HEN HOUSE HAS COME TO A CLOSE……………..THANK ~ YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND LOVELY COMMENTS!IT HAS BEEN A JOY FOR THE LAST TWELVE YEARS……………..I SINCERELY MEAN IT.I HOPE YOU WILL STAY SUBSCRIBED TO MY VINTAGE HEN HOUSE SITE FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND POSSIBLE E~BAY SALES…………OPPS I MEAN E~KAY SALES!!!!!!!MY CLEVER NEIGHBOR CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA LAST NIGHT AT DINNER……..I KINDA LIKE THE IDEA BUT THE SHIPPING ETC TERRIFY’S ME!I HAVE NOT BEEN KNOWN TO SHOP ON LINE…………..YET!PERHAPS, WITH A FEW MORE HOURS ON MY SIDE I WILL GET INTO IT ;WE SHALL SEE……..I DO SEE MYSELF AS DOING A POP UP SHOP OR A FLEA FROM TIME TO TIME………SO I WILL ANNOUNCE MY WHERE ABOUTS HERE.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK. TOP OF MY LIST THE DANVILLE DIVA WHO CAME ON BOARD TWO YEARS AGO TO THE HEN HOUSE WHO GAVE ME A DAY OFF AND A REASON TO SHOP IN MY OWN STORE!GOOD GRIEF THE GORGEOUS ITEMS SHE WOULD BRING IN TO SELL I WOULD HOARD AND QUICKLY PURLOIN TO MY ABODE AS THE ITEMS WERE SO ME!NO NEED TO GO SHOPPING A FAR AS SHE HAD MANY AN ITEM THAT SPOKE TO ME.THANK ~ YOU LORETTA!WE DID GOOD!

BARONESS,WHERE DO I BEGIN!YOU WALKED THROUGH THAT DOOR ONE DAY IN LATE JUNE AND I KNEW WE WOULD BE FRIENDS FOR LIFE!THANK~YOU FOR SEEKING OUT THAT LITTLE SHOP DOWN A SIDE STREET!I CANNOT IMAGINE MY MORNINGS WITHOUT YOUR DAILY E-MAILS!NOR COULD I IMAGINE OUR LIVES WITHOUT OUR GIVEN TITLES!YOU ARE A GEM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THAT BOY GROW UP!

SPEAKING OF TITLES I WAS ASKED TODAY WHAT I PREFER TO BE CALLED!I ANNOUNCED LA CONTESSA OF COURSE OR LEAST MY DEAREST FRIENDS CALL ME THAT……………ONLY TO BE TREATED TO A COFFEE AND A CHOCOLATE CROISSANT BY A TRUE HEN HOUSE SHOPPER WHO CAME BACK THREE TIMES THIS WEEK TO MAKE A FEW PURCHASES AFTER CONVINCING HER HUSBAND IT WOULD NOT BECOME A PROJECT AS THE CHAIRS WERE PERFECT!CE CE ,I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY YOU OPEN YOUR OWN SHOP AND I CAN BE A CUSTOMER!

WALNUT CREEK  EUROPEAN CAFE OWNER!MOST LIKELY I DO NOT HAVE THE SPELLING RIGHT  SO I WILL NOT TRY TO SPELL OUT YOUR NAME  BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR VISITS AND ALL THE YEARS OF STOPPING BEFORE PICKING UP YOUR CHILDREN AT SCHOOL!YOU HAVE A GREAT EYE……………….I LOOK FORWARD TO SIPPING A COFFEE IN YOUR CAFE SOON!

POLISH PAINTER…………THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TAKE A STROLL AROUND EVERY SO OFTEN!IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THE LAST DAY!

JOYCE OF LAFAYETTE, LOVELY MEETING YOUR DAUGHTER TODAY……………HOW EXTORIDINARY YOU WALTZ IN ON THE VERY LAST DAY AND I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU FOR MONTHS!

DORIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I GIVE YOU A STANDING OVATION FOR ALL YOUR YEARS AND PURCHASES AT THE HEN HOUSE!UP UNTIL THE LAST DAY YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE TAPESTRY WORK AND BUYING BROKEN CHAIRS THAT YOUR HUSBAND WOULD GIVE YOU GRIEF FOR!I THANK ~ YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN!YOU HAVE WONDERFUL TASTE AND I SO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR LUNCH TOGETHER IN YOUR HOME SO I CAN SEE ALL YOUR TREASURE FROM THE HEN HOUSE THAT YOU HAVE PURCHASED OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS!

PRINCIPESSA!YOUR CALIGRAPHY AND PENMANSHIP WAS WONDERFUL…………I STILL HAD WOMAN COMING IN THE LAST DAY ASKING FOR TIARAS FROM YOUR SIGNS OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOORS!

LAFAYETTE CLIENTS…………..YOUR KIND WORDS AND GASPS OF ………..” OH NO!!YOUR NOT CLOSING !”MEANT SO MUCH TO ME!I THANK ~ YOU…………….I WILL MISS THE FRIENDSHIP!YOU ARE A BUNCH OF WONDERFUL DAMES AND I ENJOYED CHATTING WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS!I HOPE I WILL RUN INTO YOU ABOUT TOWN OVER THE NEXT DECADE!I WAS SPIED AT AN ESTATE SALE THIS PAST FRIDAY AS THE HEN HOUSE LADY!(I KNOW I’M CLOSING MY SHOP THE NEXT DAY AND THERE I AM SHOPPING………..DONT ASK!I HAD MY REASONS!)

I COULD GO ON AND ON……………….BUT I WILL STOP HERE FOR THE MOMENT.I HAVE CLOSED THE STORE WITH A HEAVY HEART AS MOST OF YOU KNOW THE BUILDING IS SLANTING AND TIPPING DAILY……………..IT WAS NOT IN THE CARDS THAT I STAYED OPEN IN CASE OF BUILDING FAILURE……………NOR AM I ABLE TO SHOVE AND PUSH FURNITURE AROUND LIKE I USE TOO!WAS TIME FOR ME TO CALL IT QUITS!WE ARE OFFICALLY CLOSED NOW………….CHISUO, MEANS CLOSED IN ITALIAN IF YOU WERE WONDERING!I ADORE YOUR COMMENTS ,SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR OUT THERE!TO LEAVE A COMMENT YOU MUST CLICK ON THE SITE ITS SELF NOT THE E-MAIL THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU………..CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THE POST IN GREY ABOVE THE GOOGLE SIGN THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE SITE.ONCE THERE PUSH ENTER ON THE TITLE OF THE POST!SCROLL DOWN………..TO COMMENT BOX!I USUALLY ANWSER THE COMMENTS SO DO CHECK BACK IN A DAY OR TWO!HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE!