Week seven - the rain is gone!
And it was back to the standard near 90 temps that we expect in Georgia this time of year. Saturday was the first day this season without rain between opening gate and closing -- and I mean RAIN, not little drips and drizzles. It was a lot warmer than it has been, and I had a bad case of "I don't wanna" when it was time to get in costume (tightening those bodice laces ups the temp 5 degrees, at least), and then Sunday was the annual Everything Is All Crooked and Why Won't They Do Right? day when I got dressed. Pfui , to quote Nero Wolfe.
Attendance was up, and so were sales -- more people walking nearby means more chances to smell our shop and come see and sniff. During the previous weeks of rain, and fewer customers in the shop at any one time, we (vendors and friends and family) had become accustomed to chatting for long periods, since there often more of us than customers in the shop, and that is a hard habit to break. Raven's Nest is at the back of the site, so we've always has a soft opening, with time to dawdle tightening the bodice and to visit, but this weekend, we had people in well before 11:00, and they were actually shopping! Saturday I stuffed and sewed nearly two dozen catnip mousies and the level in the bin was the same as at opening, This new bag of catnip is incredibly pungent, even to a numb nose like me.
It's been a quiet week at home, and tomorrow night I'll go work bar at the Shakespeare Tavern for preview of The Mystery of Irma Vep. I am so looking forward to seeing it! Casting is excellent - Dolph Amick and Jeff McKerley, and I expect to be in pain from laughing.
Attendance was up, and so were sales -- more people walking nearby means more chances to smell our shop and come see and sniff. During the previous weeks of rain, and fewer customers in the shop at any one time, we (vendors and friends and family) had become accustomed to chatting for long periods, since there often more of us than customers in the shop, and that is a hard habit to break. Raven's Nest is at the back of the site, so we've always has a soft opening, with time to dawdle tightening the bodice and to visit, but this weekend, we had people in well before 11:00, and they were actually shopping! Saturday I stuffed and sewed nearly two dozen catnip mousies and the level in the bin was the same as at opening, This new bag of catnip is incredibly pungent, even to a numb nose like me.
It's been a quiet week at home, and tomorrow night I'll go work bar at the Shakespeare Tavern for preview of The Mystery of Irma Vep. I am so looking forward to seeing it! Casting is excellent - Dolph Amick and Jeff McKerley, and I expect to be in pain from laughing.