Grass and Glass

58°f/14.4°C this morning, thin clouds, dry, dry, dry.

Although things appear to still be green in these photos, it is extremely dry still, and most people's lawns and gardens are brown.

I have to water these vintage almost every day. They are in wire-and -moss hanging ingredients planters on the porch.  Vintage is a hardy annual, but these planters dry out so fast.

The roses, however, seem happy and are blooming again, although I see they have blackspot again, so need fungicide.

The yellow climber is poking up through its new arbor.

Not much news to report.  We picked up Sarah and she has been busy at her cabin. I stocked our Ripley booth, and worked on ebay listings and packing sales while Larry continues his interminable work on mowers. Neither is running, and the weedeater quit too, so we bought a new one yesterday. Have I ever said how much I hate gas-powered tools? Nothing but aggravation. The tractor repair guy said that Larry had burned up the starter too when he burned up the wiring and alternator. So that has to be replaced before we get our tractor back. 

But in good news, I have had some stellar ebay sales, including this guy:

I bought this Blenko Glass Flatwoods Monster Decanter when they were offered for sale on October 2020. The company was struggling at that point, and only made 100 of these, between October 19 and November 1 of that year. Honestly I had no idea it was such a limited run, or if I knew I didn't remember. So I was astonished when I saw one sell for $750 a couple years ago. Then a Blenko craze took off and prices for this glass have skyrocketed. I listed my guy for $2500, and it sold in less than 2 days. While I enjoyed owning it, I am happy to see it off to a new home.

This weekend is granddaughter Haley's wedding, so I will have photos to share in my next post!

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