Lynn in the Caboose
Dear Peeps, Here I am, enjoying a cool October Saturday morning, drinking coffee, and thinking of the caboose. A friend and I worked for about 5 hours last night, trimming shrubs (well he did the heavy...
View ArticleA Glimpse of the Shop
Dear Friends, I am beyond tired. I am exhausted. I cannot sleep for excitement and things to do. My mind runs crazy at night, and I am driving other people crazy with my own craziness! I wanted to...
View ArticleLamp, Renewed
Dear Friends, I found a beautiful lamp base. No globe. Pendants — whatever they were — gone. I bought it. Fortunately for me, I enjoy plundering. The Scrap Exchange held in store the perfect globe. A...
View ArticleWhich way to turn…
Oh my dear goodness, peeps, I am crazy. Let me just show you the caboose at this point. I painted the inside, as you know. The outside “porch” trim has been painted, though I still need to paint around...
View ArticleSo In My Element
Dear Friends, I was so in my element today. Not my Element, but my element. Ha ha. I did not realize until today just how often I say “sidetracked.” Now that I have a business by the same name, I...
View ArticleSidetracked
Dear Friends, It has been such a busy day, but I can feel things winding down and moving into something steady. The big push is over. Finally!! I continue to inventory things and will keep buying and...
View ArticlePretty Stuff
Deer Friends, Thank you so much for the recent comments. Makes my day to read them! Sometimes I still cannot believe I am in a little shop. It is a little nest. I keep flying in and landing with pretty...
View ArticleShopland News
Dear Friends, Thanks again for recent comments and support. I feel the love!! I want to do better at keeping up with at least a little photo every day. How about yesterday’s outfit to start with. And...
View ArticleChristmas Postcard and a New Jacket
Dear Friends, My ding dang iPad is full of stuff I’d like to share, but where do I start? I start feeling so far behind. I feel there is no way to catch up. And I think every day that I will just post...
View ArticleI Love My Customers
Dear Friends, I had to laugh. In the shelf in front of my check-out counter is this little cherub (or putto?). Throughout the course of the day, people come in and out of the store. At closing time I...
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