Our Asiatic Lilies are starting to bloom. These are from bulbs we transplanted to our backyard flower and herb garden.
Made a few sales
The weather has been great the last couple of days. We have been fortunate enough to sell some of our merchandise at the Highway 40 Yard Sale. Top picture is beginning Friday, bottom is Saturday 2 PM.
Great day for Highway 40 sale
Finally getting a sunny day. Lots of vendors now set up and a decent crowd is beginning to arrive.
Harmony Winery gave us a break from the Highway 40 sale
Today was another wet day, though not a total washout. Sher and I decided to visit a local winery in the early afternoon while our son stayed at our setup for the sale.
Tasting room/bar
Inventory racks
We headed west for about 5 miles to Knightstown, Indiana for a visit to the Harmony Winery. This comfortable and intimate winery is located in an historic building that used to be a chicken hatchery at the turn of the century. The winery has a great selection of wines and we decided to taste a flight of 5.
Tasting the flight
Our host was most helpful in our determination of which five wines to taste. He described not only the making of the wines we tried, but also gave us hints of other uses of wine in different ways. Some of the owners concoctions sounded very interesting. We purchased three bottles before we left and look forward to enjoying our selections each evening after the sale closes. This is the Harmony Winery website.
Rain rain go away
The rain started last night at midnight. Sixteen hours later it has let up, but more is forecast tonight and tomorrow. This is really putting the damper on preparations for our Highway 40 Yard Sale.
We have set up some of our tables, put out a little bit of merchandise, and covered up with waterproof tarps. All day we have been watching the tables, but no wind to speak of and tarps have remained in place. Other vendors are also waiting to get set for the sale that was scheduled to start today.
A striking conclusion to the day
We enjoyed a lovely sunset this evening. Hope the forecast rain misses us tomorrow!
Seen at an Indiana winery
Looking like lavender. Such a deep, rich and royal color!
Wet and disheveled
After a pretty good rain storm a while back we noticed that a hatchling had fallen out of a nest in a tree limb in our backyard. This little fella looks quite wet and disheveled. One of the parents did come down to the ground in front of the hatchling, and the last we saw of the two (adult and youngster) they were still together across the yard. We can only hope that this story had a good ending.
Getting ready for the sale
This shows the beginning of our set up for the Highway 40 yard coming this week. The sale is an annual event and it follows old US 40. Hundreds of folks set up and thousands shop along the route.
We’ll keep you posted as the week goes on. Sher and I always enjoy this event. We missed it last year due to Covid-19.
Tomatoes hopefully on the way
One of two store bought plants we planted. Maybe we’ll get some good tomatoes 🍅🍅😀
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