Monday, May 05, 2008

Jacksonville Celebrities

The bees and Julian Wooten.

This is as close to celebrities as we're gonna get... Julian is a beekeeper who was hired to train Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, and Tristan Wilds how to be beekeepers themselves for their upcoming movie The Secret Life of Bees (based on the book which I loved).

He uses bees to pollinate his acres of strawberry plants, blueberry bushes, and other plants. The guy loves bees. It's hot.

We went there for a preschool field trip today. Here's Owen and his church/preschool friend, the one and only Emily Cox. She cracks me up. Owen picked a couple of strawberries, didn't want to eat any (cause they're too hairy), and then was too tired to move. But I had fun!


7 comments:

Rachel said...

i just read that book! i really liked it! hope the movie doesn't ruin it. so owen has a girlfriend? she is pretty cute! i wanna go to strawberry fields!

Katie said...

That's pretty cool!

Phil and Stacie said...

Wow--Those strawberry plants put mine to shame! How fun, and beautiful, and green.... If only I didn't live in dry, barren AZ =(

Aric and Sally said...

we went to the strawberry farm yesterday - yum. Glad you had a fun time.
Emily sure knows how to pose for a picture - she cracks me up too.

Torgersons said...

You're famous now that you know an infamous beekeeper! I can only hope my boys will be as cute as yours! They're literally the cutest little boys of all time!

KatieJ said...

Those pictures are great- they make a cute couple!

bkbills said...

You can honestly say that you liked "The Secret Life of Bees?" That book was weird. Especially that whole religion with rubbing honey on a statue...But the pictures are really cool! You have a cute little boy there!