Let Us All Press On...again

Hey, Hey, Hey friends, (this reminds me of my nephew who while playing frequently refers to the imagined participants as "friend"). Well, since social media is supposed to totally be where it is at, I would like to refer you to a new blog of mine that is specifically for my letterpress passion: The Inky Pinky Press. Yay! Not to be redundant to the first post over there, but I have my press!! I am a fully functional printer! Yes, my dear friends that means you will soon have the benefit of requesting note cards, birth announcements and invitations.  I especially love to print 'house moving' cards, personalized note cards, and soiree invitations.  On that site I will post some samples of some of those types of cards. Come visit the new blog please and when I get a page on facebook, please friend me. Pretty Please?

Oh, and if you are recalling a previous post about buying a printing press, that press was not functional, and I just wasn't motivated to get it so since it wasn't the press I knew I wanted. So I sold it and decided to wait for 'the right one'. Waiting was worth it! 

Get Thee Hence, Snow Devil

Sometime making new friends is instantaneous, with others it is sort of  a slow acquisitional process. Some friendship making is very deliberate. While "manning" the ReVinylize booth at the State Fair I met a girl who worked for another green company. We enjoyed chatting during the event. Then we ran into each other a month later at another green event and then we REALLY chatted. Getting right down into the details of our personal lives. We really liked each other, but since our circles only loosely overlapped, it was a friendship that would have to be deliberately cultivated. I will have to admit, she has done more to cultivate it, though I have good intentions.  She invited me to a solstice party, which had really good food and really awesome co-hosts. And then yesterday I went snowshoeing with her a a few of her friends (who also had been at the solstice party).


That is a long background story for hiking with some relative strangers. We went snowshoeing up  Iron Mountain in Park City. We started and ended our hike in a blizzard, but when we reached the crest the skies were blue and we had a beautiful view of Park City. While at the crest I saw a snow devil, the first I have ever seen. It was different than most dust devils. It had a wider base, and the snowy tendrils twisting up looked like a coronet. I think it was my favorite part of the hike. p.s. this is not a picture of MY snow devil. Mine was much more beautiful and deliberate. I found this image online, there is not a wide selection of images of snow devils. They are tentative things.

A Birthday-Mocktail Party

 So I had my annual birthday MOCKTAIL party.  The female guests brought hors devours and I supplied the bar contents. A HIT!! Used music from the era of Frank Sinatra and Etta James. p.s. that is a candy cigarette in Jeannie's mouth. Doesn't she look tough?

I liked my presents. People know me. I got all kitchen gifts. 2 cookbooks from Kendall and Jeannie, darling ramekins from Karen, a sweet apron from Tanya, miniture utensils from Annie, tea towels from Chris, handerchiefs/napkins with my initials from Kendall. Marie gave me some $ with which I bought my party shoes. A co-worker Lauren gave me a lovely orchid. Martha gave me some candy and a pineapple. Some fancy grapejuice from Tony Caputo's from Kiera. I am RICH in friends.