Saturday... was a Lovely Day!!
Great Day for a Drive to Deep Southern Iowa.
Even Better...
Sharing The Day... with Pals,
Dale... and Wanda.
{'Dale Frese Antiques', Watkins, Iowa
Wanda Tuetken, 'Gatherings', Anamosa, Iowa}
Above...
we were crossing The Des Moines River.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Such a Cool... Old River Town!!
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Wanda, and I... have enjoyed a Smokin' Bloody Mary, or two...
over the years.
: )
Bubba Q's in Ottumwa...
Serves a Mighty Fine, 'Smokin'
Bloody Mary.
; )
{Dale... was Drivin'.}
; )
Wanda suggested, on our way Home... we might stop at a shop she'd visited a while back.
; )
Holy Smokes!!!
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The shop had Just Closed... but there was a phone number on the door.
; )
The Dude who owned the shop... was kind enough to come back and open for us.
; )
HAD To Have That SIGN!!
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'Horse & Hound'!!!
: ) : ) : )
SERIOUSLY???!!!
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Tho, Dale's Van... was PACKED, we HAD enough room for that 10 foot
SIGN!!
; )
Could've So Easily... Kept That Sign!!
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but,
it sold nearly as soon as we unloaded it.
It's Goin' To a Great Home.
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Sunday... was a Crazy Busy Day!!
; )
Sweet Virginia, had another Load... of Treasures she wanted me to gather.
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Virginia... has an Amazing EYE!!!
Love Everything she's sending.
That Turkey Platter is nearly 2 feet wide.
Incredible.
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French Books, Early... Brown Staffordshire.
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oh my.
'Soulfulness'
Indeed.
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After leaving Virginia, headed to Pal, Mark Nutt's, in Norway, Iowa.
{Nutt's About Antiques'}
: )
Had a Great Visit with Mark, and his Lovely Sis, Mary Beth!!
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It's Been Far Too Long!!
; )
Found several Fun Things, at Mark's...
including the above...
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It's part of an Old, Old... Cast Iron Bell's Yoke.
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Neither of us had ever seen one.
Love It!!
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Just as I was leaving Mark's...
the phone rang.
It was Pal, Steph.
{'Stephanie Brandenburg Studios' Mt. Vernon, Iowa,
and
'Fern Hill' South Amana, Iowa.}
Steph was on her way Home... from a Quilt Show.
She invited me to have Supper, with her Family.
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I was so weary... almost declined, but Steph... wouldn't take 'No' for an answer.
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: )
As we were visiting, Steph said...
"Oh no... think I just blew a tire, on the trailer'.
: ( : ( : (
Told her to slowly pull over.... onto the shoulder.
Asked her where she was.
We were unbelievably only 6 miles apart, on 151.
Me, and Jethro... headed back, to find her.
: )
Told Steph... to keep Rollin' on the shoulder, Slow...Slow...Slow, with her flashers, Jethro, and I brought up the rear, with our flashers.
Wanted to keep a close eye on that outside tire, to make sure and catch it, if it should start beating up her trailer's fender.
Figured... we could limp it on the rim, on the shoulder... to Justin's Shop.
; )
That... we did.
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Yeah... Boy.
; )
THIS is Why... when Steph asked Years ago... if she should buy a 'single' or 'Tandem'
axle trailer, well... there's Only One Way to Go, in my opinion.
{Especially Knowing How 'We' Load... Trucks, and Trailers.}
: )
If Ya blow a tire, on a Tandem Axle... you'll still have a tire to limp to safety on.
A single axle, ya
sit.
; )
Plus...
Trailer's with Tandem Axles Pull Much Better, and can Haul... a Much Bigger Load.
; )
; )
The Justin's...
fixed Steph up, today.
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'Family'
; )
That's how we roll.
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Grandson, Justin... and Gizzy, helped me unload Jethro, of Virginia's Treasures.
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Gizzy.... Loved Virginia's Yellow Lab Painting.
; )
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Yesterday... was on The Road,
'Mushroom Huntin'...
Jethro 'style'.
; )
Traveled from Ely,
to Ladora, then, to Marengo, Iowa.
: )
Harvested 10 pounds!!
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; )
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; )
Many, Many...
To Be Grateful For.
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: )
Pal, Gail... called today, as I was eating lunch.
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She'd Just... crossed my mind, as I was on the road this morning.
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'Blessing'.
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So Many, Many... Many...
'Blessings'
'Folk's' to be Grateful For.
; )
Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.
Barb C.
