A Perfect Fall Day

On a perfect Fall day, we drove to another one of our favorite festivals.  It is held in an historic village which is quaint and beautiful.

It is also very colonial.

The food trucks were lined up for a busy weekend.

Glass pumpkins.

This might be a the world's best candy store.

All of the buildings were decorated for Halloween.

Spinners and weavers.

The village is built along a canal and barges like this one were used to transport people and goods.  You can still take a canal tour.

Hammered dulcimer music filled the air.

Animal pelts.

Local honey.

Apple butter stirring and by the end of the day, it will be for sale.

There were lots of woodworking booths.

A sampling of some of the food.

Osage oranges were free for the taking.

It seemed like everyone was eating these.

A duck gourd sitting on a grape wreath nest filled with baby gourds.

Indian corn, sorghum, and all sorts of pumpkins.

Indian corn wreaths.

For as long as we have gone to this festival, there has been a both selling these little cabinets.

They are very well made and heavy.

I found out that this was the last year for the booth selling these.

It turns out that many years ago, a husband and wife decided to create pieces like these using discarded furniture.  The husband built them and his wife painted them and added the hardware.  They donated every penny they made to their church.  

The wife died last year and her husband said he just doesn't have it in him to carry on.

I bought a lot of them.

I doubt that I will ever find anything like these again.  What a great way to use old furniture and the quality of the wood is awesome.

The price on these pieces were unbelievable.

This box was 12.00.

I bought this one to hold recipes in my pantry.

This is a piece I bought several years ago.  It was such a fun day.