100 years ago, Jerilyn and I had a business together and named it ‘Country Cousins.’ We were located in CJ’s old building in the middle of Crothersville and formed said business when Rose Acres ordered 500 craft items from us.
Chickens and eggs…
The items ordered by the egg farm company consisted of a wood frame covered in chicken wire. Behind the frame was a sewn, stuffed cloth chicken (Nanny did this part), sitting on 3 eggs that rested on top of spanish moss.
Sounds easy, but that’s 1500 eggs that had 2 pinholes in them that produced enough egg yuck that we could’ve fed the entire town for years. Yes, we blowed air through one hole in each egg ejecting the egg substance out the other hole of 1500 eggs. Whatever we charged wasn’t enough.
In addition to all the crafty crafted items we offered for sale, we purchased pottery to resell. When we closed up shop, we split what was left.
I still have a few pieces and set them on the kitchen shelf Ben and Perry hung for me. I wonder if Jerilyn has any of her pieces left. Even if she doesn’t… I can promise she remembers the egg duty.
TIL (Today I Learned): Employees at N.A.S.A. smoked on average 29 cigarettes a day before the first moon landing.