March 21, 2013

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  Penryn Mud Sale

  Part 1

  Saturday, March 16

   

   

  

  It happens every spring – the Penryn Mud Sale – and our Amish neighbor Eli goes by our house with a tractor and two or three steel-rimmed wagons, usually loaded with a few things for one of the auctions.

   

   

  

  Mud sales are called mud sales because it is often muddy in spring.

   

   

  

  The weather was quite different from last year – about thirty-five degrees colder. Last year it was warm and sunny. This year it was cold and rainy/snowy.

   

   

  

  We arrived about 9:15 a.m. – after the Lancaster Prayer Breakfast.

   

   

  

  The profit from this day goes to the fire company and a local Amish school.

   

   

  

  The Penryn Fire Company prepared for the cold by setting up extra tents, but there were still a few outside auctions.

   

   

  

   

   

  

  Even though I would have enjoyed french fries, I was not about to wait in line outside in the cold rain.

   

   

  

  The main auction – inside the fire hall was quite crowded, so I was glad my sister and niece had placed our lawn chairs along the center aisle in the second row.

   

   

  

  I take a few pictures for the Mud Sale Guide - published by our daughter Deb – so need a good seat, at least some of the time.

   

   

  

  Roy and Deb had come to our house for Jere and Kristen’s four youngest children while we were at the prayer breakfast and brought them to the mud sale, but because of the weather they did not stay.

  For that reason I looked for two people who might appreciate two of our four lawn chairs.

   

   

  

  About that time I saw Cerwin’s sister Velda and her husband, Mel, standing in back of the room. They were delighted to get good seats.

   

   

  

  There were racks of quilts lined up against one of the walls.

   

   

  

  It was delightful to have a good seat in a warm, crowded room, on a cold, snowy day, enjoying coffee and a donut while taking pictures of beautiful quilts.

   

   

  

   

   

  

   

   

  

   

   

  

   

   

  

   

   

  

  Many pictures tomorrow night.

   

   

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