I already shared the Unitarian deer.
My son plays almost daily with my grand-pup, Zora. He throws a ball, she brings it back, over and over again.
Tai with Zora on a back packing camping trip.
She's happily resting on the remains of her doll.
And speaking of dolls...
This beautiful mural is part of Matt Willey's The Good of the Hive mural project: hand painting 50,000 honey bees—the number in a healthy hive—in murals and installations around the world. Located on the former Honey & the Hive building in Weaverville, this beautiful mural was painted in 2016 and still remains on the building (as of Sept 2025 Google Maps).
This mural became a loving tribute to Honey & the Hive founder Sarah McKinney, who sadly passed in 2020.
The mural can be found at 23 Merrimon Ave/US-19 Business.
Sharing with Saturday's Critters
Bees! We owe them so much. They deserve a mural.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying my honey laced coffee this morning, and every morning! Yay to bees!
DeleteI love the bee mural. I wonder where all they are being painted?
ReplyDeleteThe one in Weaverville is near Asheville NC.
DeleteThank you so much for bringing "The Good of the Hive" project to my attention! I am completely entranced by it! The website for the project is fascinating. I love bees and I love murals, so this is a perfect marriage of the two! For others who may be interested, the website is at thegoodofthehive.com.
ReplyDeleteYes, it would be fun to find more of his murals!
Delete...Thanks for sharing The Good of the Hive, I was able to see this mural.
ReplyDeletehttps://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-good-of-hive-project-mural.html
Yes it's a great project! So glad you linked to your post last year...we love our bees!
DeleteI also am a bee lover, most folks are I reckon. I had not heard of this mural project- thank you. I do hope that they are protected- both the honey bees and the murals! Your grand dog is certainly a guy's best friend looks like they have adventured through life together very well. I hope that you are settling in nicely. NC will always be missed I am sure.
ReplyDeleteThere are many great memories of NC, and of course I miss my friends. But this area in Durango is beautiful in its own way and I'm driving around finding where things are.
DeleteOne of my neighbors keeps bees and every now and then he'll bring me a pint of honey. I love the murals.
ReplyDeleteI've a jar still of wild flower honey from NC, then will switch to something local here in Colorado.
DeleteI am finally seeing more bees on my basil plants. Not in the numbers I've seen some summers but I'm so happy to see any, really. What a beautiful project those murals are.
ReplyDeleteI have three granddogs. One of them will soon be bigger than I am. Quite frankly I'm not comfortable being around her because I know in her puppy enthusiasm (yes, she's still a pup), she could easily knock me over.
Very beautiful and interesting mural! When I go for a walk in our city, I always look at interesting murals - there are plenty of them in our city too.
DeleteOh yes, Mary...big dogs with puppy enthusiasm are scary to me too. But if they are well behaved, I can love on them. I can't wait to try growing some herbs in a small flat here inside the apartment...no bees however!
DeleteThumbs up for the Good Hive mural
ReplyDeleteA good idea, well done!
DeleteThat's a beautiful background in the picture from Tai's hike.
ReplyDeleteThanks for noticing. They love going back country camping!
DeleteA besutiful tribute to the bees.
ReplyDeleteHow Zora must love those hiking trips! Wherever they are it's gorgeous! My oldest is hiking now in the Sierra Nevada range in Northern California, I think.
Wow, some beautiful county for your oldest! I do think Zora has a good life!
DeleteThe mural is fabulous! And isn't Zora a cutie-pie!
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