Is it Spring yet?

Every morning, after hubby leaves for work, I get my cup of coffee and head for the computer. Mornings are the best time for business paperwork, looking for new ideas and mindless web surfing. It's also very dark at 5am and I just can't get into the mode of working until it's light. While I'm working, my back is toward the window, so imagine my surprise when I turned around......


IT'S SNOWING!!!! Big huge, fluffy flakes and it appears it's going to stick. Just yesterday I inventoried my yard for what plants needed de-heading, trimming, or replacement. I found I needed a few more primroses for the bathtub in the back yard and was planning on planting the new plants today. I think I'll hold off for a bit. I don't pay much attention to the weather so don't know if this is just a surprise for me or everyone. I guess I should have known as my mother told me it was "blizzard like" snowing when I was born, and March is my birthday month.

But, there is good news. Spring IS coming, or at least the plants and birds think so. We have red winged blackbirds filling our holly trees and their singing is amazing. Our fruit trees have been budding for weeks, the peach is always the first and is doing quite nicely this year. I peaked under some leaves and was so excited to see that the rhubarb plant is poking out. So are the bleeding hearts, and many other plants. We have many plants that just plant themselves and they are really gearing up for Spring. Daffodils, crocus, columbine, and these little white star flower things that we don't know what they are. When they bloom, I'll take a picture of them and maybe find out what they are really called.

How we came to be Biker B's Bathworks

In 1997, my husband Gene decided that a fun weekend project would be to learn to make soap. He bought a book, researched for supplies and after a month of studying, he said we were ready. He was the soapmaker and I was his assistant. After making just one batch of soap, we were hooked! A nice indoor hobby for us to do when the weather wasn't nice enough to ride our Harleys. To our delight, the soap was very popular with friends and family, and within a few months we found ourselves at a craft show. And the people bought the soap! We were amazed. We found ourselves quickly addicted to making soap and creating new blends of fragrances.

We started selling at farmer's markets and found that there really was an appreciation for handcrafted soaps. Soon, we had people asking for other products and since Gene had made candles in the past, he got busy in the candle department. I found that there were many other bath and body products that used many of the same ingredients as the soap, and soon we had expanded the product line to include lip balm and bath fizzies.

This "hobby" quickly became much more business and less fun for Gene, so after a few years he turned the soap pot over to me. I'm still having fun with it after all these years. He is still very supportive and helpful, whether I need his help when creating a new blend or need his input on a new product, he is always there to help. He is and always will be the original "biker b" of Biker B's Bathworks. Our products can be seen at our website, www.bikerbsoap.com

I don't ride my Harley as much as I would like to, but since I added a side car to it a few years ago, I have been known to deliver soap to customers on the bike. I have tried to make it a fun and unique bike by adding some "bath" accessories to it.