Street Vendors – Sally and Lynn –
Sally's Husband Pete in the blue t-shirt, taken by Judi.
Got up and going a little earlier than usual, but still not anywhere as ambitious as I need to be. Got Joe's breakfast and he went out to start his work. Found a metal box I could use for a change/ money box and dumped all the change out of Joe's change bowl into it to take. Called Sally to see how her days at the booth had been going, and see if she had any good advice for me. The best thing she told me was to drive the car in front of the booth to unload everything. Still in my pjs, got the SUV out of the garage and loaded the print racks and a couple of boxes. Got into the shower, hair washed and ready to leave. Nice morning for a drive, but because as usual, I'm later than I said I would be, I felt like I must drive too fast. First stopped at the closest bank (we have more than one now) to get some $5 and $10 bills for change, which by the way I never needed.
As I drove around the block, Sally ran into the street to guide to to a parking spot almost in front of the table. Judi was there and had run down the alley to guide me that way, but apparently too late. So off and on got to visit with Judi. She was there with Rollie and her son Darin's family. I got to meet Bridger, her little red-haired grandson. Got settled at the table about 10 a.m. Sally's jewelry was so beautiful, and she was having good sales. On her first day Sally had the whole table full of jewelry. By the end of today she had sold most of her stuff. I didn't have much hope for a lot of sales, but did make several hundred dollars. I know I had everything priced too high. But there is the usual dilemma of - what is the image worth?, as well as getting back the investment in materials. There was quite a bit of people going by most of the day. Not too many of them seemed interested at all in art, but lots of ladies loved Sally's jewelry. <P> Pete brought us lunch from a Cajun food vendor, battered shrimp and French fries, it was totally wonderful. They are opening a restaurant in Pinedale at the old Burger Barn. The parade was supposed to start at 11:30. It was a little late getting going. I was VERY disappointed in the parade compared to what it had been in the old days. It used to be almost all horses and horse drawn wagons. It was 95% vehicles or ATVs driving down the street, even boats and RVs, a lot of them advertising something. A few truck drawn floats, some people not even in costume leading ponies (which were darling), no music or bands. Kay (the windshield doctor) drove a beautiful buggy or surrey with the fringe on top, hitched to her Norwegian Fiord team of horses. They were beautiful. At the end of the parade the Rendezvous cast with their mountain man and Indian costumes and mostly riding horses came along. I loved them and got a few pictures.
We sat there another couple of hours, and decided to quit. Sally said she had been nice as long as she could and used up all her fun tickets. I felt the same way; although I'd only been there about 5 hours total and she'd been there three days. I went to Falers, got groceries, and started home by 5.
It was 92 degrees as I left town. A short way down the highway it was damp from rain and quickly materialized into a cloudburst. I could see that Pat and Aubrey were finally getting rain. They had said on Wednesday they hadn't had any when we did. Boy did it pour down and the highway, ground and barrow pits were standing in water. The temperature dropped to 53 degrees. The wind was really blowing again and buffeted the car. It let up a little around Boulder, then got heavy again starting to hail, especially from Silver Creek to Richie's mailbox. By the time I got to the end of the pavement and onto the dirt it had let up and the dirt road was dry. Gusts were blowing dust across and swirling down the road. The storm began to catch up with me and it was raining by the time I got to the mailbox to pick up yesterday's mail. Turned around so I would be able to get the mail out just opening the door, ducking out really quick. Had to put the raincoat on at the gate. Got the groceries unloaded and car put away. Brought us friend chicken and fries for dinner and put that in the oven while I put all the perishable things away. Checked on the cats. Laid down to rest after dinner for a while, then – thought I'd forgotten to get my camera when we loaded up – found it in the car and downloaded the photos. And that was pretty much it for the night.
Parade
