Hi Ho Silver

    The drive to the barn where my daughter used to keep her horse was a long pleasant one through the country side. This building would often catch my eye as it obviously was not an actual store, but some sort of hobby or collection.

   Last week I put Crazy Kira (our puppy) in the car and drove over to ask permission to take photos. It turns out that we were more than welcome!

    The owner is a very nice retired farmer in his seventies who was happy to unlock his "store" and show me around. I told him that I imagined he had bought one sign and then just couldn't stop. He laughed and said, "That's just about right!"

    Inside were hundreds of items from country stores of the past. The owner has spent years going to auctions and especially loves it when an old country store closes and its merchandise goes on the auction block. 

    One thing that caught my eye was an old radio that appeared to be from the nineteen-forties. I commented, "I bet a family gathered around that every night to hear news of the war." He replied, "My parents had one just like that. Every night The Lone Ranger came on at 7:00 pm. My brother and I would rush to finish our chores so that we could get home in time to listen to it."

    Be sure to tune in next week to my blog for the exciting episode, "See-Saw."