I'm turning my calendar over to March! When I was a kid we used to fly kites in March. We had a large field across the street from a park and I have fond memories of flying kites in that vacant lot. You hardly see kids flying kites nowadays. I find that a little sad. I remember how challenging it was to get the tail just right to adjust to the wind. Eventually, I'd get it just right and my kite would fly high. I also remember that being kind of cool. Once you got your kite as high as it could go you had a sense of accomplishment. Little things.
I've constructed and planned ahead for our annual May Day Celebration. I actually designed round invitations, and that one is an early-release invitation for this popular event. It's a way off, but we move pretty fast at Bittersweet so it feels satisfying to have the planning done.
My aunt Charla was a genuinely cool person. She wore Prince Matchabelli and hiking boots. Need I say more? She taught me to crochet. It was a fast lesson, but I remember making a hat as soon as she showed me a few stitches. That was one of my favorite hats when I was a young girl! I remember wearing the blue hat walking home from choir practice and feeling like the world was on my side. Do you ever feel like that? If not, practice it. We need those moments in our life.
We've expanded our denim department. We offer an assortment of wide-leg, skinny, cuffed, girlfriend, and flairs. Dark and light, distressed and pristine.
Patchouli is back! I actually made a few new patchouli blended soaps. They will start hitting the shelves in a few weeks after they're completely cured.
I've been working on Taste & Eat and I'm happy to say that proofing is almost complete and it will be headed to the publisher very soon. I can't wait to hold the cookbook in my hands! There are one-hundred and fifty-two recipes in this book! Each recipe is tried and true. I was happy to borrow and share my great grandma's and grandmother's recipes as well as family members'. I was fastidious in choosing recipes for this book. In fact, there is not one recipe that we don't love. The entire process has been a labor of love, and I believe that the cookbook will be well received.
Are you familiar with Hermit Cookies? If you aren't it might not be a bad idea to get to know them on a more personal level. My grandmother Lola used to make these cookies. I would not have known this, but I had a conversation with my Uncle Richard and we chatted about how his mom, my grandmother used to make Hermits. He said the aroma was beyond anything he'd ever imagined. He couldn't wait until they came out of the oven and would ask my grandmother if he could have a Hermit! We made them, and those cookies were here and then gone, lickety split! Little things.
The world of photography has made so many advances over the past few years. I couldn't help but dub in the spring backdrop!
Jill
