Goose-Neck

It took a long time for Spring to finally come around this year - and I have a feeling we'll slide right into summer, without much of a transitional period, which is too bad. Baloo and I much prefer walking in cooler temperatures. 

It means that babies are being born (I saw my first wobble-legged fawn last week) and hatched. Young goslings are taking to the water under the watchful eye of their parents. It's always fun to watch their ungainly antics as they waddle to the edge and flop into the water. 

It's also easy to see how goose-neck lamps got their name! What flexibility!

Memorial Day and Gratitude

Memorial Day always finds me thinking of the sacrifices that have been made by so many brave souls.  Sacrifices that have secured cherished freedoms and opportunities that I hope I never take for granted or fail to appreciate. Baloo and I walk to the war memorial, read the names of those who died in defense of those freedoms and spend some time in quiet contemplation and gratitude.  It's a priceless gift they have given me. 

I am also very grateful for the customers who have stuck with me through many iterations of product development, a web site crash and rebuild, a pandemic and an amazing amount of family stuff that has thrown me off my game a bit. Thank you for that. I'm trying to get things back on a more even keel now and am learning how to set up sales in the new site. If all works as I think it should, Tan-Z Kut will be on sale through Monday. 

And to top off the news, I have (finally) gotten the modified Speedball cutters back into inventory. I'm sure Kirbert (and maybe a few others) thought I had been abducted by aliens or something.