50°f10°C, clear and chilly! Thursday night got down to 48 here, but much colder in the eastern higher mountains. They had frost, I heard.
Boy, has it been a busy few days. Thursday we restocked our booths. Then Friday was Ripley on Sale, the annual town-wide yard sale event in our county seat (and the town which I often refer to as "our" town, since it's closest to us). We try to get into town early for this every year, because there are deals to be found, especially for us resellers.
One church especially has some awesome stuff for sale every year,so I wanted to be sure to be there when they opened. We were there by 7:30am, an hour when I am usually still in my nightgown. But this year, the planners decided that the events around the courthouse should start at 11am for some reason, and the church went along with that. So there we were, with 30 or so other disappointed shoppers, and no coffee even!
But there were many other sales, so after breakfast at the local Tudor's we set out to shop.
A very small part of our haul:
I loved this box! I wonder what explosives were in it? Marked Dupont on the other side.
Best find of the day was this Hoosier-style cabinet, for $75. We loaded it up and took it straight to our Ravenswood booth because it was in such good shape all I had to do was clean it up a bit, and Larry adjusted the catches so all the doors now close properly. It even still has the built-in flour sifter. I marked it $225 and I think it will sell pretty quickly at that price, but who knows. People have been holding back on purchases over $50 this year.
Then we were on the road for the 2-hour drive to Huntington to pick up two more cabinets, and at long last, some Black Krim tomato plants. I have looked for them at greenhouse after greenhouse, and at 2 farmers' markets, with no luck. These are our favorites, and hands down the best tasting tomato I have ever eaten. So when we were at the salt festival last week and talked with a guy selling plants there who said he had some Black Krims at his greenhouse in Huntington, I knew we had to go. To make the trip worthwhile, I hunted up two cabinets on Facebook Marketplace.
This one needs to be repainted, and the top attached. I have a thing for porcelain top tables and cabinets, can you tell? They are so sensible!
Then this one, which was a bit of a disappointment. The seller didn't disclose some serious damage to the bottom until we were already on the way. Larry decided he could repair it, and the seller gave us a good discount, so it came home with us. At $40, even with the time and effort to fix and paint it, we can still make a decent profit.
On the way home we stopped again at the church sale. It was pretty cleaned out, but this old drop-leaf table was sitting forlornly outside, with a "$3 or best offer" sign. It really appealed to me, even though it's going to take much sanding to clean it up. But solid oak, and ... well, just look at how sweet it is. I happily handed over my $3, and bought myself a load of work. (Sorry for the bad photos; it was almost dark when I took them.)
I was plumb tuckered when we got home, as I had had a terrible night's sleep, so it was an early night.
Then this morning we took off for the Vandalia Gathering, a celebration of old-time music and dance, held every year at the State Capitol Complex in Charleston. The event had little publicity this year and was cut way back due to loss of funding, like so many other events. Still, the musicians and dancers turned out in force, and it was just a beautiful day to be there, wandering the grounds, listening to music, and meeting up with many of our musician friends. This post is long enough so I will save those photos for another day.
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