Isn't it amazing how everything seems to change with the vernal equinox? As I have touched base with friends and family across the country, even those with snow still on the ground express their joy and anticipation for spring to come. Most of us have plans for gardens, projects, even trips and looking ahead to summer. Something about the days lengthening, the weather warming (most days!), and the spectre of school ending seems to trigger all kinds of emotions!
Of course, I have my share of plans, too. Seedlings in the laundry room are growing already. We had our first yard sale this weekend, despite the 20% chance of showers. What we actually got were three brief BB size hail storms; not enough to close things down, but I was praying really hard that they would pass and the sun would come out! Thankfully, that's exactly what happened.
Had a hard time with our last "customer". His wife had sent him to look at a woodstove we have for sale. He showed up, talked me down in price, then said he had to go home for his cash. Thirty minutes later he comes back with a friend in tow, and they inspect the stove all over again. He's relying on the friends' counsel, and to me, it doesn't look good. I had told another gentleman after he had gone for his money that the stove was sold; could have had a sale right then and there. So after these guys look it over, I am told he has to think about it "for a few minutes" and will be back. About this time I am really angry- for the waits, that he hasn't followed through, and that I sent another potential customer away. Of course, he has not returned, and I am pretty sure his friend talked him out of buying the stove. Am going to put it online for sale; we need to move it.
We are planning on having a yard sale every month through the summer. There is a lot of stuff waiting to be sorted through and dealt with. Yard sales are very popular here; the same people always show in the first moments of the first day. It's like watching reunions in your front yard while they greet each other and compare notes! Some of them get picky about what you have, and what condition it's in, and especially, how much you think it is worth. I am pretty hardened to that stuff; have taken to just refusing the "pennies on the dollar" offers. Most of my items sell, so I don't worry about it too much.
Spring has sprung, and so we are rejoicing in the promise of warmer weather and all the things we have planned to do. I am getting a few chicks to add to the flock, and we've been offered some bunnies to "naturalize" out in the chicken area. They have the back quarter of the property. We were advised that the bunnies could live under our rock pile, where they will burrow and live as they would naturally. I'll provide hay and leftovers to keep them healthy. It should be interesting to see how the two species get along together; chickens are up all day and sleep at night, and the bunnies, of course, are nocturnal. I am hoping that allows them to inhabit the same space.
My year rolls along pretty much in the same pattern. I'm not really big on change. I like predictability, and I like that people can count on me to do the things I do. But somehow, in the Spring, I am open to new ideas and projects and the promise of how they will develop over the Summer. I don't feel that way in the Fall, when I have worked all summer and am still harvesting and preserving. In the Winter, I'm not inclined at all to embark on new projects; I simply want to hibernate and read until the cold subsides! This year I have already had a number of changes, and I am still settling into new roles and responsibilities, so perhaps that is why Spring has come early for me. I really am looking forward to the new path my life is taking, even amidst the normal things that I continue to do. I am grateful for my readership and hope you'll enjoy having a peek into my life! Share your own thoughts and experiences, and we'll learn and grow together.
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