Russians! And Fruit Stands!

.....For some reason I've had a couple of Russians friend me on Live Journal. I can't tell if they are spam accounts or not. They have actual journals, with entries on them. But I'm a little nervous as I don't necessarily want to open myself to getting spam'ed. But I also subscribe to a couple of Russian feeds and they might have friended me as a connection to one of them. So I'm not sure. Sigh. I may have to start friend-locking my list. I don't really like doing that, as it is one more thing to have to remember. But that and other considerations is making me think that I need to start moving in that direction.

.....I need to clean up the Friends List as well while I'm at it. There is a number of people who have friended me that I have just never bothered to friend back. Not out of hatred or anything, probably just out of sheer laziness. Time to get more observant I guess.

.....Received an interesting phone call from the new owners of the fruit stand in Port Gamble. I guess that Tiny closed up her shop earlier this year and Port Gamble have given the stand to new owners who have previously spent a lot of time at the Kingston Farmer's Market.

.....Dealing with Tiny was always problematic. She always hated June Faire weekend. She complained about the traffic June Faire brought. She complained about supposed 'vandalism' done to her booth over June Faire weekend. She complained about shoplifting supposedly done in her booth over June Faire weekend. I always dreaded what new complaint she would bring forth to us in 'celebration' of June Faire. I was not sorry to hear that she has moved on to bigger and better things.

.....The new owners are excited to have their stand open over June Faire weekend. They are farmers who deal in locally grown produce, fruit and vegetables. They want to speak to us and see what they can stock up on that our populace will buy. They also want to talk about extended hours so that they can sell food stuff to us after the modern public has left for the day.

.....They also want to dress up the stand so that it 'fits' the ambiance of June Faire. AND, they are thinking it might be fun to get into garb for the weekend as well. They were VERY excited. :-)

.....I hope they are not disappointed in us. We do not behave like the 'Modern Public' and may not necessarily buy much stuff from them. But I'll do what I can to promote them and their produce. I'll post to the lists and see if I can generate a little enthusiasm.

.....I think that I will also give them a quick and easy way to get a hold of us in case of 'issues' that arise during June Faire. We are a strange group, and the traffic will still be intense. The lady told me that she has attended June Faire for several years, so she has supposedly seen what things are like at June Faire. But I'll, delicately, give her a run down of what to expect. :-)

.....I definitely need to enlist Talia's help in that as well.

.....Aaron / Arontius.