Where have I been lately?

[hopsingspond]

Sorry I have not been around for some time.  As some of you know my main job at the farm has been caregiver to the owner.  She turned 90 this past summer.  In November she passed away after suffering a stroke.  We were able to keep her home and she passed peacefully in her own room at the farm.  So things have been quite busy out on the farm.  I still managed to get all the Christmas Chocolate packages out to all the family, friends and farmers.  The list of people gets longer every year.  With her passing and the funeral,  I was doing 15 hour days to finish everything.  Even manged to get a package to Kat this year, as a thank you for all the lilies.

Now that things have settled down I  finally got around to start putting some of my soaps online to sell.  Of course I have a few pond related soaps.    A few farm related, also.  Been washing my hands with cows for a while now.

Hope all is well with the pond folks.  I have really missed being on here.



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[Jerry]

nice. how do you do it? Carved, molds?   whatever its nice

[hopsingspond]

Hi Jerry,

Mostly molds on the soaps.  Flowers are a different process.  Having fun starting the shop.  Miss being on here for the last few months.  Hope all is well with you.

[Jerry]

Molds facinate me. I have made a few for fishing lures.

[hopsingspond]

Very cool never made fishing lures.  I learned to tie flies. 

The silicone mold making material has come a long way.  I made a chocolate corn mold this Christmas.   Looked like an ear of corn just yummier in yellow chocolate.