Home and Work

18°f/about -8°C, clear but hazy. If that makes sense.

The snow is almost gone, sadly, leaving us with mud and big ice patches, like this one on the driveway.

But fortunately the driveway did not turn into a luge run, as it has occasionally in the past, so we were able to go out yesterday with little trouble. Today the melting should continue, as we are predicted to be in the mid-40s. 

We stocked our Ripley booth, then went to Shari's for an even called build-a-bouquet, hosted by two young women just getting started with a florist business. They had buckets of flowers and several vase or wrapping options to choose from. It was fun to pick what I wanted--- I planned to divide up the flowers when I got home, making these two arrangements, so just had mibe wrapped simply in cellophane. 

So pretty,  and just what I needed! 

Very happy with my $15 expenditure!

Since our hens are currently only laying 3 eggs a day, and since the kitchen was a bit chilly, I decided to make cranberry-orange scones this morning. I had some fresh oranges for zest, but also a few that had gotten hard and dried on the outside, so I juiced those and used their juice in the mix.

Valentine's Day is getting close but we have an outing planned for Sunday---dinner at an Irish pub in Charleston,  and then thr live Mountain Stage show at the Culture Center, featuring the Irish trad group Solas! I am so looking forward to that.

Meanwhile, the booth is once again stocked up. I tried doing a few videos, as requested by the store owner at Farmhouse Market Finds,  and they came out okay, but I need to do more to get better at it. I ran out of space on my phone so I didn't get the whole booth. 

Now, let's hope these upload correctly!

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