short "teen" version about Patriarchal Blessings, since that topic has  generated the most pageviews. Follow me to see if my wisdom and 30 years experience of studying my own PB will contain a few gems for young people  who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 2020.