Good Finds at Goodwill

The day did not go as planned as the floors that Steven stained last night were not dry enough for me to coat with polyurethane so I headed back to town and stopped off at Goodwill. What a good day to have stopped there.
One good find after another. Books, clothes, a coffee pot for camping, a lead crystal pitcher, a goat nic nack, a dark green hobnail kerosene lamp, a replacement tea cup for one missing from my set, a cotton colonial bed spread just like I have been wanting for several years and a few more sweet finds.
All for under $20. All were things on my list of things to be on the look out for except the paper back copies of the Little House series. Those I have but am always lending them out. Now I have some just to use as lending copies.
The Christmas books were not on my list, but what fun to look through books with Christmas crafts and ideas. It has been a wonderful day for thrift shopping. Now on to laundry and making some Amish Baked Oatmeal for tomorrows breakfast. I will post the recipe and some pictures when it comes out of the oven. This is one of the best baked oat meal recipes I have tried. Whenever it is served for guests, they always want the recipe. Its perfect for a cool morning meal. Topped off with some vanilla yogurt, its total delight !


For Sale
Clara Smith Reber

For sale at auction today at high noon:
An old-fashioned buggy and a one-horse sleigh,
A music box that still plays a tune,
A rocking horse waiting to gallop away...

An oval mirror in a gilt-edged frame,
A cut-glass pitcher that still holds a gleam,
An old coffee grinder that won its frame
Serving coffee topped with the mornings cream...

A baby's high chair that knew laughter and tears,
Children's school books stacked on the scrubbed floor,
These are for sale...but the memories of years
Are locked in hearts behind a closed door !