February 1, 2008
the farm update
High Button Shoe
Good morning!
..however by the time this
gets mailed to you, I have my doubts it will be morning yet, but rather
perhaps in early afternoon. And that is if all goes well. You know, of
course, of my ritual of Plan A, that quickly races to Plan Q in the blink
of an eye, a telephone call, or just normal events of the day. Any
thoughts of organized days are often met with resistance, whether it be on
my part or completely out of my control. Today is snowing and the road is
yet to be plowed from the storms of earlier this week when schools all
around were closed..so that means me, the red wool hat and the snow shovel
have a date for sometime today. Yesterday mornings shoveling event took a
while after the night before snowfall. I made wide paths and completely
shoveled off the country porch that fronts the entire south side of the
farmhouse. That took a beating in the snowfall and was almost knee deep in
front of the living room windows. Were I to listen to the other half of
this household, which we all know I generally don't, I wouldn't have so
much 'stuff' ( I believe he uses another term..) sitting all over the
porch and it would be easier to keep free of snow. I, of course, ignore
him. Besides I am the one doing the shoveling here. He is the master of
the snowplow and keeps us, Beu, often son Steve, and the other neighbor
plowed out after each snowfall. If you see him thru the plow vehicle
window, he has a full grin under that moustache the entire time he plows.
According to something I read
the other day, we are in the 'dead of winter'. That, they said, was the
days between mid January and the first weeks of February. Thinking that an
odd way to phrase it...first weeks of February..as wouldn't that be simply
MID February, so it would be a month. And the dead of winter is an
accurate term I do believe. It is too icy to walk the road and sometimes
even the yard. Parking lots and roads are a nightmare to drive. It has
been bitter cold here. But the term dead of winter always meant the full
first two months of the year to me. January and February, if you are not
new to my newsletters, are my self described 'self-destruct' months. With
tax preparation looming ahead of me in about a week (yegads!) and the
always WHAT am I going to do with my hair???. Apparently housebound more
than usual in those two months, or with that nasty old red wool hat I wear
in winter weather, I get a look occasionally of myself in the mirror and
it becomes quickly obvious that I haven't had a haircut in a while. BUT I
did get a hair cut last August so that isn't the problem this year. It is
the color. Thinking maybe I would not color it (what was I thinking?) as I
have done for many years and see what the natural color is.. I find that
while many women PAY to have those many colors of hair in their do's, I am
not finding it so attractive on mine. And many colors it is. And in the
streaks those other women pay for too.
The problem is..I had a
routine to color my hair at the old house. Did it the same way every time
for years. The farmhouse does not have a tub. We have a huge walk-in
shower. A clean one. And my kitchen sink is big and deep enough to rinse
the color out BUT it has wood walls above and around it. If it splashed, I
would have L'Oreal color on the walls. And I know from the tub rinsing, it
does splash. SO, I do believe I will wander over to the old house one day,
with my coloring kit, preferably when the house is empty and color my
hair. For you who didn't know, Beulah and family live in the house. So it
isn't like I am breaking in to a strangers house.
January, while it sped by, was
filled with changes for me. Knowing, as you do, I am not computer
literate, and can't read instructions, patterns or manuals, I did finally
get the newsletter and ISP problems solved but only after 2 weeks of major
irritation and thick clouds of bad thoughts. And I did decide to let the
smart alec ISP tech out of the chicken coop where I had him locked up. And
gave up on throwing the computer out in the snowbank. BUT I do reserve the
right to reconsider that toss, at any time. Are you ready? I
learned how to build a website. I know. I wouldn't have believed
it either. Well, I suppose, if the truth was to be know, I didn't start
from scratch. But I printed off 8 pages of 'how to', highlighted the
really important stuff in yellow marker, made a huge pot of coffee (off
chocolate and red licorice, now, you remember.), and studied my notes.
Remembering to breath, clutching my pounding goose-egg and equally
pounding heart, I tackled it.
I wanted to do this
without having Beulah have to help me or as most times simply do it all
for me. I did require the help of the host site, on more than ONE
occasion, but they were always willing to help me and while they
probably realized my idiot status right off the bat, they never mentioned
it, but rather, patiently continued to help me. So having said all that..
I am on a new Primitive Website as of this morning.
www.lemonpoppyseeds.com
That will take you to the
entire directory of exhibits.
You can find all the
places we are listing on our website homepage
http://www.highbuttonshoe.net/itemson.htm
. 'New Sites' icon. Lemon Poppy Seeds debuted today! And Simply Primitives
has their 1st of the month release today too.
www.simplyprimitives.com . And while I
have the 15th of the month release at
www.theprimitivegathering.com goodest
chum Miss Elspeth (Wendy) of PineBerryLane joined PG for their 1st of the
month release today. So check her out. Her work is always extra special.
Special note of interest to me and others. Deena Warner, the host owner of
PrimitiveGathering is in the throws of cancer treatment and is to begin
chemo today. She has very serious cancer in her bones, ribs and adrenals
after having breast cancer surgery in December. She is stage 4. If you are
a person who prays, please pray for her.
I would love it if you would
take a look at our work! We have added more pictures to the farmhouse CD
available on the website and LemonPoppySeeds. We just added new cards..The
Cherished Items cards to the website and I LOVE them. They are crisp clear
photographs of some of my things. They make great everyday greeting cards.
5 for $12 includes shipping.
And we have the Easter Grass 2
bags $9 with $6 shipping. Great stuff! Makes your spring baskets, bowls,
or treenware displays look great.
AND if that wasn't enough, we
are also another place. But I got a tad too cocky here and don't know how
to get into that place. I know. Big smile.
The link is in a block on the
bottom of our homepage. It is countrycraftshowonline. Click on that. There
is where my dunce cap comes on over my red wood hat. I don't know how to
go any further.
But I will send you my link to
my booth
As a special to get you to go
into this new place, I am offering my newsletter mailing list an
introductory offer of 15% off the list price of the antiques shown in the
month of February. Shipping is calculated on box size, weight and your
zipcode. Items are one of a kind, and the first email I receive is the
first buyer. We accept paypal, money orders and checks.
Thanks for asking to be a part
of the farm
and the farm update.
Should you decide not to, let
me know.
in fond regard,
Tilda, aging computer geru
wild with a snow shovel
need a new hat
and did I mention 'hate
winter'?