The Birds and the Beads

It is a gorgeous, sunny, spring Saturday here in Virginia, and this fellow was snacking on some grasses and weeds that have already gone to seed. A good excuse reason not to mow, right?

I missed Friday’s blog – we were out of town having a wonderful visit with my mother. I snapped this pic of Sunny and Mouse napping on the drive home yesterday.

Thanks for the wonderful visit, Ma! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

I don’t think I’ve ever beast blogged Mr. Plec, before. Seven years ago, he was a tiny little fish, but he’s grown into a 12″ monster. We’re uncommonly attached to this fish – he’s been a good buddy, as good of a buddy as a fish can be, anyway, for many years now.

Trying to get back in the blogging groove after winter…. Hobie’s always happy to help!

We’ll be closed from 2PM EST on Monday, November 19th, through Thanksgiving Day. We’ll be back in action on “Black” Friday, November 23rd.

We’ll also be closed on the weekend of December 1st-December 2nd, but that should not impact shipping times by more than a day, if at all.

And finally, we’ll be closed the 24th-26th of December for Christmas, and the 31st of December and 1st of January for New Years.

The Post Office always gets slow during the holidays. We suggest that any order needed by Christmas should be placed by the 16th of December, with Priority Mail shipping, in order to be delivered by the 24th.

Thank you, and Happy Holidays!
– Erin, Eric & Owen

We were very lucky here – Sandy was not nearly as bad as predicted for our area. We had some wind, and low lying areas here in Lancaster had some flooding, but all in all – it wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. We’re fully up and running, and ready for the excitement of “Panicvember” (the busiest time of the year).

Here’s a little pic of Izzy and Burt snoozing together. Our other two kitties, Hobie and Tigger, don’t like other creatures in their personal space (with the exception of sitting in laps), so they’d never be caught sleeping this close to any other cat. But Izzy and Burt will snuggle and snooze with any creature that will sit still long enough.

So we’re in the path of “Frankenstorm” Sandy. It is too soon yet to know exactly what we’ll get – some of the National Hurrican Center models have the storm making landfall right over us, and others have it landing a couple hundred miles north.

We’re preparing for a serious storm – dusting off the genny, stocking up on TP, and charging up all the E-readers!

Between travel last week, and the stomach flu this week, I’m already running behind (I’m so sorry!). Unfortunately I must ask your patience with the further delays that are likely with this storm. Thank you!

Sending good luck wishes to everyone else in the path of the storm!

So we got a new bird cage for Ostara, and moved the old one out. Ostara is thrilled with her new home, and Hobie has decided the old one makes a great place to “roost”. (Bonus points to anyone who can figure out Eric’s poster on the back wall…)

Indira, our pea-hen, rules the roost, both in her mind, and in fact. She loves to boss and sass the other animals, and put them in their place. Fortunately for her, they’re all quite willing to be bossed and sassed.

My apologies for the long span between FBBs – I’ve been figuring out how to use my new camera!

My heart says autumn (my absolute most favorite time of the year) is still way too far away, but my brain knows it is time to start stocking up on fall beads and jewelry supplies. With that in mind, here’s a bunch of gorgeous new Czech glass in fall colors. Now if only I could bring cooler weather in via UPS…

• Czech Leaf Beads – Autumn Colors
• 8mm Round Pumpkin / Melon Shaped Czech Glass Beads
• Misc. Fall Colors Czech Beads

Not necessarily for fall, but also new:

• 6mm Round AB Sea Glass Style Beads
• Several new Aged Brass Oval Rolo Chains

This is Izzy. His name lends itself nicely to nicknames such as “Izbad”, “Izlong”, “Iztrouble”, “Izalizard”, etc. Today his name should probably be IzLOLcat…

Love this cute, new little Etsy shop. I got an order just for me, today, of a dozen of her sweet, colorful cards. Going to frame a few, and send the rest (one at a time, of course!) to my Grandma.

• Michelle Kogan Fine Art – on Etsy

TierraCast has a wonderful little YouTube video on how to make very popular and trending knotted bracelets with their lovely new Anchor Pendants.

• Anchor Pendants
• 1.5mm Leather Cord
• Buttons!