Early Morning Full Moon

The time  was 0530; I had been awake since 0400 as I went to bed at 1100
last night.  I had been perusing gardening books at Thrift Books (good site).
This was prompted by an ad from Rodale for a book on Composting that
was priced at 31.95.  Outrageous price, especially when you consider that
most "hobby" type books are eventually discarded and some never used.
I did a search under the heading of discount books and then went under the
heading of gardening.  I know I cannot purchase all I have chosen, but their
are very pocketbook friendly with free shipping.

While I was looking at gardening books, I glanced out the window of the
sunroom and got a surreal view of a full moon in the early morning mountian
mist.  I stepped out onto the deck for a better view and felt the first winds of
winter wrap around me.  The wind was blowing.  The air was cold.  I did not
stay long on the deck before re-turning to the warmth of the sunroom.

Yesterday was quite warm.  We went to the curb market, and then to Saluda
for lunch.  After lunch at the Purple Onion, we went to some of the little shops
nearby.  I wish I could recall the name of even one of them.  I bought only two
things--2 bars of soap.  The price was 6.00 per bar which is the same price my
co-op charges--but these were bigger bars.  I was hoping to be making my own
soap by now, but I did not allow for 5 months of a drug reaction that made doing
doing anything nearly impossible.  When I get caught up, I will resume making
soap for myself at least.  I love my soap. 

After leaving Saluda, we went to Flat Rock to Rainbow Row, and I wandered
through the artsy little shops.  I saw "frilly scarves" in both Saluda and Flat Rock.
"Frilly Scarves" has been a recent topic of discussion in yahoo bead group,
beadsandmore, about the making of these scarves, so I looked these over with
interest.  One of the members of  my group has a store called Jamestown Soapworks,
she sells these scarves,  her hand made soaps, and, of course, jewelry.  Her prices
are low--she depends largely on tourist sales, so this is a shameless plug for her
business. Check the site out--the prices are amazing!  That soap was my only
purchase; I did note that the price of the same exact soap was 2.00 higher in
Flat Rock as opposed to the 6.00 price in Saluda.  We stopped at a few other
places; by the end of the day, I was exhausted.  I wasn't accustomed to "going"
that much in one day.  No shortness of breath though, just plain fatigue from
being inside for too long.

I did some reading (fiction) after returning  home--and just lounged.  Felt really
good.

I started a group on yahoo called BlessingsAndAffirmations--it is a continuation
of my positive thoughts blog that I have on my computer.  It is written for myself,
started after my injury, but others may benefit, so I made it into a group format,
so that others could benefit also--should they wish to read.  Everyone copes with
Life in different ways.  I write.

All for today.