I am posting this just after working all evening with my daughter, packing up the stones, writing and making thank you notes and about half way through I was thinking it would have been much easier in terms of posting them if I had not had a one stone limit per customer. In the past some wonderful people bought 5 stones at a time.
I do think it worked out better with so many new ( to me) customers soon to be happy covered stone owners.
I am tired and feeling a little like this lovely lady in one of my daughter's favorite paintings.
Which is why when we saw this poor star nosed mole in the garden pond my daughter immediately named her ophelia.
Tragic but very very beautiful.
Now I must get some sleep.
Oh Margie, it must be quite something to let your stones go. Like a little part of yourself. Do think to take care of yourself, OK ?
I thought this painting was made by John Everett Millais ... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia_(painting) ) but maybe I'm wrong.
Poor little mole, I'm too sensitive for such thing.
Going to my inlaws' for two days again, for some work done on our floors here. Will miss you. xoxoxox
Posted by: Sonia | July 15, 2009 at 02:49 AM
so sad :(
Posted by: rebekah | July 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM
I think the key to the posting issue may be to hire someone to do that task for you. One of your children, perhaps, or someone else... Then you can continue to bring joy (selling stones) to others but not having to be concerned about the "work" aspect of it all.
Posted by: Melissa R | July 15, 2009 at 06:47 PM
Oh dear. I am sorry for the little creature.
Feeling a bit blue and worn out around here, too, so I empathize with you. Off to get some sleep, I hope!
Posted by: Sarah | July 15, 2009 at 10:14 PM