More from Eagle Mills

This was Robin's "home" for the two weekends.

She was happy with the set-up and even more happy with her sales! Everything looked great as usual. It's hard to achieve that homey feel but Robin does a great job with it.

Lots of fall colors. It's hard to tell in these pictures, but the twigs that are sticking out are lighted at the ends, these are one of the items Robin is finding people are very excited about.

This is another arrangement that Robin has added the lighted twigs to. The response has been very good. If you ever see anything on this blog that you are interested in, please leave a comment or visit our website http://robinsfloraldesigns.com/ and let us know through e-mail.

Eagle Mills Craftshow

When you first arrive at Eagle Mills, you can't help but be drawn to this covered bridge on the property, it stands next to the cider press area.

You can see the press area on the right in this picture. This is the view from the bridge.

This is the opposite side view, very nice setting for a craft show. The building on the left is the bakery, cider donuts and apple pie, seemed to be the popular choices.

Many crafters' tents all around. As you can tell the weather was gorgeous again this past weekend. Two weekends in a row, you can't ask for more. These pictures were Sunday afternoon and there was still many people on the grounds.

Craft Season is in full swing.

Well, as you might have guessed from our lack of posting, we are in full swing now. Robin's first weekend at Eagle Mills was very busy! She goes back this weekend and then we are at the Warrensburg Garage Sale the following weekend. It has been a little hectic around here to say the least. Robin is busy making all kinds of new creations and we will keep our fingers crossed on her taking some pictures this weekend. The Eagle Mills craft show has been going on for some time, they have events all year long, and from her description it sounds wonderful. You can click on this link to check their site out:http://www.eaglemillsfun.com.

Now I have to tell you how my day started today. I, like most people around here, love fall. So it was fitting that today, being the first day of Autumn, start the way it did. I was on my way to work this morning and was quite happy with the present I was given. Halfway there, I looked to my left, and in the cow pasture was a bank of early morning fog. The sky behind it was breathtaking, orange and yellow and many other color combinations mixed in. I feel you are rewarded with special things from Mother Nature, from time to time, and when I am rewarded with something that special I feel a need to share it. I told Robin I wanted to call her right then and tell her to go outside, she appreciated this, but I think she was glad I didn't. It was one of those moments that you wish you had a camera, but you know it was for you and anyone else who experienced it. So I'm sorry I don't have a cool picture of it, but I've got a feeling all of us have those moments in our memories, and it's just as good to let your imagination take care of the visual aspect of the story. Do yourself a favor, next time this happens to you, pull over or stop walking and take it in. There are lots of gifts around, we just have to take the time and scoop them up.

Sandy Hill Days

Sandy Hill Days was a success again this year. Robin was featured on our local TV station, the segment was taped while she was setting up, and we joked that it was not her first time in front of the camera. When she worked at a local bank, she was in a short commercial, only this time there was audio to go along. She said she was very relaxed and got a good plug in for Christmas in the Country home tour in. The new items she featured, went very well, and she is very excited for the fall season. I will post pictures of some of the items, hopefully tommorow, when we get fully unpacked. She has shows the next two weekends, and if this show was any indicator, they should go pretty well also. It is always a challenge to find the next "in" thing in home decor, but Robin has a very good eye, and seems to know what people are looking for. Sandy Hill Days is not a typical craft show, in that it has an old time bazaar feeling to it, it ends when the fireworks go off about 10pm. Outstanding weather also helped the weekend, it really felt like early fall and everyone's attitude reflected it. Fall weather seems to put people in a different state of mind, I think it is an innate feeling to plan ahead for winter. Whether it's projects or purchases, it seems people have the same reaction to the oncoming season, do it now and don't wait for the snow to fly.

Dinner items from the backyard and thinking ahead

Nothing like having Robin say "Can you go up and get me some potatoes and tomatos from the garden?" Yes! Is the answer!

I grabbed an onion too, just for good measure.

Then I had to take a picture of two of our Hubbards, they are growing patiently towards future dinners. How about Mr. Spider? I hope he isn't laying claim because he won't win.

Can you smell these cooking with butter and brown sugar? MMMMMMMMMMMM! Hard to think of that now though with this current little heat wave we have. It will come soon enough.