This week finds me in Maryland. Yesterday I started in Fredericksburg, VA, making a call on a current customer with a great antique mall right on the main street. She took time to look at all the new things and wrote a small order. She, like so many others, wants to order more, but the dollars are tight. I drove on to Waldorf, MD and saw another customer who too, looked at all the new things and wrote a small order. The hope for this customer is to do a nice Heritage section in their furniture store, as the dollars and time allow. Today I spent in Maryland seeing one current customer with a neat eclectic shop in an old house - they too, wrote an order for all new products for the most part, including our new wall art. She had seen it in Atlanta in January and was really excited to order and try it. She ordered one each of all four pieces, so I hope it is a successful item for her. Two other customers who had given me appointments, now today were not able to meet with me so I spent a good bit of the day propsecting but I did come up a little dry with not many gift stores to be found. Tomorrow is another day though! The duck picture came from Soloman's Island on the coast. I saw these ducks in rain coats (and yes, it was raining on and off) facing these real ducks and it just made me smile! Shortly after I snapped the shot, the two real ducks came running to my car - i think they wanted food, or maybe a pair of sharp yellow rain slickers, who knows? I have driven past several dozen seafood places and crab shacks, with the image of choice being crabs and then maybe anchors and boats. Lenny's really cracked me up so I just had to snap a shot - I just am not sure what an evergreen tree has to do with seafood dinners! But the idea of beer on tap was mighty tempting, so after the shot, I just moved on down the road.