Wasp Invasion

   There are wasps building nests everywhere this year. It's not unusual to find three nests in one day. Mostly they've been building in the barn which is awful because Mom and I go in there so often.

  They have nests in the worst places. I found a Yellow jacket's home in Mom's Rosemary plant when I was watering. That could have been bad; mom loves to walk up to the Rosemary plant and rub it to get the fragrance on her hands. I drowned them.
A couple of days ago Mom was waking along the fence line and found three different nests right next to each other.
  She got stung weeks ago when we were digging for metal pipes to use in the new chicken run and disturbed a large nest. It got her on the neck near her jugular while another went for her face. It's almost as if they know where to sting to cause the most pain. The one on her neck swelled up painfully. It took an application of Baking Soda mixed into a paste with water for it to go away.

I don't know how, but somehow my record of never being stung by a wasp still holds. Probably because I run away so fast. I don't know what's up, we've never had wasps around here this bad.

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Fire Storm Earrings

   I like to think of these as the Summer version of my Rain drop and Snow Flurries Earrings. The gold wires remind me of searing Summer rays and the red beads of embers from the wildfires that all too often accompany them.  I know Summer's almost over but considering the heat, listing this item now seemed fitting. This style is elegant yet Bohemian, classic yet modern and look great dressed up or down.

  
Lately, I've been trying to add more gold jewelry to my product line and these earrings fit the bill. They are made up of four small (6mm) sparkly, ruby red glass beads on four separate strands of curving gold plated copper wire. The ear wires are also gold plated copper. The entire piece measures 2 1/16" from the top of ear wire to the bottom of the longest bead line.
  
I had a 'helper' when I took these photos.


They cost $13 plus $2.50 shipping and are a great gift for yourself or some one who loves Summer or red and gold jewelry. See the listing here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/157564416/fire-storm-earrings

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My Shipping Process

Today, I thought I'd explain what happens when I get an order.

  First off I get really excited, dance around the room excited; then I go back to work. Once I'm done with my marketing work (Pintrest, Twitter, blogging, Facebook, stuff like that.) I put up my laptop and get to work on filling the order. I have to wait before I start an order, because when I don't (especial with a knitted piece) I make mistakes and have to start all over again.
  Once I've either finished making it or retrieved it from wherever I store it. I wrap it in tissue paper and write a thank you note. I stamp a purple bat under my signature on the note and slip it in a bubble mailer. Unless it's a Roxi Rabbit or a chick. Not that I've sold any chicks; which might be for the best, I've got a new style of feet I'm going to debut soon. I have one more chick to make for the photo. They actually have toes with this new design!
  But I digress, If it's one of the stuffed animals I wrap it in tissue paper and put it and the thank you note in a box.
  Whether it's in a box or an envelope I address it and stamp it with the purple bat stamp several times. (I really like that stamp.) I'll usually have some reason to go into town within the next couple of days of a sale, but if not I make a special trip to Post Office in Needville or Beasley.

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Update: chicks, plumeria, and a sale

   I told you I'd tell you more about Amy and her four babies today and show you more pictures. It's been seven days and the chicks have started to get their wing feathers. We haven't named them yet.
  Amy is very over protective of her babies and a bit feather-brained. She almost killed one of the little black and yellow/white chicks I think she smashed it with the nest we gave her. I didn't see what happed; I just noticed Amy was looking agitated and there was a lot of noise coming out of the pen. And found the youngest black chick pined between the back wall and the nest looking dazed. I picked up the chick so it would get stumped and after a few minutes it perked up. AKA, started being able to hold it's head up. Periodically, the chick would peep and Amy would try to attack me, again. As I had been the one to hurt it. She pecked me pretty good as I reached in to grab the chick. And that's why she no long has a nest.
For some reason chickens hate cameras.

  We ended up putting her in the broody pen and Mohawk and her babies in the cages in one of the barn's lean-tos. Mohawk started acting anxious and attacking her kids (which was weird because she was almost more protective of them then before, like "Only I may kill my children.") We let her back out with the other girls. She seems happier, now. We left her babies are in the cages, because we don't know if they're boys or girls. I think Little Bit's a boy. But Opossum and Handful look like girls. Fingers crossed.

  Mom made a lei out of flowers from the Plumeria. It smells wonderful.

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