Abundance…

Goodness, it’s been a crazy fall! I just realized it’s been nearly a month since our last blog post! Falling down on the job, I guess! (Or maybe just too busy at the job to have anything in my brain besides schnibbles!)

Let’s just say we’ve had an abundant autumn… in more ways than one! Lots of work to do, lots of places to go, and lots of wonderful people to see. A “great plenty” of blessings! And we’re looking forward to a very wonderful November… our sweet daughter Jo, our son-in-love Luke, and our dear little Grandboys will be visiting! And then it’ll be Thanksgiving and Christmas before we know it! Time sure does fly, doesn’t it!

We’re moving right along with Fall things… I’ve been wandering through punkin’ patches…

…chasing after turkeys (we seem to have an abundance of “Turkeys” around here!)…

… planning a feast with the Pilgrims & Indians…

… and generally living life abundantly!

I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly.
~John 10:10~

And we’re headed to Smith’s Fort Plantation this weekend… see you there!

Home again, home again, jiggety jig!

We returned home today from Mount Vernon’s Colonial Crafts Fair, and had a wonderful weekend! The weather was much more cooperative than last weekend’s… not a single drop of rain! There were so many wonderful crafts, fun entertainment, talented musicians, and we especially enjoyed the Virginia hospitality!

When we pulled into the driveway, we were greeted by freshly washed clothes hanging on the line, a “Welcome Home!” note on the door, fresh flowers on the table, and new homemade curtains… Somebunny had been busy… and somehow managed to hide those curtains from me as she was sewing them! Thanks Kate!

And… tomorrow at noon, American Folk Art is updating it’s theme! Head on over there to see some pumpkin-inspired folk art!

Rain, Rain, Go Away…

Well, we’ve pretty much had a monsoon the last day or so. And lots of gray & drizzly before that. I don’t mind, really, because we’ve had plenty to do inside this week, and the store has been BUSY since we opened! But, Hay Creek was cancelled for today, so we’re leaving today instead of yesterday. (Which gave us more time to get more things in frames!)

We’ve had a grand time with our new fall designs… and just updated the Current Designs Page with a few things! Keep an eye there, as we add designs, and also on the Gallery. We’ll be moving a lot of designs over there, just so you can see them. It’s going to be pretty much impossible to keep a currently available list on the website for the next couple of months, but if you see something, we just might have it in stock… or we’ll be glad to make it for you if not!

Hope you all have a honey-drenched (instead of rain-soaked!) weekend!

In Celebration of September…

In honor of today being the first of September, it was wondrously cool here in Delaware. In the 70’s all day, beautiful blue skies, and a soft breeze. I am ready for fall to get here for good. Really ready. Beyond ready. Can you tell I love fall?

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry’s cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I’ll put a trinket on.

~Emily Dickinson~

It’s still a few more weeks until it’s officially my favorite time of year, but one has got to be in the proper frame of mind to carve pumpkins out of paper! A cool day was just what I needed…

I’ve not been very wordy lately… maybe thinking in pictures instead of words as we’re hitting the “get-ready-for-the-shows” crunch? Lots of new things are starting to find their way into frames, though, and I’ll try to post some pictures as they get finished up! Our first show this year is the Hay Creek Festival… it’s a wonderful mix of history, folk crafts, iron working, steam & gas, music, and really really really good things to eat. (Hubby and I eat Chicken Bot Boi every day while we’re there. Sometimes twice a day. We’re usually first in line asking when it will be ready.) If you can make it, stop by our booth and say “hello!”… we’ll be up on the hill!

Wishing you all a great September!

When the frost is on the punkin…

Don’t you just love that poem by James Whitcomb Riley? It’s one of my favorites! Even though it’s still summertime outside, Fall is beginning to show itself! We’ve had a couple of chilly nights and “September Sky days”… big white puffy clouds floating on a clear blue background. It just feels like school should be starting soon. (Yes, even though we homeschooled for 14 years, there’s still something in me that loves back-to-school sales and shiny yellow buses!) Anyway, in honor of Autumn, we finally got some of those punkins in frames and are putting them up on the website! (I’ll link it as soon as we get them on!) Here’s one…

And lookie… I got myself a timer! We’re really moving up in the technological world now!