It's been a busy, full and fun week!
There was a lot of shopping and
an unexpected "Tea Party"...
Beautiful quilts....
An interesting Amish Sale Day
consisting of homemade everything from
donuts to quilts to baking to kettle popcorn
to almost anything you can think of!
The children caught my "lens" - they are so
adorable with their ice-cream stained faces ...
and oh, the horses - amazing!
I loved this vintage
threshing machine with it's
folk art painting.
There were rows and rows
of "treasures".
Rows of horses and
buggies!
But one of the best treasures of all
were these church pews that my friend Jan spotted!
They are the pews from our old church!
Apparently the congregation that had purchased
the building have replaced them with new ones.
We were so excited and waited hours till
the auctioneer finally came to that
special row - because we just had to
have one or two of those.
The skies were threatening but
we used our best bidding strategy
and were able to acquire a few at
a very decent price.
Like the farmer said, "Now what do we do with them?"
Time will tell, but we just couldn't leave without one, right?
These are the benches of memories where we sat for our
weddings, our baby dedications, baptisms, summer bible schools,
four part harmony, where we shared our most sacred moments.
Did I tell you - it's been a busy, full and fun week?
Thanks to our dear friends Dave and Jan, Larry and Debi and Bill
It's been terrific!
Bench memories made?
Till next time ...... our hearts are full.
