Moving the Goods

I'm working 

16 -18 hour

days now

 in a final countdown to the annual

 Old Glory Antique Fair 

show.

I am treasure hunting, 

dragging home wonderful pieces, 

cleaning, repairing, repurposing, altering, painting, oiling/waxing/staining, 

sanding,

 tagging,

 staging, embellishing, inventorying, 

wrapping, packing,

 stacking 

and

 storing.

The sequence is amazing!

A simple piece of merchandise is found, 

handled and moved

 approximately 10 times before it is presented

 at a show.

It goes from it's original site to my truck, to my house to be cared for and prepared.

I have sent a full trailer load out to be worked on by other craftsmen,

 so those are reloaded and transported and unloaded

 and repaired or altered in some fashion. 

 They return to my truck, and then to my warehouse . . . 

then to my big truck or trailer . . .

transported to the show and placed in a stack,

moved under the tent

and finally displayed the way you'll see it.

Many hands touch and define the beauty

 and usability of a piece

before it's worthy of being in my shop

 or a show I'm doing.

Time is short and I have to get to work -

See you at the fair!