I was up early this morning. Dogs, sheep, horses and shepherds don't understand daylight savings/wasting time. I decided to go organize my Christmas card stock and make up some individual year packets I was low on.
I don't sell a lot of cards anymore. I think mostly because I'm not setting up at the big Wool Festival in Falmouth, but also, sadly, I don't think people send cards like they used to. I love getting cards. I love sending cards. Yes, I will be painting a card this year. It's just going to be a little different ;-).
As I noted my inventory, there were two years I felt were getting too low. I wrote out a "purchase order" (aka note to Tim on the back of a used envelope) and realized this would probably be the last time he'd need to print cards for me. I took it kind of hard.
I then walked outside as the sun was rising and it felt like spring and there were birds singing that I don't think should be here, and the lilac bush is blooming again (fourth time this year) and I saw a group of Bradford pears blooming the other day...and it's November.
There's a lot going on these days. A lot that feels very heavy, personally, nationally and globally. My horse is lame, my sheep are getting old, the planet is on fire. Bea and I headed out for a walk and I caught myself noticing trash on the side of the road rather than the beautiful leaves, green moss on a decaying tree trunk, the scuttle of little creatures.
Time to git yer head on straight!
A bit later I was poking around the Wool House looking for some tasty greens for Pinot and I spotted a tiny dot of color. "Now what's blooming that shouldn't be?!?"
(head. straight.)
3 comments:
I still send out cards, seems like mostly sympathy cards these day:( Yes look for the Zinnias and other blooms that went crazy this year...around here Lilacs blooming twice.
I send out cards to let people know I am thinking of them. I wish I got them in the mail-it is always nice to get a note or two but no one else I know does them.
I canNOT wrap my head around quad-blooming lilacs and twice-blooming Bradford pears – or miniscule zinnia! Our weather this year has been more 'normal' than any recent memory; that in itself seems unusual given the prevalence of UNusual weather throughout the world. I would love to send cards, but struggle to formulate a decent letter given the less than ideal circumstances in our life right now (I can't just sign a card). I save all your cards!
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