~Summer Web Show~

Good day to you. It is a gorgeous Monday morning here in Vermont. I was hoping to post this last evening but blogger was having fits again...and actually still is this morning..I'm having a devil of a time posting the photos! My Summer Web Show started yesterday afternoon and is still running if you wish to pop on over and take a peek. I've two little one's still looking for new homes. They are actually mama and baby..so they can certainly be sold as a set :)

Summer, isn't that such a lovely word....long days full of warm breezes and sunshine, picnics by the lake, bbq's with family and friends, birds chirping, fireworks banging, windows open through the night, lemonade, ice tea, sneaking off in the middle of the day to visit your favorite ice cold swimming hole, children's laughing, smiling faces covered with ice cream, town carnivals and yard sales, trips to the Ocean, evening rides with the top down, gardens bursting forth with vegetables and flowers, bumblebees...OH, I love it all.


I've been thinking a lot lately about good old fashioned summers, the summers of our childhoods when times were simpler and the days passed by so slowly it was as if they were crawling. We live in such a fast paced world now that if we do not consciously slow down and take the time to enjoy the little things in life..we will surely forget they exist.

I've been consciously working on slowing down and enjoying this wonderful life of ours and balancing work, family and home. At first it may seem like slowly down means getting less done, but I'm finding that the more relaxed and balanced I am...the more I am actually able to accomplish. In keeping with this more relaxed and slower pace, I've changed something with the web shows... rather than offer my "Winter~Christmas" Offering during web shows, as I have been doing, I've decided to offer them on the alternate months, therefore giving me more time to really make them something special AND to allow me to offer something each month on my website. This will begin with my 3rd offering in The Winter Series on July 1st and will proceed every other month from then on. I've been sketching some new ideas and have some new and unusual thoughts swirling around in my head so...you just never know what may turn up in this series :) You will just have to check back to find out :)
Another small change I've made...In an effort to do my part during this tough economy (a trip to the grocery store for food will confirm; "things are indeed...tough") I've lowered my prices a bit! It is not a huge difference but I've done what I can and hope it makes a difference for you. I can not tell you how very much I appreciate your support of my work and want to let you know that your budgets matter to me. This is a tough business to be in and especially so during tough times, but I hope by sticking together we can all pull through. :)

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I'm off now to take my morning walk and start my day. Wishing you a very lovely day and thank you all for stopping by to say hello :) Doreen