Revisited New Fort Salem

Today I set up at New Fort Salem again and it was a fun day.  I enjoy setting up and showing off my wares even if not many are there to see them, as it was today.

When I left for the Fort, it was pouring down the rain so hard, I couldn't even drive the speed limit!  It was pouring and driving would have been scary for me at 65 MPH.  But I got there safely, got wet going in, and I was in the building they use for the Apothecary.  A really nice sized building with hand hewn logs, white washed ceiling and beautiful dark flooring.  Dried flowers and herbs hanging here and there.

Of course, I forgot my camera, so I have no new pics, but you can go look at my first Fort New Salem entry and see some pics of the fort.

The best part about it was, I listened to the rain all day, well, six hours of it anyway.  Rain, a pretty good downpour at first, it just roared and then the weather settled down some and it just rained, a beautiful nature song of rain--for hours.  Every once in a while, there was the obvious big plunk of a drop of water into the water barrel.  No blaring TV, no phones, just the far away drone now and then of traffic...so peaceful and nice.  Thank you LORD for a lovely day, even a few sales and a safe drive both ways!

as always, thanks for stopping by and take care...

Out and About Harrisville, WV

Let me preface this by saying I am not a good writer or blogger, but this Challenge Of Travel sounded like fun.  I am always interested in seeing new places.  Continue on if you'd like as this is as much about me as it is the town I live in, Harrisville, WV.  Thank you, Erin, for including me and I hope you all enjoy it.  

It's the fifth of August, a simply gorgeous day, so I thought I run out and get a few pics for this blog.  This is the scene from my front porch.  The parking lot you see across the street belongs to the Baptist Church you see in the picture below.  

Harrisville is a small and very quaint town in rural West Virginia.  It has a population according to the 2010 census of 1876 people.  Some of our architecture is old and beautiful, while the new is quickly built, it is not nearly are pretty.

I was about four days out of high school from a neighboring county when I got my first job at Pineview Nursing Home.  There were patients there in ages from their 40's to one or two that lived to their 100's. I loved each and every one of them that I worked with and cried many, many tears all the way home many evenings.  Thirty some miles one way and I did that for almost a year.  I promised my mom and dad that would never happen to them, but little did I know...

After the nursing home, I got a job at one of our blouse factories.  Sadly, the one I worked at has long been closed down and now just looks like a storage shed, but a huge storage shed!  

In it's heyday, there were busloads of people that would come down from Ohio and other places, I guess, to come to the outlet for fashionable clothes back in the 1980's or so.  This is just one end, it is a huge building.

Just across from the factory was one of our grocery stores and and the second floor there are apartments.  I lived in the first one along with a roommate that was one of my best friends in High School.  We were so poor, but we had a good time!   This building now is stuffed full of collectibles and antiques.

Harrisville High School is where my husband graduated from in 1955.  The building now has doctors offices and I'm not sure what else.  It is a beautiful three story building sitting high on a hill. 

We actually have eight stop lights, but they are all in one intersection of Main Street...

We have several beauty shops, as well as several churches, two gas stations-one that has sandwiches, two auto body shops, a dentist, a couple Pharmacies, funeral home, a museum, a Laundromat, two flower shops, a radio station, two used car lots, telephone company, water plant, Courthouse, two hardware stores, even a Moose Lodge, a Napa store, five or more places to sit and eat or grab a sandwich, a Golf course, two eye doctors who share the same building, a volunteer fire department and emergency squad, a Dollar Store and Family Dollar, Shop and Save and IGA, elementary school, the list goes on, but it's fairly small.

  

I cannot go on without mentioning Berdine's Five and Dime.  I'm sure you can Google it.  Berdine's is West Virginia's oldest Five and Dime and quite famous in its own right.  Check it out if you ever come to town, it will take you back in time all on it's own.  There are wonderful things to purchase in a shop that hasn't changed much in all these years!  By the way, I have nothing in it, just like the shop.

Harrisville is a nice place to live, quiet most of the time, but we do make the local News on occasion and if we do, it's usually not good, so I like it quiet.  Almost everyone knows everyone else or is quick to find out who the newbies are.  Everyone knows your name, who you are married to and sometimes they know more of your business than you do, but that's life in a small town for you...lol

North Bend State Park is just a few miles outside of town where you can camp or stay over in a nice Lodge or Cabin and you can fish in our newly built lake or just lounge around.  The dam project was huge for us and this is just one picture of the lake that covers acres of ground, small hills and hollows.  

A lot of people around here still have horses...here are mine.  I worked on these this month.  Horses brought people to Harrisville years ago as they did most everywhere else.

Check out the other blogs here:  

http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/2013/08/2nd-annual-challenge-of-travel-stevens.html

So there you have it, Harrisville, West Virginia at it's best.  Come on down, we'd love to meet you!

As always, thanks for stopping by and take care.

Some New Things

Here are some new things from the Baby kiln today.  Summer is going by so quickly!  Hope you are doing well, I've been busy, just not posting so much.

The orange and black Twisted Stars are spoken for and the LOVE beads.  I have multi colored beads this time, most of mine are done in single colors.  And the X & O beads have large holes to be put on cording of some kind.  

Millie is not feeling good this morning...I am keeping my eye on her.  I think it's just an upset stomach.  Bless her heart, I would rather be sick than her...

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Ol' Blue

My brother came over today and took me for a ride in Ol' Blue.  He only scared me once when we left rubber on the road!

Here is Ol' Blue and if you look real close, you can see me taking pics of her!

Brother is real proud of the 15" back tires! 

Beautiful wood in the back!

Black and that beautiful metallic blue interior.

Shiny chrome front, so pretty!

He said he didn't want his picture taken!  Can you see me?

Bye little brother, thanks for the ride..sure got my heart to pumping!  

Red, White and Blue

When I decided I would make something for the Beads of Clay blog, it only took a minute to decide what month I wanted.  July.  My younger brother was born in July so it's always been a special month to us.  And then of course, the 4th.  What a special day for our country!

While I was making these turquoise beads I got to thinking about what I was doing.  I took some clay and smashed and rolled it on my sidewalk out front.  Old cement, rock steady, trustworthy, and every now and then a big crack.  Yes, that reminded me much of my brother.  Rock steady and trustworthy with a wacky sense of humor.  And with a voice like an angel.  He sings all around our part of this wonderful world, for celebrations, funerals and just for fun.

  

Since we've grown up and he became a man and then a father, I can say, he is someone I am just proud to know, let alone be related to.  He provides for and cherishes his family.  He tears up when he talks about his girls…what a great daddy!  

So, here is my tribute to my brother, Calvin Lee Wilson, and what he means to me is so far beyond this…I love you, brother!

Here is my July treasury...hope you like it!

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTIyMDEwNHwyNzIyMTA3ODc5/red-white-and-blue?index=0&atr_uid=

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New Things Today...Finally!

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Kiln is On Again!

Kiln is filled again and I must say, this was the hardest job getting it filled than I have ever had before.  Lots of odds and ends, odd sizes of things, different items than I've made before and I made a promise to myself, I am not going to do that again!   Well, not very often anyway!

I have bowls this time, my second and third, Frozen Charlottes with clothes on, a heart shaped wall pocket, and the regular cuffs and beads.  I know there is something else, but I cannot remember what.

One thing that made it especially hard to load was after I had put most things in, I didn't have enough room, so I took everything out to start over, dropped a piece that went to the floor of course, and had to do it all over again.  What a pain!  But, I am excited about it and pray all goes well.  Tomorrow we shall see!

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