Fiddlin' Around...{ the columns are all headed to Jo's!}....

I think, between the 2 sets of columns... these should do both of her buildings... Hope she likes 'em! { I LOVE THESE TOPS!!!!}

Spent the afternoon, getting things ready, for Gold Rush... John had unloaded, a lot of the stuff, in the truck, and repaired a leak in the roof, of the FUSO... Many things were ruined....{the fun never ends...} I always take orders, and have an ongoing 'Want List', for friends, and customers.... My dear friend, Jo, {Jo's Brantiques... Carlisle, Iowa} has asked me to do a little hunting, for her.... She gave me quite a compliment... {Jo does interior design, and has helped Meredith Publishing, {Country Home, Country Gardens...over the years... She and I also shared a booth at Heart of Country, in Nashville, several years ago... She does several shows, in the

Des Moines area, and has 2 wonderful sales a year, at her home! They are Amazing...{I'll let ya know, when she gets moved, to her new location!} I Love her....} I called her about some things I thought would work, in her new building projects... New house, and Store... I gave her my opinion, on the Architectural pieces, her reply..." If you say they will work, that's good enough for me... I trust your judgement"...{ That made me feel so good... coming from such a talented person....} Actually, I have several people, who respect my 'eye'... I have never really thought about it, seriously... I know my customers, intimately... I know what they love... I am also, very blessed, to have a few 'seekers', that know all too well, what I love... and call me, when it comes in... This happened, yesterday... A friend told me about some columns he had purchased, and, they sounded like something Jo could use... So, yesterday evening, I ran South, to get some images... I loved them... and bought them... Called Jo, and if she doesn't like them, I have another friend, on deck... sight unseen...{ he called, last night...he had driven by my house... the little Ford was gone... he said, he thought...." I'll bet she's out 'Junkin!' "... and wanted to know, where the heck I was 'Junkin', at 9:00 at night... he was very Jealous!} What a crazy world...I bought several cool things, I just don't know how the heck, I'm going to fit a 40 foot load, in a 20 foot box.... Liz isn't going to be there to help...{ so, the little Ford has no driver...you'd think that little truck could find it's way up there, all by it's self, by now!} oh my.... what a mess... I think back, when my old Pal, Julie, and I, did all of those grueling shows... she and I built houses... Just to tear them down, in 2 days... I miss her... Mark is great, but... he's so busy doing his own thing, he gets a little annoyed, at all of the details { hoops, I make my show partner jump through... yeah, sometimes 'flaming hoops'...} Julie was a Saint...

Well... onward, and upward! I know I can make it happen! Give me my cordless drill, a box of sheet rock screws, a sturdy ladder, tons of fabric, old, gnarly doors, some gnarly room sized rugs, lots of moss, and shredded coconut, and of course, masses of the Coolest, most Soulful Junk around...{ Not to mention... the heaviest...}{ and several rolls of wire} and... Voila!

I'm headed to the truck! I'm all Pumped up! YES I CAN!

Barb C.