30 degrees, and partly cloudy. Frost on the vehicles but not much frost elsewhere. Woodpeckers and blue jays woke us this morning. And yes, we heard peepers down the holler yesterday when we went out. Nice!

We had a seriously busy day yesterday. We drove about 25 miles to a nearby town to pick up things from our pickers. Made a stop at a watch shop to see if an Accutron watch we got in an estate sale was worth fixing (it was, only needed a battery), and browsed a thrift to see what we might find. Then lunch, picked up onion sets and seeds at our favorite place for plants and such (they serve a dynamite lunch too). Back home to unload the van and load up a bike and the washtubs and a couple totes, 2 small tables and a child's rocker to take to our Ravenswood booth. Restocking the booth took a couple hours, then we had to stop at the AT&T store to get my old phone set up for Larry to use. Nice young staff there took care of several other things with my new phone too. We still needed to get gas and go to the library. By then it was well past dinner time, so we stopped at our favorite pub for a bite and a glass before finally coming home.

Today I'll be back at the booth, taking in a lot of costume jewelry which will take a while. Then I have a meeting at the library to discuss setting up a WV Writers series there this coming year. I've already packed my ebay and taken care of housework, so time to get going.

But first, I wanted to share this pretty find from yesterday, that I almost missed. I was walking out of the second thrift we stopped at when I spotted this Early American Pattern Glass spooner. It was made by Riverside Glass in Wellsburg, WV, around 1895. Isn't it pretty? I collect spooners so I was doing a happy dance when I got home and identified it. This pattern is Victoria.

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