Sold to the highest bidder

Attending an auctions is one of my favorite things to do.

Saturday we hit one close to where I grew up.

Me, Jackie, my niece Ellen, Abbie, Maggie

Annie, and Ollie

battled the heat, the crowds,

and made a haul. 

This was the farm auction of the parents of 4 sisters

who went to the same country school 

Jackie and I went to.

It was the first of the "barn stuff" auction.

There is to be another and

then the house stuff will be sold.

There were 2 auctioneers going at once

so we tag teamed and got most of what we wanted.

There was lots of stuff.

We had a pile going from the start.

There was a mega fan where we took turns

hanging out with Ollie

while the rest of us followed the wagons

and bid on the furniture.

Maggie was shopping for stuff 

for the house 

they are going to start building 

later this summer.

Annie scored lots of galvanized treasures,
an iron bed and a dresser. 

  Abbie got a trunk and a great door.

Old funeral baskets for me and

a wooden phone box.

A sweet pony for Caroline.
 A large wall slate from my grade school and

a cabinet for the garage 

to hold my garden supplies,

birdseed, and spray paint with 
room to spare.

 Ellen scored a big rural mailbox, 

a garden chair,

some flower seed prints,

a small wooden trunk,

and  a garden gate.

Jackie took home locker baskets.

 Everyone got something they wanted.

We all got some sun.

We came home sweaty, filthy

and smelling like the smoke from the pit

where they were cooking

rib-eye sandwiches and pork patties.

It was a great day.

I love a farm auction. 

Even more, I love time spent with

some of the people I love the most in the world.

Thanks girls for a fun day.

Start saving your bucks for the next go-round!