Lady Bug Circus

Day of the Dead

 
A day of the dead shrine from a few years ago when my sister and I were at language school in Guanajuato. This was for my parents and made mostly from trash.

 
 

 

 

Somewhere in China

 

Candy in Beijing. Mostly a kind of dried fruit.

 

I have no idea what these are. I was just taken by their color.

Where to stay along the 127 Yard Sale...

If you are near Stanford, Kentucky, may I recommend you stay at the Sun Set Motor Lodge.

 

Give Carline a call and she will reserve a room for you and hold it until you get there.

The room I had was clean, had a microwave, popcorn and a little bowl of treats. The bed was comfy too. Just down the higway from there is Lee's Chicken and it is fabulous so be sure to get you some.
  

More Photos from the 127 Yard Sale

The Mennonites were using this horse to generate power for many different things, including making ice cream, which they were selling.

At times I was so interested and intrigued by what I was seeing. I did talk to an old guy who was there and he told me all about his calico cat. He said it was the smartest cat in the world because it was totally self sufficient, he never had to feed it. Just beyond him were 3 kittens asleep on the front porch. I'm hoping there are self sufficient as well.

127 Yard Sale or Ebay?

This on Ebay was $20 including shipping. I saw 3 at the 127 Yard Sale ranging in price from $45 to $80. One was in better condition and still had the gun. Speaking of guns...

All sorts of guns and amo were available at the yard sale. Kinda creeped me out. 

So if you have a mission like I did which was to score as much cool tin as I possibly could you might be better off spending your coin on Ebay, but if you just want to see what's out there, eat great food and see beautiful country side the 127 Yard Sale is fabulous.

127 Yard Sale...

 
Saw signs for places I'd never heard of,

 
saw interesting billboards,  

and more graveyards than I have seen in my entire life. Small ones are everywhere.

127 Yard Sale was Fun

Found some cool tin.

Saw some cool stuff,

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and interacted with interesting people.
   

Gabriel in Guanajuato

Rhonda, a friend I made in Guanajuato last year, was returning to GTO this month. I asked her to take Gabriel a tin bird I had made for him. She agreed and this is the photograph and email she sent this week.

Finally was able to deliver your regalo to Gabriel! We've been here a  couple of days. We went to his tienda but it had moved up the street,  so we went to the new one, but the young woman in the store indicated 
that he was at yet another new store off the plaza San Fernando. So we traipsed all over the plaza looking for el corazon de plata, but no- see. We found a lady who said, oh yeah, Gabriel, right next to the Charcuterie (charcuterie? Gto is going upscale, boo-hoo). But alas, no Gabriel. The music store next door didn't know him, nor the hardware guy. No Gabriel, no Corazon de plata, que lastima! So yesterday, we're walking through the San Fernando Plaza to have lunch at El Midi, and guess who comes running after us! Apparently the neighbors clued him in that 2 gringos were looking for him. Turns out he is indeed opening another little shop, and he rented the lovely apartment of above it -and he is busy there fixing it up with his hermano. So happy ending, but I didn't know how to say "open it now!" (and not wanting to be impolite) so here is   a picture of him with your pajaro in it's little box, and he said muchas, muchas gracias and so warmly smiled as he does, and said he will write to you directly to thank you!

Isn't that great?

Summer Vacation

This year I am taking my summer vacation one Sunday at a time. It's great. Discovery Park is a great place for walking along tails through the tall trees , or

along the bluff.

Chicago

Last week I had the opportunity to drive a para-transit van from one end of Chicago to the other. I saw so many beautiful sights from the driver's seat. Unable to take any snap shots of them at the time I will just have to return some day. The few shots I did get were of liquor store signs. There were so many I liked.

If you ever have the chance to see Chicago, I hope you do. There is a lot to love about that city.