Update on clove seed availability, shipping, and an Etsy treasury

It's a while since the clove seeds started, but they're still slow. If you're on the waiting list for larger orders, that may still be a while but I can accommodate a few small orders per week. Check my on-line shops :).

I have recently changed my policies to say that orders received before 7 a.m. will usually ship on the same day rather than 8 a.m. as it used to say. This is because on some days I have to be at work earlier, and if I start packing an order at 8 and still have to take it to Ag inspection I'm not going to be at work in time for 9 a.m. meetings. Other days orders may still go out if I receive them at 9 a.m. but I can't promise that, so it's 7 and will probably stay that way for a while.

As I received a clove seed order from Canada I found out that I can now ship to at least some countries (Canada is one of them) by first class mail from the USPS website, with the customs form and a tracking number, no more having to go to the post office for that. As I go along I will add shipping to Canada, and probably some other countries to my on-line shops, not just Etsy which has allowed first class international mailing labels for a while already.

And a treasury from a while back:

'Blue Hawaii' by GlassDreamsHawaii

Inspired by Hawaii's tropical beauty this Treasury brings you a small sampling of its talent.

Transcend, Giclee Print from... StudioKWN $50	Hawaii Owl Tshirt for boys o... PetrinaBlakely $15
Royal Blue teardrop Dangle E... KuuipoDesigns $45	Handmade Tropical Batik Cott... KoloaQuiltsand... $75
Aqua sea glass gold necklace labeadbouteek $28	Hawaiian Monk Seal limited e... carenloebelfri... $70
Tropical art - ocean paintin... GraciousArt $175	Ocean Waves of Kauai II Orig... kauaiartist $49
Ceramic Tile 4.25"x4.25... VisionsoftheTr... $15	Blue and yellow eyelash lei,... hilobeads $20
Whale Coconut Postcard, Birt... NutsAboutMaui $14.75	Silk Crepe de Chine Handpain... JuliettVandyke $65
SALE on Natural Cocoa Butter... TheWesternBeeC... $3	Hawaiian Hand Carved Authent... LindseysBeachG... $28
Personalized Letterpress Sta... alohaletterpre... $40

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Html code by http://redrowstudio.com/tools/treasury.php, extra spaces removed by me :)

Rest in peace, Zoomie

Tsume, aka Zoomie or Mr. Flufftail was almost 12. He passed away last week Wednesday (the 23rd) in the very early morning at our veterinarian's where he spent his last few days. He was stumbling and listing to one side the previous week Monday, but being the outdoorsy cat he was, when he needed to go out he needed to go out - and you'd hear it loud and clear. I suspected that it wasn't a good thing when he didn't show up for breakfast that Tuesday morning, but he came home briefly in the afternoon when I went to check, only to disappear again. When he didn't come home the next few days we didn't expect to see him again, but there he was in the walkway, finally on Saturday. I called the vet and took him there, and was told right away that this wasn't a case of Pedialyte with a syringe, he needed IV fluids, and antibiotics for his ear infection, the only thing they found wrong with him, and which of course had caused his stumbling and listing to one side, so we left him there for the weekend. We were updated twice on Monday and he appeared to be getting better, but relapsed Tuesday. I went to see him as soon as I could get a break from work and saw him deteriorate during the hour I was there. Norman went a little bit later and told me he had deteriorated more. We decided that night that we were going to take him home Wednesday so that he could pass away in his normal surroundings with his normal humans and co-cats but he didn't live that long. Dr. Alan called early Wednesday morning to let us know that Tsume had passed away. Thank you Dr. Alan and staff for all you did!

It took until now until I was able to write this down. I was the one who found Tsume, in the bushes on the corner by the Sack&Save parking lot Downtown, when he was a tiny kitten, almost 12 years ago, when his body wasn't much bigger around than his tail.