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Mid August prep for Christmas is in full gear!
Christmas is just around the corner! I know, I know, you are saying that just isn't so let's do the math... 1/2 or August is gone already. It's the 14th today. Which means we have Sept, Oct, Nov and December. That was only 4 months friends. We are almost on the last 1/3 of the year. So yes, Christmas is just about here, especially this year when I am potentially starting my Fall/Christmas markets as early as the first of October. So the past few weeks have been ordering and waiting on new supplies to arrive and as they arrive...
Hello August!
Summer Farmers Markets in full swing! And just like that, July Farmers Markets are done. Time sure flies, doesn't it? July was a month with some learning curves to it. You truly don't appreciate the sun without the rain, metaphorically speaking as I do really enjoy the rain. August will see me on Salt Spring Island every Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm. For those who know the work involved with a market, I'm at the market from 7 am to 4 pm. I think it gives appreciation for what exactly goes into a market for the vendors as...
It's always been about scent and design!
July 2023 marked the 22nd Anniversary of my first year of making candles! It's true! On July 15, 2001, I made my very first votive on my farm. I was making purely for myself because when one lives on a farm, there are certain farm smells that one wishes to distance themselves from. I loved my horses but they do tend to take over in the scent department. It didn't take me long to go from a plain and ordinary candle to creating colors and designs with techniques that I learnt either through trial and error or through early tutorials...
The last week of July making me feel like home!
A rainy day in BC! Hello and greetings from Salt Spring Island. It is finally raining a little bit. The last rain day here was June 10th. That's about a month and a half ago. I knew the summers here would be warm and dry but I don't remember it being quite so rain free completely. None the less, it finally feels like living in BC....just that nice, even, soft rain that we rarely got on the prairies. I LOVE it! It feels like how I remember Vancouver being and all the happy vibes of that just makes me very,...
It's mid July already!
Greetings friends from Salt Spring Island Ganges Harbour! This is my view almost every Saturday morning. It truly is amazing and there is always something (or someone) new to see out in the water. They must have incredible eyesight because I look at that water and see absolutely zero fish swimming about. Yet, they come up with fish intermittently and enjoy breakfast as I set up my tent at the Salt Spring Farmers Market. The locals are so used to the harbour that they really are immune to the beauty and charm of it all. 50 plus years of cold...