It has been a wet grey day, but for a Monday, quite busy. My dad, who lives just up the hill popped in twice today, and both times the shop filled with customers. We decided we need to rent him to come and stand in the shop!

Watts trading sometimes seems more like a meeting place than a store. Often this involves pushchairs, as small children particularly love being in the shop. There is one small boy (three-ish), his parents do not shop here, who comes in when ever he can give whoever is with him the slip. People think it is the wooden toys that are the attraction, but children love the things like the texture and crinkly packageing of the organic seeds and nuts. The natural fibre brushes are also a hot favourite, Dillon's brush of choice is the soft goats hairdusting brush, in fact it is his first choice of all the things in the shop. Even the wooden JCB's and wooden push along animals come after.

We have some lovely wooden incense stick holders from Morocco, and to demonstrate their purpose we have an incense stick in one. Today we had a bit of a competition with some of the customers in the shop, to match the smell of the demonstration one with those on sale, as I couldn't remember what it was. The customer bought the two favourites, African musk and Frankincense and Myrrh as he said he had so much fun.

Lostwithiel is a magical place and running my shop is a joy, and not at all like work.