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Out Of Touch

Pardon me please, while I slip away and do something that isn’t computer-related.  If I had my way I’d be on the computer all day long.  And I could be, if my darn day job computer browser were updated once in a while.  Slowly the capabilities of that computer wane, preventing me from doing things like listing items in my Etsy shop and tinkering around with my blog.  What?  Does my employer expect me to actually work for it all day without a moment of online bliss or craft biz necessity? 

Forgive my sin of not keeping up with Facebook status updates, my own and yours too.  Facebook is blocked from my day job computer and sucks battery power from my Droid.

Twitter?  Never was much for that.  Pinterest?  Same thing.

Lately, during my time away from the day job, I’ve been keeping pretty busy with things non-technical.  My time is spent shrink wrapping candles, writing price tags, and gluing magnets to the backs of bottle caps.  I’m focusing on going live this weekend, and remaining live for a lot of the summer.  It takes much time and energy ~ different from the time and energy needed to excel in cyberspace.

I’ve been made to feel guilty about my priorities too, believe it or not, and I’m getting a bit resentful about that.  There will be more on that subject in a later post.  For now I’m doing things the old-fashioned way ~ by hand and in person.  Imagine that.

Wordless Wednesday

It looks like summer has finally arrived in Minnesota.  After months of gray, overcast days the lush green grass and foliage and vibrant flower blossoms are a welcome sight.

There’s an Etsy shop where you can get the freshness of summer blooms all year long.  MaryFosterCreative is filled with fine art flower and foliage photographs by Mary Foster.  Not only does she photograph nature’s beautiful works of art, she grows the blooms herself!

The shop features flower and foliage prints as well as note card collections.  Cards can be purchased individually or in sets.  Imagine how thrilled someone would be to receive a lovely hand-written note on one of these gorgeous cards.

Mary has another talent ~ crochet!  She makes adorable crocheted accessories inspired by her flower photography and offers these in her shop too.

Come visit MaryFosterCreative for a healthy dose of summer blooms and incredible talent.

This article will soon be published on the HandmadeMN blog, a blog I’m sure you will enjoy. Not only do they publish my Featured Shop articles, there are lots of giveaways and interesting articles presented by many Minnesota artisans like me.

Wordless Wednesday

Evening In Muskie Bay

I’m certainly not a film maker but I wanted to try my hand at uploading a video of my own making nonetheless.

Picture it. Muskie Bay, 2012. One of many small bays in a relatively small lake set in the middle of Wisconsin. The sun has gone down and the wetland music begins. In the background we hear the motor of Whitie going off for an evening of fishing on the other side of the lake. The silence of a peaceful respite is anything but silent, but calming just the same.