FALL SALE THIS WEEKEND

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THIS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
August 24 & 25 

10-4
!!!20% off everything 
in the store!!!

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{and a few photos of the goods}

Autumn in August?

All my perennials are a month ahead of schedule. It seemed like we had August in July here in Wisconsin...what a hot and sticky month I heard it was!!! But I was in Montana more than I was here I think. It seems only fitting that Bittersweet Farm would have Autumn in August!

The mountains of Montana have been delightfully beautiful...and the traveling and waiting part, well...it's just odd. I have had round-trips every month this year! And to think that my very first-ever flight was fall of 2003! Life is full of surprises, right? I once was a timid and shy home-body. But I married Adventure and I've learned to love it!

I fly out tomorrow on a one-way, but we are not staying in Montana, though we considered that for it's beauty...the real estate there is not right. Too much for too little...Plus, we live here. We love it here. Our family and friends are here. It's home! And now, my man has garnered a job AT HOME in MPLS!!! Life should take on a more predictable rhythm in the days to come.

Oh wait, we still have to close on the farm. We are still waiting for our buyers to bring us their paperwork. It has been slow, but it has worked well for me. I've been able to go through my attic and closets without feeling under-the-gun. Now that Dale will be home, we can work at it all together. We are trusting that God has a plan for where we will land, and are looking forward to the house-hunt!

So...
I IMAGINE YOU ASKING...
WHAT ABOUT BITTERSWEET FARM???

FALL SALE AUGUST 24th and 25th.

 (That is the last Friday and Saturday 

of August.....from 10-4!)

The sale will be:

20% OFF OF EVERYTHING!

Check back soon for updates!

:)

Where in the World am I NOW?

In Wisconsin

I will have the shop open this Saturday July 7th 10-4 

for anyone who happens to wander out. I have plenty of things left in there and a few new items that were on order before I closed June 9th. I hope to see a few of you! {So sorry for the randomness of my life right now, I am doing the best I can to walk through this crazy time...} 

All things will be on sale for 25% off* (*unless it is a special order)

Time flies right? I have been flying too! (some in a plane, some in a truck in Montana along Flathead lake one day and down to Red Lodge the next) If you want to see my Montana photos, you can peek (click) here on my 

flikr photo stream.

Since I returned the 23rd of June... 

...I have been pursuing cleaning out nooks, 

closets and other areas with 

stashes of stuff from ten years of living...

and I have decided to have a 

MOVING SALE 

here on the farm. 

It will take place in the workshop 

down at the bottom of our driveway...

(this is one week from THIS weekend)

~Moving Sale~

*Friday July 13th *8am to 4pm

*Saturday July 14 *8am to 2pm

I hope to see you!

If you have any questions

feel free to email me at:

btrsweetfarm@hotmail.com

Tearing and Tears

Growing up on the farm, we had to say good-bye to many animals. We would fall in love with the kitties and anticipate seeing them upon our arrival to the barn every day. Inevitably  though, and almost always we would one day arrive to find the kitties gone because Petunia or some other bovine had laid down with kitties underneath and our hearts would break. Again . 

...Love hurts...

(and we really did this:)  

Who knew that when I had a dream to open my little shop that I would have eight great years of shopping for, displaying and selling home-decorating goods, but that the best part would be spending time with the people who came in to visit?


And who knew that when the day came to close the shop (albeit that I will have future sales but not this location and not the same opportunities to connect with people as I have here) that it would feel like a tearing away from loved ones? ...and there would be tears in the tearing? 


I have faced this final week with some anxiety in how to navigate the emotions of my own heart as well as manage the disappointment in my loyal customers who have come to rely on Bittersweet Farm being an available stop in their journey of life. (and our loss of mutual friendship, as limited as it has been with our brief but meaningful encounters)


They are wishing me well, which I full expected from such beautiful people, but their disappointment does weigh on my heart. 


Little did I know that my life would be so enriched by them. Little did I know that it wasn't really about the things we decorate with as much as the camaraderie of our desires to make our homes a blessed place to keep and entertain our families and friends. 


So. My heart is full. I am so grateful for this opportunity, so thankful for the people who I have been able to connect with, and sometimes in deeper ways than I thought possible in 'a little gift-shop on a farm'. 


I have hugged with encouragement, prayed for blessing, cried with sorrow, and laughed with joy in my little building. I have been rich in people-love and more rich in coming to know God's amazing love in giving me such love-wealth here.


So to my customers, THANK YOU for your kindness, and for bringing me such joy! I am so very glad that God put you in my life and the blessing you have been to me. Be sure if you are on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest that you connect with me over there-------->

And sign up for email 

so I can keep you posted! 

Two more days of 40% off 

Friday and Saturday 10-4

Closing Saturday 

June 9th at 4:00pm

What ARE our Plans?

Where are you going? 

That is the question I will be asked 

the most over the course 

of the next two weeks...

In case you come here to the blog before you come to the Farm...We plan on being temporary "tent-dwellers" over the summer. (yes indeed!) Of course ~I~ will be here most of the time until we close and we don't know yet when that will be because our buyers are working through some things. (I will explain about that later)...


Dale is working in Montana right now on Wind Turbines. He is living in a campground in a (fortunately for me HARD SIDE "tent") camper (photo above with the Geo Tracker he hauled in the back for extra wheels when I am with him). He is also slated to go to New Mexico sometime. The paperwork is not yet complete, so we don't know timing or if it is a sure thing. All that to say we will wait until later to decide where we will live. We DO plan on staying in the Amery/ Western WI area! We love it here too much to want to go anywhere else!


So for the temporary time and the interim and the in-between...here are a few photos of his weekend exploring...who wouldn't want to spend a little bit of time hanging out here? :)

I am a bit emotional saying "good bye" to my shop, but mostly YOU my loyal friends. It has been a dream come true in so many ways. I know how much you have loved it, and like me, have a hard time saying good-bye...for that I am sorry and I want to say THANK YOU for your encouragement in visiting here and I pray we can continue our relationship in a different place in the future.  

Sale: This week 30%* off

Next week 40%* off 

*with only select furniture pieces included in the sale

HOURS: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10-4

Bittersweet Farm Sale

This weekend:

Everything in the shop is 

20% off this weekend. 

Friday 10-4

Saturday 10-4

Wind Chimes and New Times

I promised to upload photos of the 

hand-made in America-wind chimes. 

Here they are! 

They have been very popular already! 

They sound peacefully lovely...

 cat

 birds

 dragonflies

butterflies

shop hours:

friday 10-4

saturday 10-4

****NEWS****

since our farm sold this week, I will be making

changes in my life to be able to be with my

husband more when he is on the road.

I will be having sales Thursday through Saturday for the

next three weeks. 

Then on JUNE 9th I will be closed for the summer.

In September I plan on holding a fall sale somewhere

TBA as soon as I know when and where!