We went up on Friday, February 10th with Kate and Sammy and the boys, Xavi and Dominic joining us that evening. Saturday morning David, Amanda and Kent arrived early. After a quick lunch of my famous squished sandwich ( large french or italian bread, split almost in half lengthwise and then hollowed out on one side. Then layer salami, turkey, cheese, olives (whatever you have on hand), mayo and italian dressing (again, whatever you have on hand). Wrap with plastic wrap and refridgerate with something heavy on it. Next day, presto-great sandwich, slice and serve. Let me tell you, a whole lot better than standing there making 15 sandwiches for everybody....., the men headed out for another afternoon of demolition of the inside of the cabin. They were able to get quite alot done on Saturday and Sunday. And run off to the dump with alot of trash. The kitchen has now been demolished down to the beadboard and the kitchen sink cabinet has been taken out. So now we have 2 rooms, and a partition for the bathroom where we will install a loft for storage. Sammy still has not found any great treasures. No confederate gold or artifacts. But we did find a really nice cane someone had carved. We'll hang that on the wall of the new log house.
We had some discussions on what the future of "Art in the Holler" will bring and have come to a decision that we will continue to host the art contest for the children of Rutherford County and award prizes. But we are now thinking that we will have a booth at the Rutherfordton Fall Festival and ask them to help us with the contest. Our location does not allow for alot of traffic.
We are now going to start focus on a few products which we will have manufactured. We are hoping that the woodworker who had his booth at the event will help us with this. And we are still looking at import business from South America as an option for a few products. Our wonderful upholsterer, Marjorie from Rumar Upholstery has indicated that she would love to help us with some other projects that we would sell online. I will keep looking for products that can represent Guards Farm. Living the life of Riley...
Maybe after my knitting class I will be able to contribute some fabric art to the booth. Maybe my creativity has been hiding in knitting needles and I just didn't know it?? I wish I could be of more help by at least sending John up to do his thing (breaking things is his favorite thing to do), or maybe Kate and I can collaborate on a children's book, not a "how to" but maybe a book starring Riley!
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