The First Sign Of Fall

I can tell that it is September! My mail box is overflowing with emails from ladies that are trying to organize their fall retreats at the Inn - exactly 134 emails today to be exact! It seems like the minute that the children walk out the door to go to school, everyone starts thinking about scrapbooking and getting away for some "one on one time" with their summer photos! I can tell that it is fall, those emails just keep coming!
I have to admit that this summer was a photography dry spell for me! I can't even find a photo that would sum up this summer's activities... because the exciting events of haying and working on the workshop just were too boring to photograph!
The one highlight of the past few weeks was having some of our Monday Night Class designers join me at the workshop for a planning session/BBQ and I don't think that anyone took any pictures! Shame on us! What a difference it makes to have everyone under one roof - to bounce ideas around, make a few decisions, plan for upcoming months and hand out materials. We really are a close knit team, it was great to spend time together and laugh at each other! Mike cooked us a mean steak, we had lots of "beverages" and we actually got some work done! The best part was that the electricians finished the wiring just the night before everyone arrived and so we had power, ceiling fans and lights in the building. We got to test out the new lighting system and see if you could really see true colors at 2:00am in the morning. Guess what? It was so bright that I am surprised that there were not planes circling the building, thinking that it was a landing strip! The bad part about that was that every moth in Southern Alberta was attracted to the bright windows and it looked like something out of a horror movie!
This month, we are going to be able to use the workshop for the whole shipping event. I am so looking forward to all that space! Now the next big hurdle will be getting the heating all hooked up before the weather turns cold. Then we can start moving all of the supplies from the "house" part to the workshop part.
Next weekend, Mike and I are heading out to Creston to enjoy a few days of vacation. Hit some fruit stands, do some shopping and just relax. Then I'll get to take some photos!!!! I am so excited!!!!