I hope this is a durable eBay search. Vintage mason canning jars are collectible. I have some my neighbor gave me. When I asked my canning guru about the jars with a star, there was a pause and then he said "you have star jars? Make sure you only use them for things you won't give away!"

Friday night, and I'm finishing a couple of things I need to send out so they're in place on Monday morning. I've had the computer doing a full backup since early afternoon. I think I'll end up leaving it on overnight, it is maybe at 40% complete right now. Once that backup is finished, I have a program to load that should make work easier. I've resisted adding the VPN software because it knocked out the OS on my last computer, but I think that was an anomaly. I'm playing it safe, though.

Speaking of eBay, I need to get back to my chandelier project. Over the past few days I was looking around for a thing that would let me hang the fixture from a hook and the top plate (that rests against the ceiling to cover the wiring hole) can be in place. A finial sort of thing. I think I have a jar or box of odds and ends that has such a piece of metal, otherwise I'll have to go buy a lamp finial that works that way. If I find it I'll post a photo so you can see what I'm talking about.

It's warm this evening and the cicadas are making a helluva racket. Getting business taken care of before fall comes.

SRS