Penned in precise and evenly lined sentences, a blank page near the middle of a slightly scuffed, top-grain leather journal is newly inscribed. If one were to flip past the filled pages to the very beginning, one would find the first page titled with: Bernie Tweed, Bree-land followed by a series of odd symbols.
7 Thrimidge
Home, Bree-land
√ Check well cover for vermin holes.
→ Queens need to be inspected. Suspect queen of hive #3 is aging, might need to rethroned before hive fails.
• Need fresh lot of honey jars, but supplier retired. Locate new craftsman.
√ Send letter to Sanders telling him his new caramel apple brew is delicious. Suggest he ship an extra crate as a friendly gesture, to patch things up.
º Word is, that festival is ending tomorrow.
≡ Fishing was good last eve, no trout caught but did land a plate-size perch. Lost my lucky bobber though, the last one pa ever made for me. Need to go back to the pond and look for it.
