Today is cold, but sunny. I needed to do an errand in Mt.
Vernon and asked Jim to come along to have lunch at SouthSide Diner; a fun,
1950’s style eatery. He agreed because he wanted to stop at one of the Amish
sawmills along the way to get a truckload of wood.
On the drive to Mt. Vernon we stopped at Owl Creek
Auction, which is a huge auction started by The Ohio State Dept. of Agriculture and mostly has Amish and Mennonite vendors. When I think of full-time
country women, naturally Amish and Mennonite women come to my mind. It seems as
if they do it all; from helping with farm chores, keeping large gardens to feed
their large families, tending animals, hanging their wash to ‘freeze dry’ on
cold days, sewing, cooking, and much more.
The auction was full of these women’s labors; homemade noodles, eggs,
and baked goods. The men were there to sell their hay and straw. Even though it
was wicked cold out, the auction had a festive atmosphere. But we did not need
hay or straw or eggs or noodles. We needed sewing machine bobbins for my new Janome sewing machine that we bought from a dealership which was the reason
for going to Mt. Vernon, and slab wood for our wood furnace, so after a quick look around, we headed out again.
An added bonus was that I found a few scenes along the way
to photograph. I just love being out and about with a camera because it makes each day seem like a mini adventure. One just never knows what is waiting to be recorded in pixels :)
“They” say that an even more wicked cold front is coming our
way, with temps predicted to go into single digits. Jim and I filled the back
of our truck with enough wood to last about 2 weeks, all for $20.00. Not too
shabby, but I have to tell you, chuckin’ wood is not the easiest thing in the
world to do, but it got us outside in fresh air and was good exercise. I wouldn’t
want to do it all day, though…just sayin’.
Now that we are home with wood and bobbins, I can stay in a
cozy warm house during the cold snap and sew away to my heart’s content. Now
that’s something that I could do all day….just sayin’. J
Marcheta *Chuckle, Chuckle
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