my business, my blog, my island life
Dear friends and customers, belated New Year’s greetings to you. This is just a short note to inform you of the poignant time my family is living through and how my small business will be affected in the near term. In early November, my father fell sending him into a rapid health decline and my family into full crisis mode….
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Warm greetings to you. Here we are, Thanksgiving is next week. I started readying my shop earlier than usual this autumn, blending the seasonal teas, making soaps, pouring balms, and even making beeswax candles. There have been many sweet hours of creativity. It is such a lovely thing to have a small business in which I can employ my head,…
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November comesAnd November goes,With the last red berriesAnd the first white snows. With night coming early,And dawn coming late,And ice in the bucketAnd frost by the gate. The fires burnAnd the kettles sing,And earth sinks to restUntil next spring~Clyde Watson The days of October slipped by as they so often do with many days of warm sunshine punctuated by a…
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What a beautiful day it is here on Whidbey, with summer warmth in the sunshine, and hints of autumn in the shade and the breeze. My gardens are still bursting with flowers, vegetables and herbs; but I have picked the first orange sugar pumpkins, field grasses are golden, and finches and pine siskins are delighted with my inability to keep…
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