Lee Mann

11/23/2024

Weekend escape at the cabin 🌲 Nothing beats a little forest hideaway and some time to just be together.

11/23/2024

Finding beauty in the quiet moments 🌾✨ There’s something magical about being surrounded by nature. 🍂💛

11/07/2024

Guess who's back?!

Give me a follow over on Instagram to see what I am getting up to! https://www.instagram.com/leemannproductions/

Golden hour magic with Kristen Renée ✨ Fernwood Hills

02/06/2019

Stories of learning, not just of success. I spoke too soon! This morning after a couple days of bone-chilling low temps, I decided it would be a good idea to check on some of my beehives. I went from one hive to the next listening, for a low hum of the bees deep inside the hives.

There was one I had been concerned about the last time I did the rounds and I paid some close attention to it this time. I listened in close, heard nothing, blew in the entrance of the hive the warm air normally sturs up the bees if they are extra cold and docile, again nothing. My heart sank as I waited for any sounds before deciding to open the hive up.

I grabbed a stick from a nearby branch and poked it in the lower entrance of the hive, sure enough as I expected thousands of dead bees on the bottom of the hive.

There are many factors that could be the cause of this hives death, lack of stores, mites, small cluster going into winter, etc etc, but one I am sure is my lack of skills as a beekeeper.

To be honest, I am not that great of a beekeeper, I know a lot sure, but beekeeping requires lots of detailed planning, something that is not my strongest skill set. Feeding, wrapping hives, treating, and doing this for every single one, I am learning to adapt to my working style to better care for the bees but I am a slow learner, unfortunately too slow for these bees. With each loss, and there are many losses, I learn more about what I could have done better, how I can improve and ways that I can work that better suite what the bees require of me.

Even in death, the bees are still teaching me. Thanks for all the life lessons.

Always learn, always grow, always do better.

01/25/2019

Today I did something I have not for many years, something I have come to miss without really knowing it till lately. It has been a long time since I last posted a "blog" or told any kind of story with photos, but this morning I changed that.

It was the coldest day of the year so far this morning, but today my love for capturing images and telling visual stories was greater than the fear of frostbite!

A simple little "story" set I took this morning while snow blowing in -20c, storytelling with photos or video was always what I loved the most. And I missed it, more than I knew.

I am not back by any means still a long way to go, and I am a different person with a totally new perspective on life, and I hope this over time can reflect in the photos I capture and the stories I tell.

I am happy, motivated to be better, maybe to the skill level I once had. and maybe beyond, but at least the best I can be, and to try and help others wherever I can find that passion for things they love as well.

Those are the stories I want to tell.

Though clearly my skills are not what they once were just a few short years ago, and far from where I would like them to be going forward. I have to start somewhere with some small step.
Hope you enjoy these and are staying warm this evening!

11/08/2018

Some of you may know but most may not. A while back I started a podcast to connect and share ideas.

It started mostly as a entrepreneurship podcast but I have found myself learning from so many people that it is more about sharing the interesting and insightful conversations I have with so many different people from all walks of life. Those that believe we can always learn, always grow, and always do better.

I will be sharing episodes on here from time to time. I love to connect with others and hope to do lots more of these.

I am still learning and am in no way an expert or will be but I am willing to try my best. I hope I can provide others with a little positivity and value through this content :)

For me life is about growth. This podcast is a way to connect with others, share ideas and learn how we can do better. Each day to become a better version of ourselves and to strive to positively imp

10/30/2018

Going to be trying something a little different going forward for some of my posts. A photo is worth a 1000 words? Well maybe a few more that might hit home with some people. Story telling or truth telling or my discovery through failure, always learn, always grow, always do better!

10/29/2018

Problems are inevitable, I believe ALL problems are solvable. Our knowledge is the limiting factor, not that the problem is unsolvable.

08/04/2018

Storms bubble up over Southern Ontario as the heat pushes into the high 30s and the humidity skyrockets, decent energy and perfect recipe for severe thunderstorms! This cell moves NNE into the west side of .

07/11/2018

The Queen is in town! Midland Ontario that is and this is Tammy the queen of buttertarts! She is the owner of The Queens Tarts, busy at this years she holds a sample of some of her tarts that had people lined up for a block to get their hands on!