Tips on Tuesday - Let Your Dreams Guide You

Good Morning.  For this "Tips on Tuesday" I'm going to share about a weird dream I had.  My tip would be to ponder on your dreams, pray about them, listen to your gut and use it to guide you.   

Now, I know, I share alot about my dreams.  They are so vivid and I believe subliminal dreams have real meaning to my life.  Dreaming and analyse of them are Biblical.  Scripture shares about dreams over and over.  Anyway, to dream and seek meaning of them, I believe helps me spiritually.  

So, I had a dream about a litter of white kittens.  You know the fluffy kind with little grey on their noses and ears.  I was looking at them to pick one out and then was told they were too little.  Then I was shown another litter of bigger kittens.  All colors, black, calico, tiger and as I picked one up and was petting it, I looked closer, maggots were all over it's back and starting to crawl on my arm.  

Right?!?  What does this mean?  

I looked into several different dream meanings and I actually prayed that I could figure it out as it was disturbing.  This praying for meanings to come to me in a dream go a long way back.  When I was in 6th grade, I moved into the bigger junior high school and I was anxious about it.  My grade school best friend was not in any of my classes and I missed that.  To top it off, someone was putting mean notes in my locker.  Over that summer, we had a new girl move into the neighborhood.  She was nice, but really wanted my best friend as hers.  The two of them had classes together and I felt left out.  I shared with my best friend about the notes and asked if they were from this new girl.  She denied it and said that they wouldn't do that.  I remember praying that God would show me in a dream who it was that was putting these notes in my locker, because it was so hurtful.  He did!  I saw my best friend and this new girl doing it.

My best friend, all through grade school, came from a church going, mom plays the piano in church (don't be offended if you read this) kind of family.  I told her I prayed that God would reveal to me who was putting these mean notes in my locker and that He did.  When I told her what I saw, she broke down and said it was true.

Now, that story I haven't thought about for decades, until this dream.  I believe has similar meanings for me.   Dreaming about cats should bring our attention toward feminine and intuition.  White kittens represent personal growth and opportunities in waking life.  Dreaming of a litter of kittens suggest future growth and development multiplies.  Dreaming of maggots are the negatives that are causing you to be misguided.  Dreaming of a cat and maggots, well I'm not the only one who has.  

If maggots represent misguided and kittens, future growth, I will listen to this dream as I move forward.  I will take it as a warning or guiding, rather, my future steps.  Truthfully, I already know what part of this means, the what....maybe, even the who....as my week unfolds, it's all coming to light.  Thank you dream and the good Lord for giving me insight.  

Tips about maggots and dreams - listen to them.

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

I Will Monday - Grandmillennial Style

Good Monday Morning!

We had a washed out, windy weekend here in Ringle, Wisconsin.  I started working to clean out a trailer to use for my next couple events, but nope, weather prevented that from happening as it was blowing doors off pole building and trailers.

So, I looked around at my "stash" what do I have to sell at Tansy Hill Farm  It's already May and today and this whole week isn't looking good for pulling, washing, painting anything.  I don't have a proper climate controlled indoor space to do any of that.  Then, I remembered something Becky, the event hostess said in her contract.  It was something like this "bring those items that you have yet to repurpose and let another buy it to do their own with" at least that is how I read it.  O.k. that I can do!

So, for this I Will Monday, I will try to "sell" someone on the idea of wanting "brown furniture" you need to help them along.  I did a google search and found this interesting article:  Carla Aston Design I don't like to link articles with so many pop ups, but this is a good for many new collectors and us old ones too.

She has a name for the next generation:  Grandmillennial Style; which is the younger furniture buyer who love some of the older styles that their mothers and grandmothers had in their homes.  Can I get a Hallelujah!  Finally - millennials "get it" as in green, reduce, reuse and recycle for brown furniture.  My daughters already have too!

So, brown furniture can be added sparingly.  Choose one or two pieces to be your focal point.  Add variety of wood finishes, doing this will make your space feel unique.  Seek balance in your placement of the brown piece.  Use that as an anchor to your space and pick complimentary accent colors to the type of wood you have.  (Pine wood/green; orange wood tones/blue; natural wood/yellow; dark wood/mahogony/grey).   Photos from google image search:  

Combine your painted pieces with your "brown" ones.  I'm not knocking painted furniture - to the contrary, I am only trying to show another trend that will help me reduce my inventory of "brown furniture."  I plan to have some at this.....

 Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

Farmhouse Friday Week 17 - A New Toy

 Happy Friday.  Here is what has been going on this week at my farmhouse.

Here is my new toy.  I not only will use it to move things from one building to another, but garden to compost or greenhouse.  We had one but, it has seen better days.  It's like the "Cadillac" of wagons.  

My baby garlic is popping up.  I planted on Halloween on suggestion of my 102 year old client who passed last fall.  Her daugher and her did that and she said "it just seems fitting to plant garlic on Halloween."

My chickens are laying up a storm.  That is good because I eat a lot of eggs.  I have enough roosters so that soon, I will start to let them set and hatch out some chicks.  

This photo is my goal....what a pristine little garden.  My problem is, well one of them...teehee...is I dream too big.  Last year's garden just about killed me trying to keep up and I had to let some of it go in the end.  Less is best...less is best....less is best.  

I also wanted to share a quote I came up with due to an icky text message I had with a loved one.  It has bothered me all week.  I was trying to help, but saying what I felt was the "truth" - doing this over text messages - things can get misinterpreted.  So, after much pondering I came up with this:  "how you preceive it, may not be how I wanted you to receive it."

Often times, our past experiences, how we were raised, past trauma that influenced our parent's rearing, how we are feeling at that moment, even our stage of life, these all influence how we preceive things.  I know first hand because I'm working on not assuming and being offended.  Working on yourself isn't for the weak, doing hard things is HARD. 

Less is best....less is best....

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.

Tips on Tuesday - Taking Advice

 You probably can guess, I don't like to have people tell me what to do.  That is why I'm selfemployed.  I don't mind "it" if you present it in a way that doesn't sound like you're bossing me around.  ahahah.   This probably goes back to being the last child of 6 .... boy, I sure do claim that as the root of most of my problems...ahaha hmmm time for self reflection.

I had someone way better at navigating social media share some great tips with me about how to be "seen," gain new followers, playing the algorithm game, so that my posts will be in my customer's feed.   She told me that only 2-6% of my followers actually see my posts.  

One of the tips is to ask your followers to share your information.  Another thing you can probably guess I'm not good at is asking others to help me.  Just take Ringle Harvest Day for example - it's just mostly me doing everthing from advertising, managing vendors, marking booths to cleaning toilets.  I'm not complaining, it's just that unfortunately my life experiences taught me that I can only count me - and lately, I've been failing too.  

So, I'm going to take some advice from an expert at this.  She was freely giving so I'm freely taking.  Thanks Ann.  She was the event promoter for  Nellie's Barn Sale.  That is how I first found out about her was from the blog.  She also promotes the multi state Vintage Shop Hop which covers areas in IL and WI.   So, I guess I would call her an expert at this.  She is helping Becky from Tansy Hill Farm Barn Bazaar with her social media this year and I'm so happy she is!  

When you look at this picture, our booth Town Hall Trinkets, LLC is to the right of the open barn door.  I hope if you live near, you can come.  

O.k. back the reason for the post, taking advice - any advice - any subject.  First, be careful from who you are taking advice from.  Weight the instruction, how does it line up to your moral compass.  Will your actions harm or help your situation.  Then meditate/pray on it so you can make the right decision.  

Proverbs 19:20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.

I'm off to give a few of her tips a try.....thanks again Ann.

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

Message in my Dream

 Today we finished up on an estate sale.  We had plans to meet at the house for a furniture pick up and to settle with the family.  This estate was a smaller house but it was packed.  It seemed like everytime we worked over there - even up to the picker sale part - we found items we didn't see before.  I won't go into all the details of all the things that happened while we were there - good and bad - but they all add up to the reason I had this dream. 

The house address has an E (east) side of the river for this road and many people went to wrong side.  So in my dream I was driving there and the sign said SW ? and it was located a map with the number 67?  When I got to the house, it looked like my grandma Ritchie's kitchen.  We found some items we didn't see before and I felt bad because the sale was over and it was too late to sell them.  Then I woke up.  So you know me, I had to figure it out.  

This is what I will take from it:  to dream of the direction south means the present/now and west means the past.  A street sign is a metaphor for being between 2 states of mind the rational and irrational.  Both of those are similar.  To dream of a kitchen can reflect your wellbeing as a result of hard work.  The 67 really stood out and that one is very interesting.  It symbolizes a reminder from your guardian angel that the talents and skills you need in order to make everything in your life achievable.  It's a time to focus on your family and nothing else (grandma).  You might not, of course neglect your work, but you should balance all aspects of your life.  You should be proud of all your hard work because it has brought you to where you are now.  Always give thanks to God for everything he has done in your life.  

I'll take it!  

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin  

I Will Monday - Special

 For this, I Will Monday - Special, my thoughts run to trying to make things special.   I'm following my mom and Al's mom's (Marlene) examples.  Both of these women in my life have ALWAYS made holidays and events feel "special."  This year, Marlene did it again.  She has created such wonderful traditions and memories for her children, grand and now great grand children.  From hiding eggs, counting bunnies to guess how many jelly beans are in the jar, Easter was made special this year because of her.  We did miss Anna and Jon - but, look forward to our next visit with them.

My little grand love, is into unicorns and rainbows.  So, I had to try to make a rainbow pie.  It was o.k. - I tried...ahahah

She loved it!  It was good...not as pretty as the pinterest picture.

I also, made baskets for them.  I went on a "pick" Friday and bought several Native American baskets.  The one I gave Justine is a HoChunk basket (Winnebago).   Lisa dug through the books at the last sale and found the horse and pony ones I put in their baskets too.  

I only hope to somewhat live up to what these 2 ladies have provided for me and mine in my life.  I have been blessed by their examples of making sure things were "special."  

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

Farmhouse Friday 2022 Week 15 - Gift in the Mail

 

When you receive an unexpected (she asked for my address, so I knew it was something....lol) box in the mail and it feels like your own little Easter basket.  She may not know this, but I LOVE those real eggs turned into little pieces of art.  Thanks for thinking of me Cindy! 

I did find these a week or so ago while thrifting in Merrill.  Already to go....but, I do like them plain too.  

So that was a fun part to my week.  

The Tom's are dancing away out in the field.  I came over the hill yesterday and 2 were showing off in the middle of the road to hens on both sides.  Silly ... men... minds on "it" rather than getting hit by a car....ahahaha.  

We have had winter weather yet again this week.  It's snowing now as I type this.  WINDY Wisconsin for sure!  Poor Robins they returned too soon.

Our sale last Saturday was really good for us and our clients.  The sweetest thing was a boy who came to shop with his grandpa.  He was maybe 10/12 and he was like 5 or 6 in line.  He came in the door and announced to me "I'll take the metal bed and the table in back.  I'll pay for the bed now and take it and come back for the table later."  He was like a pro at "this."  When he returned, he was wearing his farm muck boots, little flannel jacket - adorable.  I sold him a few more things in a "bundle deal" and I asked "where are you putting this stuff?"  He tells us that he has a little shed on the farm that he is fixing up for his "man cave" (adorable!).  He says "I already cleaned up the other stuff and have it set up." He was telling us he loves old country music "you know from the 70's 80's" (wink, wink)....what a little "old soul."  Can we hire him?  

We were back at the other sale yesterday, we could only work 1 day this week as I ended up with a nasty stomach flu.  We wanted to be "done" Saturday with the "last" lot drop, but we will have to do one more.  I hope to squeeze it in during the week with pick ups at the end of the week.  

I hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend.  

He is risen and my hope is in the eternal life he promises for those who believe. 

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.