Windows..

No, not the Microsoft kind..just thinking about the way I seem to live so much of my day looking through windows, when the weather is inclement...
It seems as if it has been raining here for a month straight...this, after a record lack of rain for the Summer and early Autumn...today is beautiful, finally clear and cold.

Here are two images from my windows..what  are you seeing through yours?
Poor Richard's Almanac (yes, after all this time, still more accurate in projecting general patterns than all the modern meteorological forecasts!) says that this will be a mild winter for us, with snow not starting 'til mid-December...usually bang-on, so I'm hoping  that carries on in 2012..it's rather difficult to travel in snow to craft markets that no one goes to because it's snowing...but I shouldn't  worry needlessly...
Hope you all have a mild Winter, snow if you want it, and my thoughts are especially with those on the Eastern Seaboard who will have a very hard Winter this year...

Adventures in Selling, Part 345.63222...

 I began blogging here by discussing what it was like to be a craftsperson, or as I like to call what I am, a Maker, to sell, both indoors and out, and to talk about it from a personal angle..but sometimes Mother Nature throws curves...

Our last Farmer's Market, was, 'not to put too fine a point on it,' a disaster..
It wasn't supposed to rain until late afternoon'/early evening, but, of course, at about 9:30 a.m., once everyone was all set up and ready, the deluge began...and it didn't stop until about 15 minutes before closing time(naturally!)
And then, while driving home in my open-back pickup, the rain again beat down upon the land.
No customers, leaky canopies everywhere, and my stock, composed, this time of year, of yarn, yarn and more yarn, of course was a mass of damp articles needing to be spread all over my little place (home) to dry/air out...
sometimes even the lemonade you try to make with the lemons Life hands you turns out extra sour, too...
I'm only posting about this because, in retrospect, there was/is nothing I could do about whatever Mother Nature chooses to throw at me..all I can do is hope for the best...and prepare for the worst.
Anyone reading this who isn't prepared for disaster dilemmas should think twice about getting involved in outdoor selling..but then, when it's good, it's very good...so it's definitely worth pursuing, to me.