Last minute scramble, a successful craft fair and MOHS

(Haha - did I fool you with the header? Just had to show off my banner.)

We've definitely gotten into the groove back home here and are enjoying some cooler fall weather this week. I've spent some time being productive in the kitchen, making and baking, and have stashed a fair bit in the freezer for coming days when I'm feeling lazy or are too busy to cook. Stuffed peppers was one thing I made with enough filling left over for a few burritos - win, win.

Too busy to cook is how it was leading up to the Mandarin Garden Club Craft Fair. I was in overdrive making up 'Bobby-Dazzlers' in various sizes and price ranges to add to my stock so if I had a really good day I wouldn't run out.

A small sample of some Bobby-Dazzlers

I'll admit to being kind of stressed-out with this being my first solo show. You might remember last fall I shared a booth with my neighbor, (I only had my trivets for that show). Her booth was an inside space but this one was an outside space. I was borrowing her pop-up tent and furnishing it, which was a much bigger deal for me. 😲 Going to all the trouble to set up and stage a booth, making & bringing all the inventory ~ a sure recipe for a big bite in the butt by Murphy's Law. Sure enough it rained (hard) during set up, the tent didn't have side panels although I did have a plastic dropcloth for one side. Well, I was one wet duckling, however, the rain didn't last long, my stuff didn't get too wet and I dried out too.

It was a great day, very successful and encouraging. 🤩🥳 I was one beat-up tired little lady by the time I packed it in and packed it up. Being on my feet all day was hard, but it was much easier to engage with potential customers than I expected ~ my chit-chatty skills are a bit rusty but serviceable. I expect I'll to try to find a few more laid-back venues around town at which to sell my wares.

A so-so shot of the booth

One fun thing I did was to have lunch with my friend Nancy. She was headed to Europe for a river cruise and to spend some time in Paris, but we managed to get together at the Green Papaya. What a fun atmosphere, very snazzy, stylish & sparkly, plus a serving robot brings the food out for the server. Cool, I'd never seen that before.

Serving Robot

Halloween Deco in full swing

And finally, I had to have MOHS surgery to remove a spot of skin cancer (BCC) from my scalp. What a weird feeling when they put the sutures in and then pull them tight like lacing up a corset or something - whew! So that's taken care of, make it #5 for my face/head. (Years of sailing in the Caribbean (or living in FL) will do it to you - I see plenty of walking wounded around here, lol.

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PS. I read in another person's blog about a spam folder under comments in blogger and when I checked it I did have a few from y'all in there. Sorry about that.