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February 14

Happy Valentines Day! And a very Happy Birthday to my husband! He's off playing at the mountain, so, as stated in last week's News Page, the bags will be listed whenever it's convenient for Allison today. We'll be having dinner tonight here with friends. So along with today being a short one for me, and two time consuming orders that went out....I'm still happy to have 6 bags to offer tonight. So it's listing, cleaning, then off to the store and home to make a Key Lime Pie.

We had a nasty ice storm yesterday making driving dangerous and there were many cancellations throughout the state. Today is colder but the sun is out and gorgeous! I had to laugh at last weeks yoga class as we were all pretty stiff due to all the shoveling! Needless to say out instructor had us all on our backs for deep breathing!

Woody came home yesterday with the prettiest bookmark he made from a scrap piece of Cherry. I love it. I love when something that would be discarded is looked at again, and a beautiful piece is created from it. For those interested, here are the properties of the two woods my handles are made from...my bookmark too!

Butternut
Wood Origin:	North America
Gender Association:	Masculine and Feminine
Planetary Association:	Jupiter, Venus
Elemental Association:	Earth, Fire
Other magical properties:	This wood brings wisdom and creativity to any situation. It will aid in finding the truths that others miss, often resulting in good fortune and wealth. An excellent tool for promoting luck and affluence. Butternut will help make one's home and self image perfect, matching one's drive and passion. It will allow a person to shape their life as an artist shapes clay.

Cherry
Wood Origin:	Many, a fruit wood
Gender Association:	Feminine and Masculine
Planetary Association:	Moon, Mars
Elemental Association:	Earth
Other magical properties:	An extremely earth-centric wood, cherry has very grounded energy. Earth energy is very level-headed, non-impulsive. It helps us to see the here and now, think clearly, and act upon rationality rather than emotion. Aligned with the Moon and Mars, cherry is highly useful for intuitive magic and conquering conflict. This would be an excellent wood for divination or medium work, as well as healing and love magic. As a magical tool, it is highly recommended for those who identify well with earth energy.

The Vermont proverb on this Valentine's Day:

A warm-back husband and a cold-foot wife should easily lead a compatible life.

Till next time...stay warm good women & knit on!

Martha.

Butternut

Cherry