Farmhouse Friday Week 5 - For the Vintage Shop Hop

 

Oh it was a "puttering" kind of week.  I can't believe it's already Friday!  Nothing too exciting happening at my farmhouse this week.  Well, nothing that the rest of you aren't doing too.

We did start something fun for our online estate sale business:  Town Hall Trinkets Online Estate Sales  We do Tuesday night "lot drops" (lots that we 'drop' on our Facebook group feed at 7 pm).  For fun in February, I thought of JUNKO like BINGO.  Each customer, who wants to participate, makes a JUNKO card like this

Each fills in their own squares with items that they think we might have for sale in the "lot drop."  If you have JUNKO you bring it into the shop for 10% off an item.  If you have JUNKO and you actually said SOLD on an item from the "lot drop" to purchase, you get 25% an item.  These will be redeemed at the Vintage Shop Hop Event on March 6 and 7.  

Did you see the February 2026 calendar?  Equal numbers of days that fill first Sunday through last Saturday of the month.  I think this is so cool.  

My favorite quote this week from my daily devotions.  Something to strive for.

After our wet felting last week, I decided to make some Spring or Easter felted art for the Vintage Shop Hop.  I came up with these heads (I had some round balls made already for pumpkins-wink, wink) that I plan to do something cute with.  I will share the finished ones later, closer to the event.  

We finished "The Durrells of Corfu" this week.  We so enjoy taking a little break in the afternoon and watching an episode or 2.  It's been my favorite part of the day.  Normally, Al doesn't like shows like these.  However, the one's we've picked, he likes!   We had no idea this was based on a real family.  At the Vintage Shop Hop, I will have several pieces of vintage clothing that look very much like Louisa Durrell's style.  

So yesterday, we started Polldark.  We are getting into this one as well.  I know, we could do something more productive.  My broken femur recovery, IMB disease, -45 below, snow, Winter in Wisconsin isn't just our excuse.  January and February are our well deserved break from all the time we spend doing things outside all Spring, Summer and Fall.  

I really miss the sauna!  Al is trying to figure out a ramp into it for me.  In addition to a bar that goes across in front of the furnace (wood fired) so if I trip, I don't fall into it.  I've been walking more with the walker, but this morning tweeked my back and can only think of how good a sauna would feel and heal.  He is in the sauna now.....perfect day, 32 and dusty light snow.  

This was my week.  How was yours?

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.