How did May get here so fast?!?! I have to keep checking the calendar because last night we had temps in the 20's!!! Hopefully, the blueberries will still produce since Wayne covered them with a tarp, but only time will tell for the peaches and apples.
The past month has been filled with rushing...to learn everything I could from my boss who retired after 35 years of service to the Town...to get things to a point where I could run up to Maine for a long weekend before my boss retired...to get a quilt made for the retirement party...to get kids to dental appointments, Wayne to doctor appointments, and kids to music lessons/therapy sessions. Thankfully, my new boss is wonderful to work with and together we'll get through this adjustment period--laughing and teasing each other all the way. Now that I'm not rushing quite as much , I'm trying to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing!
The alpacas were sheared on the 4th. The sheep get sheared this Saturday. I'll have all sorts of fiber to play with! I picked up a loom while in Maine and hope to get that set up soon. Marc wants to learn to weave and I'm eager to learn myself. I've played around with smaller looms, but have not dived in with 'both feet' (or hands in this case).
Marc is scheduled to restart his blacksmith lessons next week. He's been working on making aluminum hooks over the winter. Our neighbor gave us a 12' x 12' building to set up his smithy. We want to move it to the end of the garden so Wayne can have a greenhouse set up off one side of the building.
Our seedlings are doing well, but tomorrow I need to go through the rest of the seeds and finish starting any 'indoor' plantings. The peas are in the garden and showing a few leaves.
We're still at a standstill with the shop. Wayne and Rachael manned a tent in the village on Saturday for several hours with no sales. Several people stopped by to say how much they missed the shop, but after 4 hours with no sales, they closed up the tent and came home. We're still praying about the future of the Artisan Guild. In the meantime, since we're not under pressure to keep inventory up, we've been able to pursue some other artistic interests (i.e. the weaving and Wayne redesigning his cut glass worktable) and slowly build up an inventory for the future.
Half way through May--unbelievable! Jonathan is counting down until the 21st--his 10th birthday--that seems unbelievable, too.
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well.. I'm not nearly as busy as you are and I feel the same way about May.. suddenly it seems like "everything" needs to be done, planted, cleaned up... etc. etc. etc... but we had a good time together!!!! hugs to all..
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