Last weekend, Maggie and I went to the Sauder Village Fiber Fest. We met up with our friend Jess and then walked around the show and then went into the village as well! Just a lovely afternoon for sure! Maggie wanted to go to learn about the various fiber tools and such that folks might have had. I will admit, it was a little on the low showing, attendance and vendor-wise. Still, we had a nice time and talked with a lot of nice people. Maggie found a new friend in a local woodworker of renown, Ed Rowe… he does a lot of restoration work on old spinning wheels and looms and also makes new tools and parts. They talked for a good long time! Such a nice man. It was sure nice to get out and walk around, even if my dang back was killing me! (Apparently, I had pinched a nerve in my lower back! Ended up at the chiropractor for the first time in my life and he relieved the pain in just two visits! Amazing! ) Needless to say, it was a cool day and we did enjoy it!
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For some time now, Jessy has been wanting to start a gallery collection of beautiful one of a kind specimens for her customers to look through and purchase. Reasonable in cost and really nice specimens to get kids going on nice adult collections! She has quite a few beautiful specimens that she’s collected through the years, but just never really knew how to display and offer them for sale. And then she decided to open her Etsy shop! It’s a perfect match for minerals for sale and her desire to make them affordable and available to younger collectors.
So last week or two, she has been photographing and cataloging the various offerings and creating listings. Her shop looks great. She is adding things often.
Be sure to take a look if you have a rock crazy kid in your family! There are some really neat things in there.
Here is her shop link…
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DragonMtTreasures?ref=ss_profile
If you have a mobile device, you can search Etsy.com for DragonMTTreasures… and her shop will come up.
And if you use this coupon code… you can get a little money off your purchase! (shhh…. don’t tell her I put this here! 
Just type in GEOKID in the coupon code box on the order form! Good for 10% off.
As the seasons turn to fall, its time to let the clean up crew into the garden to tidy up for winter. This year, they have to be supervised, however, because we still have pumpkins growing on the vine as well as our delicate little fruit bushes, grapes and raspberries. So I decided to take Evee, our Australian Shepherd, in with me for a little garden party.
For the most part, the critters behaved. Until they caught wind of the pumpkins! The goats were the naughty ones, of course. Evee did a VERY good job of protecting the gourds! Once she realized they were important, she really stepped up to the plate. In the end, one of them was broken into and so I gave it to the hogs as a treat. (I wasn’t about to reward those that damaged it!)
I also harvested all the big sunflower heads to dry and store for the winter, for the chickens. Something for them to do to prevent boredom. Picking at the heads, one or two at a time, will give them an activity as well as some extra protein to help keep the cold at bay.
Speaking of cold… whooeee! Chores this morning were VERY brisk. I was thinking that gloves might have been in order, my hands got very cold. Being the first of October, I guess we are heading into that time now. Cold!!! Jess helped me remove the air conditioner from my bedroom window… the night before, it felt like I had left the window open with all the cold air coming in the vents. Now it’s nice and tidy in there, so I’m not as worried.
I’m really looking forward to the winter this year. With all the insulation work that was done last year and our new furnace, we should have the first cozy winter ever here at the ranch. I like the winter, when you can come in from the cold and have a warm place to craft and write and just be away from the cold. But the last four years have been difficult and miserable with our various heating issues. Here’s to year five being finally under control!!!
Stay tuned for more posts… promise to be a little more active. Sometimes, I’m just not sure what to write about, and then life gets in the way! But I miss writing and I figure if I’m boring you, you will just not read.
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