Hello
from the Tornado Tavern Gallery – I hope you all had a great time for giving
thanks. Mary and I have been busy with our last big show in Sister Bay.
Thank
you all for your support and congratulations for being the Southern Door
Business Association, Featured Business for November and the wonderful article
in the news letter. I was honored by all the attention that it received.
The
typical business season is winding down and the gallery hours are being cut
back. This is sometimes referred to as Door County time. We will be open most
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00ish to dusk. We strongly encourage
all to “call ahead” as it is winter, “you know”. There are still some hardy
folks coming up for the Christmas and New Years holidays but after that it’s
mostly snowmobilers and ice fishing. They would rather that we were the Tornado
Tavern and not a Gallery, ah well. There are some opportunities to network with
business that are also open “off and on” during the winter and I have had the
pleasure to get to know some of them.
Mary is
still working in Neenah and I will probably spending more time “back and forth”
during the week. I am still active on the DC Renaissance board and have been
“anointed” as a member “at large” of the Southern Door Business
Association. The SDBA are serious
business people and I’m learning from them. I have also been elected to the
Door County Historical Society which is exciting for me. They run the
Crossroads historical site outside of Sturgeon Bay. So with that and making
things for the gallery I’m keeping myself busy.
We are
still the “Door County Designated Lost Marbles Reclamation Center” and are
accumulating marbles. We also have a selection of “safety marbles” which don’t
roll so much so are harder to loose.
We also
have our “Christmas Coal” in stock and have some smaller pieces wire wrapped
for use as ornaments or pendants. Those are great for naughty people who are
actually nice people most of the time or for nice people who you might want to
be naughty (just as a suggestion). Mary says that I am getting pretty good at
wire wrapping so I added a picture of some of the glass pieces. They really look
nice hanging in the window as sun catchers.
The
black one is coal and the others are glass. My next project will be wrapping
some agate slabs.
I will
be leaving now to help Mary close the show in Sister Bay, keep in touch.
