"The Holiday"

Picked this Large Lithograph {36x40} yesterday...it's older than dirt... and...soooo happy...

A Day...with..Allyson...

Allyson and I took off yesterday....towards Illinois...we have another trip planned, in late November, to J.B. Knackers... The Mighty Miss, was calling us....yesterday...

I had taken a fall, on Thursday...{me...and a Big Daddy Cupboard...dropped...to...the ground...} I stupidly...tried to save the top, and bottom, cupboard pieces.......and pulled muscles, from my shoulders...to my ankles...so...was flat on my back... all day Friday... But...I wasn't going to miss Allyson's, and my, day...away... She drove....and we filled her little Rav, to the brim... It was great seeing Leanne, and Sarah...{Angels...} then...Chery, and Michelle...at Bishop Hill... {We Love....Bishop Hill... } Then...on to Galesburg...{a run...years ago...I made Monthly...} It was great seeing Ziggy...missed Brenda...but found some great little treasures, in her booth... Then...we wrapped it up...at The Galesburg Antique Mall... {I have to go back, Tuesday...the Rav....isn't the Ford...but... it did a fine job!

Allyson and I visited with Peg...she is so short of breath...I wish...she could get help...sooner...than Wednesday...this is all coming on so fast....she was fine...only a month ago... I'm worried it's a Fungus...and not cancer...{they say they are 99.9% sure it's cancer...but..the biopsy isn't read yet... it could be some fast growing weird thing... that is taking her breath away...and nothing is being done to treat it...Pray...Pray...Pray....}

The Shop is Open, today, 12-4...there are Piles of Yesterday's Gatherings...strewn about... but...it is...what it is...

Love, to You...

Barb C.

Love...this Darling Tiny Tavern Sink... Great...for a Green House!

Funky....Vintage Christmas Tree

This is a Huge {chest high} Lamp... only...30 or 40 years old...or so... but....very Sweet...great...for the Holidays...

Huge...{all of 30 inches wide...} Victorian Bead work...Love it...

Found this 20 inch, Ironstone, Well and Tree Platter...on our travels... The back, on these mid 1800's platters, are as lovely...as the front...

Allyson...brought the Sweet Pink Luster Cup... as a Gift... yesterday morning... she was so impressed with my 'Repaired'... tea pot....and thought I need a matching cup....then, she spied, a tiny matching cup, and saucer... yesterday...now...we Both...may sip tea...from the Gnarly Old Tea Pot... another...Angel...
I am...Blessed...

"Jethro" Update....

With all that has been mind...body...and Soul...consuming... Jethro...has taken a 'back seat'... John has been working on him...tweaking him...{his therapy...mine...is crawling in the rabbit hole...} I'm sorry for that...

He is so Proud of 'Jethro'...

John got the Emblems on...{Thanks, to a Dear Friend...for helping him!} and...Jethro...looks pretty Tuff! Just like the Character...Jethro Gibbs...from NCIS...{John's Favorite Show!}

Good Job John!

{also...a 'Character'... : )    }

Hearts...

The collection...of little 'Hearts'...that find, me....a reminder of Dad...



Peg...a year ago... holding one of her Masterpieces... {amazing...} I visited with her last night...we always laugh... I tell her, of all of the Prayers...that are being sent her way...by Folks, neither of us know... but they are sending Good Thoughts... and Prayers....
She broke down...and wept...I could barely understand...what she was saying...
She said..." Barb...I can feel it....I can't explain it...but I can feel the Prayers...the Angels, around me...tell Everyone...THANK YOU!"
I said..."I do...and I also, ask them to Keep Them Coming!"
{I know...the Angels were holding me up...on Monday...I, too...could feel them...}
Thank You...Everyone...
Keep 'em Comin'!
Love, to You...
Barb C.



Back...on the Road....

Got myself, moving...yesterday... tho... not very organized...{got a very late start... then...got lost in Illinois...and spent an hour, way, out of my way...} Had to pick up an order, for a friend...I had the camera with...but... never took one image... I just thought about that....
It was a gray day...but... so beautiful... The Mississippi... always puts on a lovely show... The leaves, were still holding on, where I crossed...  it was like a painting...
I have much to get done...today... much...
There is a Huge piece...that I bought...a couple of weeks ago...standing...in two pieces...leaning...under the Old Oak...that, seems nobody wants...because of it's size... so...the only place it will fit...is in the house... We'll get it in...and it will be Awesome, for Christmas...then...Beautiful... at Heart of Country, in Nashville, in February...all dressed up...for Spring... I'll get images...when we get it together...
Jan, from { Gracie's Cottage } {you can go to 'who I follow' and also find her!}  took some lovely images, of the Rabbit Hole...on her way to The Collector's Eye Show, Saturday, to set up...... She is such a Kind... Creative Spirit... Wish I could have gotten over there, to visit... I'm sure her booth was Amazing... {She...is Amazing...}
She wrote so many kind words, about the shop...she brought tears, to my eyes...this morning...
I never felt...I got it done... but...guess...I never do...
I will say...she, and the others... who Graced me...with their Presence... are Angels... and...the Rabbit Hole...my Sanctuary... I feel very Blessed...
Love, to you...
Barb C.
{ I visited with Peg, {told her...I HAVE to hear her voice...EVERY DAY....} They are waiting on a call, from the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, MN. She has everything in order...and, when they get the call... they are headed North... I'll be headed up...when I get the word... I keep thinking about our last visit to Rochester... {Gold Rush}...in August...We all had a Blast...Amy...Allyson, Peg and I... {Vikki was there in our thoughts! It was a shorter, version of our craziness, in Nashville...} Oh my... Peg and I worked our tails off...but we had a Great Time... how things....change... in a blink of an eye...{ I am so Thankful...for ALL of Those Crazy...Fun Times....}
For the last three years...I have felt the need to say... "Enjoy...every moment...we don't know how many we have here...on Earth." Today...is all we have... can't work and worry ourselves...every moment...{ I bought the George Strait cd, "Here for a Good Time"...because it touched me...we aren't here, for a long time....and to allow your joy, to be stolen...or work yourself into the ground... without looking up... isn't much of a 'Journey'...{tho..it seems...to just get by...one has to work very...very...hard....maybe...that is why I feel so blessed... to work with what I love, so... after all...I would have never met Peg...and soooo many other Angels... without, being in the Rabbit Hole...}
The results, that came in Tuesday...eve...were better... {Peg was sure, the cancer, had went from her lung, to her brain...they see it in her right lung....a large mass... and  one spot, in her neck...but...NOT... in her brain...{ tho...I never would believe it was...I told her...if...it is...they have treatments, for that, too... and..keep looking UP!!!!}
I have been asked what type of cancer it is.... I truly don't want to repeat any of the findings...{the prior was hopeful} until, all tests are completed at Mayo... My Gut tells me...she is going to make it through this... a 'Journey'...it will be...
None of us know...how many moments we have...So...we have to enjoy...each of them... }
{Again...Thank You...All... from the bottom of my Heart...for the Prayers.... They Work... I also am Praying...for All that are Suffering...Today... }

This....says it alll...

The Illinois Load... Tires rubbing....all the way home... the guys that helped me load, asked, when I'd be coming back for the rest... I said..uh... it's all going home today... they said..."no...way..."  ahhh... Yeah!  I'm not making two trips... with fuel, this high... and...time so precious...right now... we got it all on... they shook their heads... and, couldn't believe it... When they look at the Little Ford... they see...a 'little Ford'... I see a HAULER! and thank God, for Ratchet Straps!

Love, to You...

I picked these...before the hard frost... thinking...I'd make some fried green tomatoes.... not sure...I can do this...now....

Picked up this little old chair, yesterday...it needs John to do some fixin'...but...I simply couldn't leave it behind... a Soulful Little Treasure....
Dolly likes it...

Little Fall Gathering...History...

It was an amazing weekend... in so many ways... Had folks { 8 Oski Gals... Surprised Amy, Brandon and I... with Flashlights! Late...Friday Eve! We sipped a little Wine...and So Enjoyed them!}

Had Nice...Kind...Loving...Folks... all weekend... The hours...were a bit Grueling... about 50 hours...crammed into 3 days...{the Gazette had a type o... said I was also open 'til 9, instead of 6, on Sunday...I had folks call me at 8, just after I had made it to the house}......so I went down...and reopened...They were...Lovely...I look forward to getting to know them better...{they were also fitted with flashlights....I have such 'prepared' Folks... that stop in... me... I might find a book of matches...buried in the Ford... from my 'smoking' days....but...no flashlight....}
It was awesome...having the Mid West, and Collector's Eye Folks, pop in....and Jan, from Gracie's Cottage... meeting her...was a Treat...! Linda, and Mary Ellyn... Jean... Betty...and the Gals... 
It was also...a Curious weekend....I can't explain it... but there is a Message...that is being sent to me... While visiting...with Folks...that are new to the shop...  the Coincidences... were overwhelming... to the point....the blood drained...from our faces...{over and over... throughout the entire weekend...and...there are No...Coincidences...}in Life...
 The Little Shop...{Rabbit Hole}... is truly my Sanctuary... and...the comfort it brings me... and... the knowledge... it fills me with... gives me pause...
Angels were sent...through those doors...every hour...I was Open... some...I know well.... some... I have never seen before...and may never, again... but...I will remember them...always...
The sales were down, from Spring... but...I know... that isn't what it's all about... it's all about the journey... and the journey... down the Rabbit Hole... has rarely been more eventful, and fulfilling.... an amazing ride... that is still unfolding... I'll let you know... when the picture..is complete...
I feel...it's bound to be an Amazing Portrait....
Love to You...
Barb C.
{ I was right where I needed to be...yesterday....  got up at 4, Sally and I headed south...to Missouri...
I surprised Peg...at the Hospital... I wanted to be there for her....and Michael...and Mel...
Peg had left one of her Beloved Energy Drinks, in the fridge... here... I saw it...Sunday night...sitting there...waiting...and thought...if there is anytime, she needs to have it by her side.... it was then....
She about fell over... when she saw me... {I was dirty and stinky...{no shower for three days... too tired...and when the alarm went off, yesterday morn... I thought...15 minutes to shower...or... 15 minutes..to sleep...I chose sleep... and, Peg...didn't mind a bit...}
They did the Biopsy... and...the Dr., had nothing good to say...
 I did.... I'm not buying it...none of it... They are headed to the Mayo Clinic... I'll be headed there...as well...sometime this week... they are getting all of the results, today....from Missouri...
I told them...I don't want to hear...any of it... I'll wait to here what the Mayo Clinic says... Peg says... as soon as they tell her, exactly what it is....she'll fight....she's not giving up....
 Peg is Amazing... I Love Her So...
I have finally figured out...how to put the entirety, of  "Love'...into words....it's not that fuzzy, warm feeling... you get... that 'happy all over feeling'....that...is only a fraction...of 'Love'...
 You know...when you Really Love someone...{or...a critter} and Know... The Entire 'Love' Package... when your Loved Ones... are in Trouble... and...are hurting....That...is when...you feel the Full Force...of Love.... The Gut Wrenching.... Heart Breaking... Helplessness.... that makes your hands...and body Tremble...lip...Quiver.... Tears...Fall like Rain.... and...your Heart Breaks...into a Million Fragments... That is when... you Know...'Love'...
I have always said...I loved the quote... and used it over and over... in my life..."It is better to have Loved...and Lost...than to Never have Loved at all"... I can't imagine...Living.... without...all of the Loved Ones...I have had the opportunity, to have been Blessed with...on my Journey... but... oh my.... the down side...when they hurt...and struggle... It is the Most...Difficult Thing....to Endure....{I would rather it happen to me...}

This is Peg's Memory Tree....I made for her....last Christmas... I put all sorts of things on it...that remined me of Peg... down to a mouse turd... on the base....and...a little One Winged Angel... at the top...{she always cusses...my shop mice....} I always go on and on...at what an Angel...she is....she always says...her wings...are a bit singed...or...occasionally... minus a wing....for saying a naughty word.... but...I'm here to say... Peg is fitted...with Most Beautiful Wings... and a Halo...made of Solid Gold.....Just...Like her Heart....

We are Thinking Positive....and I have told Peg...about all of the Prayers... and Loving Thoughts...that are Sent to her...and her Family.... Please...please... keep them in Your Prayers...along...with All Those Who are Suffering.... today...
God Bless...
Barb C.
{a special "Thanks", to Amy...for setting with me...Friday and Saturday...til after closing... and Sweet Brandon...as well... This last week has been a mighty tuff road... Liz...and Sweet Scarlett... kept me smiling...during the days... Thank You... for being here...}

Thank You....

It has been a Long...Crazy Weekend...I am Exhausted... and...so Very Thankful...to Everyone who stopped by... bought...or...didn't... Shared Love... Well Wishes...and Prayers...for Peg... {Please...continue...} I have much to report...but... must...rest...
I'll be posting on Tuesday...about the weekend... I have to be up....very early....and on the road....to be...where...I need to be...
Thank You...and Love..to You....
Barb C.

Little Fall Gathering... 10-6....Today...!

The Shop will be Open 10-6 Today!

Hope to See You...

Don't miss the Mid West Show and Collector's Eye

at Hawkeye Downs Fairgrounds

on 6th Street S.W.

Cedar Rapids

There is also a lot of Wonderful Shopping in the area...

{within an hour of Cedar Rapids}

Have a Lovely Fall Day...

{the Coffee is on... come visit!}

My...Peg....

Dang.... I ... know...she is going to be fine.... in my heart....Yet....my Heart...Breaks....{ is...Shattered...for Peg...and her Family....}

Peg has gotten...some bad news... { I felt it... and... she knew...I felt it...{I kept calling...and calling... worried...wondering....an unsettling feeling....} but... Peg...also...knows...I know...in my Heart...and in her Heart...she will be FINE.... but oh my .... the Journey...to 'Fine'....can be...sooo long....}

 Keep Peg....in your Prayers....and...her Family....

My...Heart Breaks...

My Love...

Goes to Them...

and...

all those... who are suffering....

God Bless... each...and Every One...

I Weep...and Weep...and..... Weep...

and......weep.....

Lord...it makes everything....else....

seem...so...small....

Playing.....down...the Rabbit Hole....

I always procrastinate...so.... for every get together... here at home....and...the Rabbit Hole....will not be...as' together'...as when Pegadoo...is on board... but...then...

it is...what it is....

I'm having such a great time... cleaning...and working in the shop.... always do...once I get grounded... in my Nest...

This is Truly....going to be a very....Casual...Gathering...

I'm wiped out... but...so looking forward to relaxing...with whoever makes their way...here....

My mind....is already racing...to Christmas....think...I may have an Open House...in the House...and Shop... {I have a Really...Really... Cool Thing... That will have to go into the House...until Nashville....7 feet wide...and nearly 14 feet tall!} {so I get to Play with it...and dress it up...for Christmas!!!{ oh...my... }

Oh Dear....back to Reality.... and a Fine...Harvest Moon... well...almost...

To me... it is...Fall Harvest Time...

Love...Love...Love...

This Time of Year...

{ don't ya just melt...to these two songs.... oh...my....{sigh....} did I say...I Love...The Harvest Moon... and....simply....Dancin' in the Moonlight.....oh....my...}

{Peg is headed for Florida...to visit her Daughter.... Bless her Heart....Hope she and Mike....have an Amazing Time....}

{update....Peg...has been with me... working in the shop...on my mind... on my heart....since she went home.... I have called her... back and forth... all week...

 Peg Just called... put her in your prayers....she won't be going to Florida.... in my Heart....I know...somehow.... she will be fine... but...please... Pray...for Peg....} 

Gathering...Gatherings...for the Open House...

Had a busy...busy day, yesterday... seemed everyone needed me, all at once...the day flew....after picking up this load....from a Sweet Friend....I looked at the truck clock....and it was almost 4... I have no idea where the day went....

I came home...John helped me unload...then I ran back into C.R. to get more supplies... and...a few groceries... the cupboards are bare....

I'll be locking myself inside....and getting things done....today... down to the wire!

Hope You Have an Amazing Day!

Barb C.

Guess...we all knew it would happen...Eventually....

Spent my day gathering...all sorts of shopping to get done....{light bulbs...cleaning supplies...getting fliers printed...run...run...run...} so I took Sally....One of the few nice days left... to take her for a spin...too cold...for the top down... but still... I so enjoy her company...
I thought the end of my Journey...was dropping off fliers, at Gatherings, in Anamosa....{Love her Candles there...wow!} as I was pulling away...the phone rang...it was a woman who had some things for sale...I drove and drove... 'til I found her lovely home...way out in the hills... down a curvy gravel road...another 40 miles away...What a lovely ride.... Her home was Amazing.... She has the most beautiful Arabian Horses...her Gelding is 36 years old...and was born there...wow....
We had such a Lovely visit... I bought a few treasures... that I really didn't have time, this week to go back for... so Carole, and I ... strategically....Filled Sally! 2 Cast Iron Urns....1...Iron Garden Table...and...a Sweet Apothecary piece, with a table base...
I couldn't put the top up... so Froze...all the way home....{and ate a lot of dust}
I had a friend waiting for me...when I got home... oh my...with a Big Piece... so.....with a flash light...we unloaded... {He was kind enough to help me, carefully unload Sally....so I could close her top...oh dear..}
I keep thinking...I must have looked like John Candy...in Trains, Planes and Automobiles....driving down the hi way.... all bundled up...{it was 46 degrees...that's cold....at 65 mph...   } with my teeth chattering...
I have a busy day ahead... getting everything gathered up...for the Open House... oh my...

Hope you have a Most Wonderful Day!

Picked up a Nice Load of Treasures...yesterday Morn...before I Opened the Shop... Will have Lots of Interesting Goodies... for the little Fall Gathering!

Everything from Gnarly Farm...to Goopy Victorian....I Love It ALL! oh dear...

A Little Fall Gathering....

I have been gathering....and fluffing...the Shop... in preparation of Fall, taking hold.... Guess...I would call it 'Nesting'....

I love this time of year...

Thought I would have a Little Fall Gathering, here at the Shop...

Friday October 21st., Saturday October 22nd. from 9 a.m. 'til  9 p.m.

{refreshments from 6 'til 9 each evening!}

Sunday 10 'til 6!

Nothing Fancy... just a little get together!

I have found some interesting treasures, I'll be putting out, over the weekend!

Hope you have a chance to come visit!

{Holiday Open House Is November 11th., 12th. and 13th.! Loads of Vintage Christmas!}

You may call 319-241-1348 or e-mail with any inquiries www.simplyiowa@yahoo.com

Bad....To The Bone.....whew...

Ahhhh...Jethro....

Oh...My...my....my...

He's 90% done.....

oh....my....He's Bad...

Bad...to the Bone....

oh....my.

He Truly is....Bad...to the Bone... but...in a Good Way! {as Only...a Ford...Mustang...could be...}

{for the Muscle Car Freaks....{like me...} he's like Eleanore....and Christine...rolled in to One... Oh My...What a Journey...}

{The Boys...have Cranked....for Old Jethro... and...John...Bless their Hearts! Love...Lots...of Love...to them....}

Estate Sale....

I took a ride...to an Estate Sale...Situated in a Small rural town... had a friend ride with...we spotted this Old Charmer, en route.... Oh...how I would have loved to visit there...

It was a nice trip... an hour from home, or so...and I found a few treasures.... saw some friendly faces...

a good day....

I'm working in the shop, today...

Open Tomorrow...Noon 'til 4...

Next Weekend

Open Friday and Saturday

9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

{refreshments 6-9 p.m. both Evenings...}

{nothing fancy... just a little

 Fall Gathering...down...The Rabbit Hole...}

{I'll be putting lots of stuff out...Fun...Stuff....}

love...to ya...

Barb C.

Jethro...oh...my.....

John took me for a Spin...in his Baby.... I turned the music on...{Sally's CD...with Sweet Home Alabama...} This song came on first... John doesn't smile very often... When The Awesome Subs...and Bass....were Rockin' this Song Out....John...Smiled....

That....Mark Harmon...'Gibbs'...smile...{a curl of his lip...and a low...chuckle...} it was coooool...

He turned Jethro Loose....and My Jowls were Pasted to my Neck..... Holy Smokes... The G Force...was Incredible....!!!! He's laying the Shelby Cobra Stripes...on Jethro...tomorrow...

John has worked his butt off... Justin and Josh...too...

I got to take him for a spin... this evening.... It's been...30 years...since I have have driven a car... with this much...POWER!!!!! Wow...You forget... what a Fast Car...is... I even turned down my beloved music...to here that Amazing Engine...Wow...

wow....

Barb C.

Down the Rabbit Hole!

I'm headed down the Rabbit Hole, today...and get back to fixing messes... I felt a bit sad, when the Heavy Iron Rabbit sold...during the Sale... {he went to a Most Wonderful Home...} he belonged to a friend, and I was happy for her... but, the Rabbit Hole...was Rabbit Less... until...I saw, the other morning....a Live Rabbit... in the front Green House...he dove under the little porch, when our eyes met.... I think he Wintered there, I saw a few 'calling cards'... and my sweet flowers were eaten down to the dirt, in their little pots...early this Spring...
I'll have to keep some of Scout's hay, on hand..... for the Bunny.... ahhh...Critters...
I have a Million things to get done... so... I'd better run...
I'm going to have 'Special' hours, next weekend... {21st, 22nd, and 23rd} I'll be posting them, soon....Also...a Holiday Open House... in November...Lot's of neat Old Christmas...
Hope You Have a Most Wonderful Day!

{piles...and stacks...I have to dig through... I moved the Massive Wardrobe...half a dozen times...spun it round and round...{Front...facing the door...Back facing the door...no...Front...facing...oh my...} to get it to somehow fit...but...my Heart Simply wasn't in it... and when my Heart isn't in it...I may as well walk away... and...that's exactly what I did... I feel a bit more creative, today... and think I have an idea...on how to weave it all together...oh my...

I'll be Open Sunday...Noon 'til 4... so...I'd better get Crackin'!}

Barb C.

Farm ....

My heart is always... on the Farm... Some of my happiest memories...were created.... on the Farm... The Critters... oh yes... They are the Best... From the Chickens...Chicks...Geese... Ducks...Horses...Pigs and Cows.... even the Raccoons...that lived in the Barn... were very entertaining...at times... oh dear... I do miss those times... I think... maybe, that's why I am drawn to these old signs.... and even the carved hands... I remember picking Flowers...{ weeds} for Mom.... and being so enamoured with them...{I didn't know they were weeds...they were sooo pretty....} She'd put them in a vase...and set them in the window... in the Summer Kitchen...at the Old Farm House...by Keystone...It was a Happy Time...

Thank God....for the Creatures... that Roam The Earth...

What a Blessing they are....

Have a Most Wonderful Day!

Barb C.

I snapped this... near home... crossing the Old...Cedar River.... She's down... it's been so dry.... Beautiful...always...

This is a Cemetery, in Manchester, Iowa... I have always noticed it...while driving through... but...last night....coming home... it grabbed me.... I realized... the Cemetery, is situated, on both sides of the hi way... It was then...an unsettling feeling....came over me.... like I was driving through...a Cemetery.... and should show some respect....

It crossed my mind.... since I was a child... driving through Manchester, with Dad....passing by the Graves, that were there then... had been there... for a hundred years prior, and...are still there...and will be... when I am gone...All of those people...the lives... the families...friends.... Each Stone is Representing a Life...or...Lives...

and...I never really 'got' that... like I did... last night....

I never knew a Soul...who is there.... but....they have seen me...many...many times....as I have grown up...traveling down hi way 13....{this hi way...and the number '13'.... has been woven into my fiber...since I was a child...} Some things... are Wonderful....concerning... 13.... others...very sad.... I guess... that's life....

I don't remember going through Strawberry Point, and not seeing this Amazing Strawberry... I remember Dad pointing it out to me...the very first time I saw it... then... I remember the Kids' faces...the very first time we pointed it out to them.... Happy Days....

A Fresh Coat.... The men were busily painting the Old Church, in Strawberry.... Lovely...

This Beauty is in Elkader, Iowa... Nestled in a Most Amazing Valley... The little town was bustling...even tho, it was a Monday... Good to see....

Marquette... what a treasure....on the Mississippi....

John and I used to take a Drive...on Sundays... and...we would come up to this area... Marquette...Mc Gregor...Prairie Du Chein, Wisconsin... We always chuckled, at this Giant....So Cool!

I had fun digging in this Store.... oh my...there was all sorts of 'Stuff'.... but...mostly.... Fun... I went up on the 3rd floor... that they call a 'Flea Market'....It had a bit of everything... modern... and old... I found...on a bottom shelf...a massive Ironstone Platter...that had a little crack...but...in a pattern I had never seen....and...a smaller one...also...from the mid 1800's... and an old Shaving mug....I'm going to use for my new Coffee Cup...Treasures...

I had to laugh.... the owner of this store... loaded a settee in his Mercedes Convertible... and helped me load a pair of Italian lamps and shades...and a Victorian Mirror, in Sally...He said... we were quite a pair... I agree...{ I actually thought about, how I could get a big metal glider... strapped on Sally's Back.... but.... I had no ratchet staps....so...I'm headed back, today, to pick up...with the Ford...I think...I had better keep the straps away from Sally...If there would have been a couple...I would have bought a cupboard...too...

The Sun Set..was Beautiful... I enjoyed the Day...The People... The Food...{I ate at Old Man River's, in Mc Gregor....very good...} I missed Chris, at The Olde Time Shoppe...but her husband, let me in....and I found some neat things...as always....} I didn't plan on doing any shopping.... but...I'm glad I did... It was a good day... The leaves...were past their peak... but...no matter... it was Lovely...

Barb C.