Last autumn, a dealer friend Keith and I knew well, was impressed with my stand at the Autumn Antiques Fair. He has a shop in the next county, and said he wished some of his lesser dealers would leave, and then he could offer me a Unit, but . . . Anyway, I've seen him recently at the small fair I do, and he said nothing about a Unit. Then this last Builth Fair, another dealer with a shop approached me and wanted me to have Unit again. He is half an hour's drive away, and I was giving it some thought but went to check out the Shop and was shocked. Keith and I had a Unit there when I was running my little business pre-Covid. I am sure much of the stock that was there then - especially the bits hanging from the ceiling! - had bred - there was double the amount of "stuff" in the shop, and it reminded me of the first time Keith and I went into ToysRUs and had to come out as we were SO overwhelmed by the pile it high stock in there.
Pignut.
I thought long and hard about it, and then decided there was nothing to lose from phoning my other dealer friend and seeing if there was a Unit available . . . Well, I spoke to his business partner and she said he was looking to get in touch with me as a dealer was leaving and space would come available at the end of June. We had a lovely chat and I am going over next Tuesday, with some recent stock photos, and hopefully I will be in. Which means restarting my old business again, having some fresh business cards printed, and carrying on with my fossicking around Fleamarkets!
I am absolutely thrilled to bits and hope it comes to pass... I really wasn't happy about the other offer as it would mean working a couple of days a month in the shop to reduce the Unit rent too and I hated doing that first time round!
Probably Common Ramping fumitory (they all seem much of a muchness!).
Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes).
Cut-leaved Cranesbill. (Geranium dissectum.)
Ground Ivy. (Glechoma hederacea).
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