June 6th, 2010
by LaVonne
Just had to share my experience this week!
On my way to Bozeman, via Baxter Lane, I spotted a garage sale and had to stop. 
Inside the yard was a “free” sign offering a chicken coop and shed to give away if you haul them. The woman having the sale was a nice, young woman, but seemingly clueless on what WOTD are all about. (Not one of us, that’s for sure!) I thought she might need a quick lesson or some gentle coaxing. I asked her why she was getting rid of the two outbuildings and asked if she wouldn’t just rather get some baby chicks and have fresh eggs by fall? Her response was something about having just bleached the inside of the chicken coop because of little critters living inside the old thing. Then my hunch was I was possibly dealing with a germaphobe. As we walked over to the outbuildings she mumbled something about her 2 girls. I asked their ages and she said 3 and 7. My response was that her girls needed baby chicks! Then she admitted that it was their first experience with any acreage and there were just too many outbuildings on the property. (I wasn’t aware anyone could have too many outbuildings!) I urged her to reconsider because one day she might regret giving them away. Then she showed me the shed and I proclaimed, “Oh, the perfect spot for a goat!” (Lots of lush grass all around for them to eat too!) She laughed and asked me if I had goats too. The conversation went on a bit as we walked back to the drive way. I wished her well and went on my merry way, a bit saddened that she didn’t realize the gifts that came with the property.
Makes me wonder if I’d fully done my job as a WOTD!?
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May 27th, 2010
by LaVonne
It suddenly dawned on me that I have 5 days off in a row. I’ve been needing a vacation of sorts, so I can get some things done here. I really need to make the best of it and make some progress. That includes staying away from the computer, so I may be MIA for a few days.
I have lots to post, but I am not entirely happy with this new blog system, so I may start one with another host. I’ve got to relearn everything anyway, so I might as well relearn one I like.
I’ve got some website updating to do too, so I can’t get away from it completely.
LaVonne
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May 24th, 2010
by LaVonne
More like gray! I’ve come to dislike Mondays. They are a big let down for me and I think I am even a bit depressed on Mondays, if that’s possible to be selective about it!? There’s probably even an offical term for it. Blue Monday, perhaps?
Today is very gray and drizzly. Someone at the post office asked me how I liked living in Oregon! That’s what our weather’s been like, but tonight another winter storm warning.
I am mourning the loss of my old blog too. I love the header pics and the widget I had to see where everyone was logging in from. I haven’t had time to figure this blog out yet and see if I can add the widget here. I am sure all of my previous visitors from 42 different countries won’t show up and I will have to start all over.
Well, enough whining for one day.
The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within reach, is joy. Take joy.
— Fra Giovanni
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May 21st, 2010
by LaVonne
Gone and back again in the same day. That’s a farmer vacation!
The day started out with lots of plans of digging in the dirt and quickly changed. Wind and rain has a tendency to do that.
I’ve been wanting to go for a drive and just get away. It cleans the cobwebs from the brain to look at something different, so we took a little drive to Ennis. I wanted to stop in at Lexi’s Gallery over there. She has been working on this idea I had for a Woman of the Dirt lapel pin. She is a very talented artist and so is her husband. Lots of creative energy in that galley.
Then we followed her to her home and she showed me her green house. Amazing. She found it for sale after Y2K and got it for a huge bargain. The guy even put it up and made the wooden ends and installed windows for her. She currently has green tomatoes in it as well as strawberries. It’s so fun in this climate to walk into a green house right now. The buds on our trees are just popping.
After we left there we stopped at the LYS. You knitters and spinners will know what I mean, but for those of you who don’t do either, it stands for Local Yarn Shop. I had only heard about this shop and never been in, so I was happy to meet Christine Rogers at CReations Yarn Shop and let her know a bit about me. When she asked what kind of sheep I raise I told her I had one in the car! A sheep? Yes, the little bum lamb had been traveling with us all day. Quite contentedly, I might add. Once I brought him in, she didn’t want to let him go.
Christine will be moving her shop downtown soon and plans to sit outside and spin! That will be a great draw for customers!
It’s nice to get away, but it’s always nice to pull back into our driveway.
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May 20th, 2010
by LaVonne
That’s an easy answer! No!
I am the kind of person who likes things to remain the same. I have a difficult time with change. This new blog stuff will be a challenge for me, to say the least. I LOVED my old blog and now it’s gone. Bear with me while I try to figure all of this out.
LaVonne
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