wouldn't be a weekend without a bargain

Before I show you the bargain, here's the old photo for the week. It was dated 1981 and labeled as Carol's first visit to Little Valley. We are all a lot younger, to start with, and I'm pretty sure Dad is showing off one of his Polaroid photos. And then there is mother. If you click on the photo and enlarge it, you will feel like she's looking right at you. Ed would also point out the yellow bush in the background, although this kind of reminds me of a photo that was printed in the Salamanca Press years ago, highlighting the great fall colors, with pumpkins and falling leaves, in black and white.

And here's the bargain. We just happened to have the truck with us when we stopped in Tina's on Saturday afternoon. I would not have spotted this because it was covered by odds and ends, but Tom found it. It's a drop leaf maple table that has had some use, but it's sturdy, level, and the drop leafs are fine. Obviously, it's not as pretty as mother's...but it fits and we'll get some use out of it. I'll just let you guess what we paid for it.

The tulips have opened. The blossom of this variety, Wirosa, is more like an old-fashioned rose than a tulip. I'll spare you the shots of all the others. If we didn't have two resident plant eaters, I would have filled a vase and set it on the new table. That's something other people can do...people with dogs maybe.