this month is always lunatic, filled with as many "must do" events as december. upped the ante this year, with our participation in the village market at southampton station.
our debut "market day" was may 14, with the next one this saturday.
we kept our opening day to the barest minimum - just showed off john's artwork, along with using chocolate-covered strawberries & oreos (a mega hit with the guys) as fund-raiser for kitty cottage. all went remarkable well, in spite of the overcast skies & really chilly temperatures (i wore my wool shawl to keep warm; john headed back home for his green jersey jacket). in spite of baking scores of crackers, set them aside for the time being.
this weekend, we'll spotlight john's artwork, my crackers AND the fehon's "bill's best bbq sauce" - will make the space, as giving them as much exposure (they're at glenside market every sat, same hours) as possible for their brand new product. my hope - but not a necessity - is to have hand mixed rubbing spices to sell, too. will also offer a $1 goodie to raise funds for kitty cottage (will do throughout market); will, at the very least, get in the seasonings from penzey's.
at our debut, it dawned on me that our canopy's struts are made of aluminum, which takes magnets. i made up a bunch of holders for promoting things of interest, at least to me ~ bats & the furniture lady, creative links du jour, "one ocean-many shores", kitty cottage, 2 keets in the kitten, smart-tay part-tay, we love our vet and john's website/my blogs. and i made two - "our story" and "what is the association for frontotemporal degeneration" for diane to use for the newspaper article about "bill's best" and info about the genetic disorder. they were my very own idea - didn't see it anywhere or adapt a similar idea. just came to me, unasked but very welcome.
it's beyond cool that john & i have, in the space of a vendor's spot, the opportunity to manifest our talents & interests. and that the event is being organized by a group of life activists from bryn gwelyd. it feels like the spot i've actively craved for 35 years (and probably forever on an unconscious level) has presented itself. all of my entities - and spotlighting john - in one spot. pretty awesome.
one of my blogs is called mise en place - "everything in its place." looking at where i am, what i am doing, what stretches in front of me awaiting my focused attentions, i realize how mise en place, the sweet spot i longed to experience, surrounds & uplifts me.
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