Tales of the Traveling Tote and a Giveaway!

Happy March, everyone! Mr. P. and I are popping in to greet you with another installment of the Tales of the Traveling Tote today. For a bit of the history of how these adventures began, you can start at this link, here. For my past tales, you can click on this link, here, which lists the tales in their most recent order of publishing on my blog. All my tribe sisters' current links are near the end of this post, so be sure to check them out, too, along with a cute MacKenzie-Childs giveaway!

Mr. P. and I have had a rather quiet winter, especially compared to this time last year. We've traveled very little, due to the fact that Mr. P. fell hard in late January and is nursing a fractured vertebrae (T12). It's a slow recovery, and hopefully by spring he will back to his normal level of activity.  I make sure he's getting out each day for short trips, though, even if it's just lunch out or a little shopping at the grocery or with the Scott brothers. 😉 I'm like a hummingbird, flitting around most days with pent up energy to burn. I've spent much of winter continually working on organizing things in storage and home, mostly for things to sell in the antique booth spaces. Organizing paperwork for taxes also consumes a lot of [especially] mental energy (I prepare about a half a dozen or so family member returns that vary in complexity). Just a few outings with friends and sisters kept me sane through winter and Mr. P.'s down time.

We have a really nice local theater house that's been restored near our antique mall where my sisters and I rent booth space. My sister and I took in a showing of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" in early January at that theater. Miss Charley C loved the flooring and begged for a photo op.

At the end of January, a good friend and I, along with Miss Penny (my newest bag, read all about her, here) trekked to Blenko Glass Factory in Milton, WV to make our own water bottles. You can read more about that fun experience, here.

Miss Penny is my bag of choice lately, given that she is so lightweight and can hold so much!

Another outing with that same friend was in early February, to the Homer Laughlin Company's "Everything Fiesta" outlet in Sutton, WV. As a dish hoarder (even in downsizing), this trip could've been a lot more dangerous than it actually was. I only purchased four dinner plates (for a whopping total of $10.60, including tax).

Although winter was quiet, every day still feels like a new experience, living in our loft through our first winter. We're still loving the ease of living with less and, to be honest, although I love the gifts my landscape garden delivered each spring, I am grateful not to have the responsibility of working the garden on my "to do" list. Instead, I can visit my local sisters and daughter whenever I want to garden, or even help out on the shared garden terrace here in our vertical neighborhood. I look forward to all my blogging friends' gardens as well. So, friends, keep those garden posts coming this spring!

NOW, ONTO THE GIVEAWAY!

The Traveling Totes Tribe is offering another giveaway. Jenna at the Painted Apron is our giveaway sponsor this time. One lucky reader who leaves a comment on Jenna's March 1 post will have their name thrown into the hat for an opportunity to win this MacKenzie-Childs Flower Market Whisk! Hurry over now!

As promised, here are all the links to the rest of tribe members' travels since our December 1 post.

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

Patti with Miss Kenzie and Miss Taylor @ Pandora's Box

Jenna with Miss Coquille @ The Painted Apron

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply (you are here!)

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Jackie with Miss Madi K @ Purple Chocolat Home

Ricki Jill and Countess de Monet @The Sketchy Reader

Cherry Kay with Miss Carrie Ann Hall @ Entertaining Women

Thank you so much for dropping by the blog today. I love reading your comments, and don't forget to leave one on Jenna's blog for a chance at the giveaway! Come again for our next adventure, which  will be June 1, 2020.

Rita C. at Panoply

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