Just Me Granny D's Launching Etsy Site!

It has long been a hobby of mine to take photographs of everything - I have drawers and boxes full of photographs of scenery, horses, dogs, deer, inanimate objects, clouds, storms, and just about anything one can imagine.  For several years I made and sold various types of greeting cards which featured my photography.  Since that time I have taken thousands more photos that I believe would be great for a couple of new lines of greeting cards.

Besides my photography and greeting cards - I find I have a house full of vintage items that really might be appreciated more somewhere else.  Over the years I think I have kept most everything anyone has ever given me - some very interesting items and a few strange items mixed in with vintage collectibles and odds and ends.  Each time I open a drawer or a box on a shelf in my house I see things I think 'someone somewhere could probably really use that' -

I am working on developing an inventory, taking the photos for display, preparing a price list, checking on shipping and handling details, and determining my advertising possibilities at the moment.  But with determination, Just Me Granny D will be launching the Etsy store site next Friday - that would of course be Black Friday! 

As a stay at home and work online granny,  it only makes sense to venture into this next avenue of online income opportunity and offer items for sale from Granny D's personal photography and private collections - just wait till you see what is to come!!!! 


Just Me Granny D

Signs of the Times

"I got a new job today," a son said to his father.

"Oh really, where at and what will you be doing?"

"I am going into business for myself!  I will be a rich entrepreneur!"

"Okay, but where at and doing what?" asked the father.

"At the street corner by the mall!   I'll be the one on the corner holding up a sign!  I know some people who make about $1000.00 per day just standing there holding up a sign and so I have decided to go into that business."

"That's called panhandling, and it's against the law!"

"Well, I call it working for myself, and being an entrepreneur.  I'll sing for them if they want!  You know, I'll be like that 'Naked Cowboy from New York' with his guitar and hat!"

"That's not a real job, Son!  You'll get arrested!"

"It's a real job in this day and age Dad - you're just getting old and behind the times!  And they don't arrest you for panhandling, only give you a ticket and suggest better locations to you!"

Street Kids and Streetscapes: Panhandling, Politics, and Prophecies


PANHANDLING LAW; ; ACLU: CITY CAN'T PUT LIMITS ON ASKING FOR ALMS.(Main): An article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)


 The beggar's handbook: A guide to successful panhandling

Just Me Granny D

Out to Pasture

Out to Pasture

Turning an older horse out to pasture to retire sounds like the humane and decent thing to do for a beloved horse which has worked hard and served well throughout his life. But is it really the right thing to do for that loyal, loving soul? Or could it be that it's the worse thing you could possibly do? Maybe it depends on the horse.

Just as with people, retirement sounds great – but is it really?

How many people retire only to become depressed and go through feeling as if they are no longer needed or productive in life? While some actually enjoy being `out to pasture' and flourish in their golden years, many others find their health deteriorates, depression sets in and they really need something to do. Many find their selves retired or out to pasture because of health problems or factors (besides age) in which they had no control. For these people the self doubts, feelings of rejection and betrayal – whether by others or by one's own body – are major obstacles to being able to enjoy those final years of one's life. The very years in which we believe we have earned some peace, rest and relaxation.

A question to mull over.

If you had a horse which was elderly and having major problems with hooves and hips, would it be best to put him out to pasture - stop riding or working him? Now let's say this same horse had spent his years involved in riding programs with children and really walked proud with a child mounted, evident to all how much he enjoyed and loved the kids – would become depressed and stop eating when the kids were gone on vacations; after-all, he didn't understand why they suddenly weren't there – do you still retire the horse?

If you have a person who is elderly/or not, and having health problems, is it best to put them out to pasture? Would you want to be `out to pasture'?

Just Me Granny D