Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Show #59

We took the Casita up a week before the show and parked it in the blacksmith shop. On Tuesday afternoon while Bernie and Herman were rearranging the shop, I made the bed in the RV, and put things away. 

Friday is always school day.  We have quite a few classes in for a demonstration.

My first fried peach pie of the week, definitely not my last. 

JJ removes some unnecessary equipment from the shop. It was set up at the small gas engines where it was operated with a belt.

T bucket cars came by for a visit. Not all, as I think I heard there were 14 in the show.

Our set up looked pretty good I thought. Sales started slow and ended big!

Always nice to see kids interested. 

On Thursday night we were invited to some friend's camp for a black pot cookout. Wade and Angel made Chicken Cordon Bleu! Check out his video of him cooking the delicious dish. Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Show #59. 

Thank you Wade and Angel, and Leslie for the invite.

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Fellow BAM member Josh Rhodes of Old Glory Creations set up next to us. His 3 days went great, good sales, until Saturday afternoon he sat down on his 1916 pedal grinder and the antique seat (cast iron) broke. 

I never got a close look, but this funeral hearse was interesting.

The Reeves family always cooks sorghum on Saturday, a very long day and night for them. 

Bernie and John Coats work out the details of a bracket to hang the Blacksmith shop shingle.

Almost ready for paint.

More fried pies! Friday they were $6, Saturday they were $5. Wish they would have stayed until Sunday, but the Amish have church. 

On Saturday Lizzie and Alex came to hang out with us. Our first treat was a home cooked breakfast in the Engineer's building, later it was fried pies. 
 

On Sunday it ended with the last of many tractor parades. 

 

Next year is #60, I can hardly wait. 

 

 

A sweet, sweet gift before a trip to the Emergency Room

This is just a fraction of what Jullia gave me from her grandmother's estate. However, these were the best treasures in the box!

The Singer buttonhole attachment has the long and hard to find circle buttonhole attachment. It is a complete set of every buttonhole attachment. 

It is a complete set of every buttonhole. It looks like Grandma even made a cloth with each buttonhole and then writing the size beside it.

 

I have never seen this singer stocking darner. The blacksmith is really hopeful I will mend his socks. I doubt that!

The 2 boxes of attachments, that will fit the biggest percent of my vintage's Singers are a delight to look through! 

The zig zag attachment is pristine. I’ve tried to buy one for years. The book is copyright 1957. Of course, it's complete with every cam of different stitches. It fits most of my machines. 

I can’t thank her enough for these, the 100s spools of thread, sewing books, embroidery patterns, and the 100's hand sewing and machine needles!

One last thing is this is a fun old-time memory that was in the box. It no longer contains “hosiery” but was full of mostly embroidery patterns.

Now on to my week of not feeling well. OF Course, it had to be the week of the blacksmith's annual squirrel hunt, my week to roam and play free.

It started with occasional chills, then went into daily fevers, some days as high at 103.7. He came home Sunday and by Tuesday morning, about 4 AM he found me in the recliner with an ice bag on my head. The worse headache for days was getting to me. So, he took me to the Emergency room. 

I had taken 2 home Covid tests, both negative. Although I was pretty sure it wasn't that to begin with. As I have had Covid twice and the symptoms weren't anything alike. 

After several hours of tests which included a CT of my stomach, blood tests, they started giving me good drugs.  They then told me I had Ehrlichiosis, a tick born disease. Dr. explained it didn't have the same side effects as Lyme or Rocky Mountain! For that I was grateful. Yes, I had removed a tick about 10 days prior.

Toay is the first day past. I am feeling better. One medicine is for 14 days, the other two are for 5. Thank God I am on the mend.

Church quilts!

It’s always a much anticipated day, the St. Margaret’s parish picnic. 

After all there’s a bunch of us church ladies who have put endless hours into buying fabric, piecing,  and then quilting them every Tuesday! The fellowship we share is priceless. Lunch is provided by parishioners and is always a treat!

Mulberry Lane. This was a memory quilt from fabric of my fellow classmate, Linda Call Hood. It sold for $650.

Fishing. Sold for $275

Real men drive red tractors. Pieced by Janet Koetting. Sold for $525.

Broken Star brought $700.

Prairie Star. Purchased by a friend of mine for $500.

Christmas panel went for $175.

Stars and Pinwheels sold for $550.00

This is an embroidered lap quilt, done by fellow quilter, Willy Borgmeyer. It sold for $175.

Jungle Animals sold for $300.

Country Garden sold for $700.

Courthouse Square. Sold for $1,050.

50’s fabric Boy sold for $300.

Woodland critters sold for $250.

Baby boy hobby horse. Bought by a neighbor for $450.

Wyoming Valley Star. Probably my favorite one! It sold for $950, I didn’t buy it, because the blacksmith says I have enough quilts!

Sesame Street. I pieced this using a panel. It sold for $200.

Tiny 9 patch, pieced and quilted by Hilda Schulte. This sold for $475.

Triple Irish Chain sold for $1,100.

Starry night sold for $1,150.

Colorado Star log cabin sold for $1,150.

I pieced this quilt that was titled Patriotic Farm Figures. It sold for $850.

Old time John Deere. I purchased this panel in Chillicothe Missouri for Janet Koetting. It sold for $450.

 50’s fabrics Girl sold $300.

It was a beautiful day in God’s country, a little hot, but delicious food and lots of neighbors and friends to visit with.

God is good.