The Sunday Evening Post

So, where were we?  I think we left off where I was crazy-busy and did not even have time to leave a proper post as I was preparing for the farmer’s market.   The farmer’s market.  There we are.

I had a ton of fun on Saturday morning with my mom.  Yes indeed.  It was a slow day for shopping as far as I could tell.  Last week I sold two pins in the one short hour I was there.  Yesterday I was there for 3 hours and did not sell anything.  I did, however, have some interest, and my mom tells me to just be patient, that it’s certainly an up and down thing and it just takes time.   I actually got questions about my dress more than anything!  Several ladies said they loved it and wondered where it came from. 

Did I dare tell them?  G.W. Boutique?

Yeah.  I told them.  Goodwill.  It’s my favorite place to shop!

It’s because I can’t find anything I like in regular stores.  Seems everything is too short, or too cheaply made, or way out of my price range, or too wild.  I find really unusual things at Goodwill:  handmade things, one-of-a-kind things, or, like this dress, something that is just sweet and simple.  In this case, it is something that is cool in the summertime.

Pokeweed and phlox grow together in the little wild garden. (I’m sorry, Mom.)

I came home just in time on Saturday to sit down at my work desk and type for 8 hours.  Whew.  It makes for a long day, but the first part is so happy for me, it makes the second part happier!  I know that will make sense to you.  And it makes Fridays easier somehow.  It makes me want to get my Friday work day done because I have Saturday morning with my mom to look foward to!

This afternoon I finally had a few moments to go outside and look around the yard.  There were a dozen or so drunken bees hanging out on the sunflowers.  I love the bees.  The carpenter bees get so mesmerized that you can actually touch them.  As a general rule, though, I try to just leave them alone and let them enjoy their world.

I am writing things in my planner tonight and doing some light straightening around the house to get ready for the week.  I hope to put the shirt on the little girl doll who will be holding a goat.  More on her later.

Life sure is busy.

PS — And look at the dress, not me!  I am wilted and tired from the heat and the farmer’s market.  It’s the dress I wanted to show you.