Tag: womyn-run

August 1st. Come on over!

Featured by NapsWithCats-ScubaMan, posted in Community, craft fairs, Events
Used books.
TS in charge.
Knotted artwork.
Shirts with slogans from the book!
Snapshots as we set up.
Bruce Men’s Shed. This is my first year helping out!

Headspace meditation. And setting up a sales booth!

by NapsWithCats-ScubaMan, posted in Events, weekend farmers market

Owen Sound Farmer’s Market. July 11/26.

What’s one habit that has improved your life the most?

We’re at the end of the outdoor hall.

https://www.headspace.com …I pay for the yearly subscription and it unlocks additional features. Guided meditation (and a useful chat bot called Ebb) helps me gain additional quality of mind.

50/50 brand. Your house panther (may) adore 😊 them. You never know, eh.

Mindful breathing, cognitive behavioural therapeutic tools. Oh, and buying biscuits!

by NapsWithCats-ScubaMan, posted in Community, craft fairs, Events

What’s the best way to deal with negative thoughts?

Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.

I appreciate the brave souls who persevered the heat and visited the event.

The gun-metal blue-grey clouds looming west of the city opened up once we were driving (defensively) up the Wiarton hill towards Colpoys Bay.

Today’s market experienced +41C humidex conditions. Gusting winds. And overheating patrons. We enjoyed the event and are REALLY glad to be recovering in our (Evolve Builders Grp. [Guelph]) strawbale home in the forest. Cooks, your Mitsubishi heat-pump is providing cooling relief!

And now, TS makes more Black Dog Biscuits!

by NapsWithCats-ScubaMan, posted in Events, Product Status
After 4 days of back-to-back markets, it’s time for TS to make more product.
Multi-step processed ingredients.
TS uses a cutter to ensure consistency.
Sweet potato and peanut. 300 small + 150 regular. BDB.
Those cookies need to be dry.
Local house-panthers keep an eye on the process.
small cookie besides $2 Canadian coin (for scale).
A small biscuit.
~25g cookie, besides a $2-coin (Candadian Toonie)
1 of 3 biscuit sizes.

While the majority of customers were happy to pay the listed price for cookies — others were hesitant. Here’s why I think Black Dog Biscuits (BDB) are worth the cost (compared to mass-produced, commercial products):

  • Companion animals rely on humans to keep them healthy, happy, and safe. They’re not my property — for me to treat as I see fit. As a steward, my animals can expect high quality shelter, top-shelf nutrition, and non-violent interactions.
  • BDB uses locally-sourced ingredients. Chatsworth Honey provides us with unpasteurised honey (at retail prices). Ingredients such as seeds and milled starches are purchased at our local Owen Sound Bulk Barn. BDB is pumping cash back into the Bruce Peninsula economy.
  • BDB is a 1 womyn-run operation. TS has the entrepreneurial spirit, unlike me. TS is a gifted chef without a false sense of modesty. TS and I silently muse whenever we go to a restaurant or a pet food store — this/that is delicious! I wonder if TS can learn to make it? I have witnessed TS’ core belief — one who values self-reliance. I believe our world needs more people with these qualities. When you purchase her product, you are supporting such human attributes.
  • Black Dog Biscuits (BDB) use human-quality ingredients. Commercial treats are designed to maximise profit! And the laws governing pet food vary wildly. I suspect there are dogs suffering gastrointestinal distress due to spoiled and/or rancid foodstuffs. I understand that dogs can eat some disgusting items on their adventures. However, there are consequences to that (vomiting, diarrhoea, shortened life-span, toxic effects) behaviour.