Saturday

58°f/14.r°C, cloudy, breezy. Too warm! 

Off today to pick up our auction stuff, but we had a nice evening out, listening to local musician Corey Hager at a little downtown restaurant before walking across the street to see the play "The Mousetrap" being put on by the local actors guild. We ended with a nightcap with our son Derek and his friends at another restaurant, before finally getting home and to bed by midnight.

So, breakfast out this morning as we head over to Ohio! Sharing some photos from the past few days.

On the way to town last night.

Me at the last open mic in Ripley. I hadn't planned to do anything but they asked me to si ce there were only a couple others signed up.

On the driveway last week.

And along the road

Pretty skies as we finished work at our Ripley booth on Wednesday.

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The little lake on Joe's Run earlier this week

The last of the summer squash, picked before our big freeze Sunday night.

On the kitchen shelves. I use it all, except those colorful pitchers on the top shelf.

Garden salad. We still have lettuce, radishes, kale, bok choi, broccoli, and turnips. I used lettuce, baby kale, the last squash and a tomato from a friend's last picking from her high tunnel.

Wild hair after my haircut this week!

My latest Early American Pattern Glass find, a Star Line piece by Cambridge Glass, circa 1908.

Along the way in Ohio, heading to the auction pickup. 

And all for today! 

More From the Booths

37°f/2.8°C, clear and warming up quickly. Should be a high in the 60s today, but cloudy. Rain expected tomorrow.

We were tired puppies after our long day yesterday, but a really good night's sleep has made a world of difference. There is nothing like hard work to make for good sleep!

We finished, finally, getting the booths re-set for the holidays. Some minor tweaking here and there is all that will be needed next week, although I did buy a lot of pocketknives in an online auction this week, so I would like to get them priced and stocked, as they make good little Christmas gifts. But we shall see. Meanwhile, today we will get all the empty totes out of the van and put away, and after that, no plans!

Here's a quick look at our Ravenswood booth. It looks a little dark because the mall was closing by the time we finished, so she was turning out the lights.

In the front entrance:

Do any of you do pink for Christmas? It's not for me, but perhaps someone out there likes it.

These ceramic trees have been hot items for the past 10 years, with prices continuing to rise.

Looking into our front booth.

The leg lamp! This is a small one that I used to use in my home.

More pink! I have to say, I kinda like the glass trees, but they are so fragile.

Pretty dark back there after the lights are off!

Ornaments in cupcake holders. We've sold several already.

I re-did this table for Christmas.  I am disappointed it is taking so long to sell. 

We've had this piece a long time too. This color usually sells quickly but I guess it's not right for this one. Re-paint, maybe? The doors are punched tiny, and the top is slate. 

The top of the sideboard in our smallest space at this mall.

This is hard to see,  but this is our display window. It's always a challenge to decide what to put in the window, but 2 pieces have become standard, a short bookshelf and a tall door made into an entryway shelf. We just leave these two pieces in there and use them as the basis for whatever else we want to add. (The red spongeware crock in front is actually to catch drips from a very occasional leak from the awning above that the owner hasn't been able to fix.)

We have 4 booths in this mall, so this is just a little part of them, but gives you an idea.

Time for coffee!

Sleepless in Sandyville

30°f/-1.5°C, clear 

I was up far too early yesterday, after a very rest-less night. 4:30 am made me think of Jim going hunting, and AC who is always up so early! But I was up, and hungry so I made mini- biscuits to go with my tea, and Hobbit-like, had my first breakfast! 

My granddaughter shared this photo of our two oldest great-grands, carrying my late son Jon's picture in the annual Veterans day parade. Sadly, they never knew Jon, as he died when the oldest one was a baby.

The booths have dominated our time this week. We still have a lot to do to finish up getting the Christmas stuff out, but we have made good headway. This is our Ripley booth; i will be working on Ravenswood today. (Right now we are on our way home from Larry's early early appointment i. Charleston. We were on the road by 7. Next i need to drop off my PT paperwork so I can start therapy for my gand next week, then breakfast, then my haircut and pedicure,  then booth work.)

I use red and green items to create a seasonal feel, which reduces how much actual decorating I have to do.

We moved this dropleaf table in a week ago. It didnt last long.

The added lights might look wonky but they sure help!

I got the idea to use cupcake containers for vintage balls from a Facebook group.

We will be getting some lights to the below area next. There is one outlet for our whole area, so we have a surge protector/ power strip that is providing additional plug-ins. 

That's some of it, anyway. Still a bit more to do, probably tomorrow.

I was up in the wee hours, around 2am, to get photos of the aurora. Well, to try to. I missed the best time, I think,  and didn’t have a good view of the north. I could have driven up on the ridge, but I was in my nightgown, it was cold, the van was cold, and I would have had every dog in a two-mile radius barking! So I didnt get anything fabulous, but it was fun to try. I like to never got warm again though.

When the drowsy old lady accidentally hit the wrong button and gets something definitely not starry!

While not as colorful, this one is my favorite. 

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