Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream
- Thread starter Gary O'
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palides2021
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- Location
- MidAtlantic, USA
That could easily be a painting. It tells a story, too.
Meanderer
Supreme Member
Robert Frost
1874 – 1963
Gathering Leaves
Spades take up leavesNo better than spoons,
And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.
I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.
But the mountains I raise
Elude my embrace,
Flowing over my arms
And into my face.
I may load and unload
Again and again
Till I fill the whole shed,
And what have I then?
Next to nothing for weight,
And since they grew duller
From contact with earth,
Next to nothing for color.
Next to nothing for use,
But a crop is a crop,
And who’s to say where
The harvest shall stop?
It would make a horrendous 500 pc puzzle
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
- Location
- Los Angeles Suburbs
Amen to that!
I sure appreciate that, @Meanderer
The appointment with the ophthalmologist is this coming Monday
The optometrist took many photos and scans
Advanced dry macular degeneration (dry AMD)
Zero retinal tissue in my right eye
(cannot read a thing with that one)
Very little retinal tissue remaining in my left eye
(I can still read with it in good lighting, and it compensates the loss in my right eye)
Guess I've had it for years, but the last few months I've noticed a rapid decline
If I can somehow get this stabilized, I'm good with that
The appointment with the ophthalmologist is this coming Monday
The optometrist took many photos and scans
Advanced dry macular degeneration (dry AMD)
Zero retinal tissue in my right eye
(cannot read a thing with that one)
Very little retinal tissue remaining in my left eye
(I can still read with it in good lighting, and it compensates the loss in my right eye)
Guess I've had it for years, but the last few months I've noticed a rapid decline
If I can somehow get this stabilized, I'm good with that
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
- Location
- Los Angeles Suburbs
Will be thinking about you, Gary, and sending up some prayers.
Sliverfox
Well-known Member
Hope you can get some sort of help from the ophthalmologist
Sliverfox
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If the doves you are seeing are like the morning doves here.
They will eat till they are full,, then go to sleep on the ground near the feeder.
You will find feathers scattered near the feeder or in the yard.
They will eat till they are full,, then go to sleep on the ground near the feeder.
You will find feathers scattered near the feeder or in the yard.
Yup
Meanderer
Supreme Member
Meanderer
Supreme Member
@Gary O' A while back, I took a picture of a hawk that had found a snack and lighted on a pine stump in our yard. I was unable to access it as the software was playing Hide & Seek. I got a SD chip reader and finally can do so.
This post has given me the opportunity to show you my camera.....
This post has given me the opportunity to show you my camera.....
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Sliverfox
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Wow, Meanderer,, that's a lot of pine cones!
Do you get red squirrels eating the seeds out of them?
Do you get red squirrels eating the seeds out of them?
So, I've stocked and sold my avian abodes in all the high end junk shops here in our little town
And they did quite well......for about three years
Some selling for as much as $70
Now?
Nothing is moving
Got a call today
My most productive shop
'Come get your stuff, the place is closing'
They really didn't need to call me
I imagine the junk shops are suffering more than most stores
Not many folks care to spend on fancy things in this economy
My opinion;
If you have a retail business in this economic climate, best sell something needful
And they did quite well......for about three years
Some selling for as much as $70
Now?
Nothing is moving
Got a call today
My most productive shop
'Come get your stuff, the place is closing'
They really didn't need to call me
I imagine the junk shops are suffering more than most stores
Not many folks care to spend on fancy things in this economy
My opinion;
If you have a retail business in this economic climate, best sell something needful
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RadishRose
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- Location
- Connecticut, USA
Sorry to hear this Gary. Maybe you'll find another shop that's doing better. Hope so.
Yeah, not in this townMaybe you'll find another shop that's doing better. Hope so.
Couple hundred miles north I'd make a killing
But
It's never been my intent
These little wood butcherings will become gifts
That's pretty much how it is everywhere
And.....shipping
These tiny abodes fit rather largish boxes
And that bucks up the freight to as much as the price of the abode
Yesterday we took back the little abodes and some other trinkets
with the exception of a live edge bookcase I parked there a few months ago
The young gal that helped me gather my stuff up was very nice
So
Asked her if she wanted it
She was delighted
Thing is, she's not the owner
The owner dropped by and threatened to call the cops if she didn't leave the premises
The little gal called us and let us know things are getting tenuous and to get the bookcase ASAP
We dropped by today
Doors locked
New sign
GREEK PASTRIES (or some such)
Saw the bookcase thru the window
Getting interesting
Meanderer
Supreme Member
Maybe you could find a distributor up north and work out a deal.