Bees Wax Candles

First I would to thank my friend Clare, for letting me use some of the photos she took.

On the 16th day of the 4th month of the 2013th year, my family and friends all made bees wax candles.
Here's how we did it:


Preparing the Bees Wax.

First; to make bees wax candles, we had to have bees wax right? Correct!  My Dad and brother keep bees as a hobby and so we get a LOT of honey comb which we melt down to bees wax at every harvest.
Here is a picture of some honey comb;

Our Tasty Honey Comb

Second, we had to melt it all down into wax like so;

Unfiltered Wax

We melt our honey comb in a slow cooker, this may take a couple of hours (even days!) plus you have to filter it all! See those little dark cells in the yellow wax? Those little cells are not going to melt down, so you need to filter the wax from the cells other wise you'll have very chunky candles that won't burn well. The other thing we need to filter out of the wax is the honey...lots of honey.


Making The Candles.

You'll Need

• Melted Wax
• Candle jar or you can even use a little fancy teacup.
• Wick
• Masking tape
• Pen

1. Take your jar (or teacup) and using the masking tape make a cross shape over the middle of the jar. Poke a hole in the middle of your cross shape with your pen and feed the wick through with the metal part on the bottom.
2. Then pour only a little of your wax in, until the metal part of the wick is fully covered. Wait for the wax to cool.
3. Pour the rest of the wax in the jar (not too much now!) leaving about a decant gap of at least half a centimetre from the top.
4. Now you just have to let it cool. When it has cooled down considerably you can very, very carefully take the little tape cross off. If you have a long wick, just snip it to at least a centimetre.

And Viola! Now you know how to make them, you can make even more!

My Fantasy World Anthem

“Come and Join Us” –By Fanvedhil

 

Verse 1: Over the Ocean, Across the Sky,

There is a place, of Safety and Refuge.

Over Green Pastures, Over Blue Lakes,

There is a Kingdom of Beauty and Love.

Chorus: Come and join us, Come to our Sanctuary,

Under the Malich and Kolici stars.

Come on, come and dance,

 It’s a day to celebrate,

Come and join us now!

Verse 2: Come to Eshyad, a place of Peace

Where the Kingdoms, became one and the,

People became Stronger!

Chorus

Verse 3: The soil is rich, the animals fat.

There is no hate, suffering or hunger.

There is only Peace, Love and Kindness!

Come to Eshyad..

Chorus

End: Come to Eshyad... x2

The Best Ferry Ride Ever..

Ok, lets 'pretend' this is me:

Note: I only said "pretend" because I hate pink......Yuck! Pink reminds me of....

When I was little, my family and I decided to go on a nice, yellow ferry. The problem was that I wasn't feeling too good that day. Unfortunately, I was feeling a bit nauseous.   We boarded the ferry and were having a great time looking over the water, until when we were about halfway across the bay. I threw-up! All over my Mum's lovely shiny black boots!

My mum and I took a little walk to the bathroom, with me, trying not to vomit on anyone else's shoes of course. While Mum cleaned her shoes, I continued to throw up in the sink. It was not my idea of fun. As soon as we all got off the ferry I started to feel better, but the return journey loomed like a dark, black, rain cloud.

Ah well, at least I got new clothes, due to the fact that my old ones were in dire need of a wash.

~Fanvedhil

Two Of My Haiku's, One Of My Cinquain's and.....And..... That's All I Guess.

Sorry about the delay.....Anyway here you go:

Haiku: The Fish.

Fish, my fat fish

See's a bug - eats the bug,

Is now even fatter.

Cinquain: Baby

Baby

Small, Frail,

Gurgling, Drinking, Playing,

Growing up so,

Adult.

Haiku: Pretty Cat.

Cat, small pretty cat

Elegant, witty, pretty cat

Pretty cat licks her paws.

Viola! Now next post........