My friend and I headed out about 7:30 to hit the first sale, an estate sale. It was a wonderful sale, well laid out, well cared for items, and happy family working it. I got all this Christmas stuff, a #3 Griswold fry pan, and lots of other stuff all for $25.
This suitcase holder for one of the spare rooms came from that estate sale. We hit a couple others and I only found this cloth for $1 for under the sink in the clean room.
Before we left the town with the tag sales, we hit the first of the stops on the Pottery Tour, Lucy Fagella Pottery. Fascinating work, but a little rich for our blood.
On the way to the next Tour stop up in the hilltowns, I spotted a sign that said estate sale, so we went to find it. It was another well done sale, but much picked over by 10:30 when we got there.
It was worth it though! I got the tote and the chopper…
The canning jars, (the rest came from the first estate sale)…
The gallon storage jars, (the blue plates are from the 1st) and a few odds and ends for $10.
Then we headed to the second stop on the Pottery Tour, Stephan Earp Pottery. He had some really gorgeous pieces.
This was also his work. He does custom pieces like this from photos of whatever you want.
I had gone on the Tour in the hopes I could find a large tea mug with either summer or fall themes. The prices were mostly WAYYY out of my reach, but I did select this mug from Stephen Earp for summer, about twice what I would have really been able to afford.
We went to another stop on the Tour but the items really didn’t resonate.
We were right next to the Bridge of Flowers so we decided to go look at what bulbs were up.
Right at the entrance, there were masses of these double bloodroot flowers.
There were many masses of this flower all along the Bridge. It had the flowers like lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis, but the leaf spotting was missing. When I made this post I looked it up and it turns out this is Pulmonaria angustifolia, and I found this:
“Pulmonaria angustifolia has been the source of much nomenclatural confusion, since the plant in the horticultural trade as Pulmonaria angustifolia doesn't match the real Pulmonaria angustifolia. It is still unknown whether the Pulmonaria angustifolia in commerce is an unknown species or a hybrid group. There is only one cultivar of the true Pulmonaria angustifolia ... a plant that goes by the invalid name of Pulmonaria angustifolia 'Alba'. There are several cultivars of the fake Pulmonaria angustifolia, the most commonly grown being Pulmonaria 'Blaues Meer'. These fake Pulmonaria are stunning plants with green foliage and known for their intensely cobalt blue flowers. (Hardiness Zone 3-7a)”
This magnolia looked like a star magnolia but was pink. This is the northern end of the Bridge. Once we finished the Bridge we went in search of lunch. The first place was closed (blue awning) and the second place didn’t have a deli anymore (across street at end).
But they directed us to Main Street where there was a deli and one or 2 other eateries. We found the deli and it was advertising a special of asparagus, poached eggs, prosciutto, and hollandaise sauce. So we went in. We lucked out and got the last 2 servings of it! It was wonderful!
After that we went in search of the last shop on the Tour and there were absolutely gorgeous items. I would have loved them, but they were well over twice what I had paid for the mug. So we admired their enormous catalpa tree and headed home via scenic back road routes.
It was a wonderful day and I got a lot of really good deals. The pottery was often stunning, and we had a wonderful spring meal.
Sunday, May Day, I will spend the cold morning inside paying bills (I am still burning both stoves each night) and I should go out in the afternoon and get as much of the rest of the fences done as I can. It’s to rain by 1PM on Monday and the grass is already growing like mad. I hope I can finish before the rain on Monday.