Last Auction of the Year

Yep, one more auction to go then we are done for the year. Whew, what a year it has been. Learned alot, grew thicker skin on what we will take on consignment and had a BALL doing it all. Tomorrow we will setting up the fire hall with 12 different consignments (that is 12 customers that we took on). Some have only a few bits and some have LOTS!! Truck was loaded today by myself, Les (hubby) a good friend and a friend of hers and we kicked butt, lol. Wish us luck that we have a good turnout, the weather looks great which is not always a good thing, people want to be out and about this time of year. But, we will plug along. Be back next week with the highlights.

Mid-Week, Wednesday

Happy Wednesday Friends.

It is a very sunny day here is Eastern Pennsylvania. I did not make it out to the shop yesterday to poke around for inventory but it is on my list of things to do today. Got my workout yesterday with shoveling snow, clearing off the cars, etc. It was beautiful as well yesterday and the sun felt so good!

We are still on schedule for are appointment tomorrow with a possible auction client. It will feel good to get out and socialize a bit, have not felt like going to far from my recliner and blanket of late, lol.

Have a wonderful day!!

What was noted in Ginnysyard this week

Are you wondering? Well here it is.

 

 

Legend has it that the Redwing Blackbird is a sign of Spring in Pennsylvania and we have had two males at our bird feeders all week long here at Ginnysyard. Males arrive first, scope out the joint., lol and are followed by the females who look like this.

 

 

 

Hope you have enjoyed our bit of trivia. Have a great evening friends.



Auctioneer in the Family!

Yes friends, Les is now a licenced Pennsylvania Auctioneer. He has passed all his tests and has his licence in his hands. It has been framed and now must be hung up. By law, it has to be displayed in case the Commonwealth of PA comes knockin' on the door.

And equally good news we are getting ready for our first auction. Below is our is our announcement. If you live in our area we would love for you to come and join us. Or, if you ever have questions or items that you would like to send to auction please keep us in mind.

Nose to the Grindstone

It's time for us to put our noses to the grindstone. We have another show coming up on March 12 & 13, in Bath, PA. Not very far from our home. The show is three years young, this will be our second year setting up our wares. Our show on Saturday in Long Valley, NJ went very well. Our first time setting up there and we look forward to going back again. Sold items that we had been carrying for awhile. But, now we need to fill in those blank spots on our tables. It was great to see so many people out and about, including some old friends who we did not expect to see. Lots of laughs, hugs and tears. We had a power failure this morning and boy I have just been out of sorts every since. I had to get ready to go out to the jobsite in the dark, maybe that is the cause of my blues. Still recovering from our early, early day on Saturday. We got up at 4:00 a.m. to be on the road by 5:30. Guess I'm not as young as I thought, LOL. Tonite will be a early night. It's raining, windy and slighty warm, go figure. Good night for a cup of tea and some Girl Scout Cookies, YUM. Take care one and all.

Fall Veggies

We are having some warm weather here in the Lehigh Valley (PA) and my neighbor stopped over yesterday to give us some of the bounty that he had collected from his garden. The tomatoes & sweet peppers are from our garden, the rest was from the neighbors. I took the picture with my new Blackberry, I just love that phone!! Hope everyone is have a great evening.

Getting The Ducks Ready For Winter

With the beautiful weather we are having today I decided it was time to clean out the duck pens. So, early this morning "The Girls" went outside. They are slightly younger then the boys and can get around quite good. DD aka Danger Duck has been lame for quite sometime now and I decided that he and our other boy would not venture out. The pens were not that bad, considering they have not been cleaned out for quite sometime. It's not a easy task when you are trying to clean around two ducks who need to see what you are doing. But, they are all done and fresh straw is now in place. This will probably the last time they will get cleaned out this year, but when the ducks don't go out every day and don't eat or drink in the pens, they really stay quite clean. There was a time when I had my dozen or so ducks that the pens were cleaned every weekend!! But no more, I have learned alot since those days. My fun will begin in a little while when I try and get the girls back in. But for now they are enjoying their pond and just maybe they will wear themselves out and want to head in to the Duck Hilton tonite. I have posted a new header picture, Fall at Ginnysyard. Enjoy your day!!

Fastnacht Day

Fastnacht Day is a old German custom, which translates into clearing the house of fat on the day before Lent starts. Or Fat Tuesday. Growing up in NJ this was a new custom to me and my family when we moved to PA over 20 plus years ago. But, it was a custom that we grew to like very much. Everyone has their version of fastnacht's I'm sure, I usually pick up ours at the bakery in our local Giant. I think someday I would love to try a homemade one. It is snowing here in Williams Township once again, this is getting really old and I and Les are getting ready for Spring and once Spring starts so do all of our Antique Shows! We are less then one month away from our first. I will post info on that show in the next week or so. Have a Great Fastnacht Day!!

Chicken Dinner

Good Saturday Evening All, I had to post and tell you about the great dinner (if I say so myself) that we had. I picked up a Oven Ready Perdue Chicken Breast the other day and thought that I would give it a try. Here is the best part (I think) you can roast this chicken while it is frozen!! It comes in what I think looks like a bowling bag, with Perdue's yellow and blue colors on the bag. The chicken is inside of this bag in a roasting bag all seasoned.  You place the frozen chicken in a baking pan for 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours at 400 degrees, let it rest for 10 minutes and then enjoy. It was sooooo good, the skin on the breast got nice and crispy and the seasonings were good. I added to the chicken to round out the meal, stuffing, green beans, cranberry sauce and hot biscuits. Les said he could eat this meal every week!! I forgot to mention that the chicken breat was 3#'s whihc was plenty for us with some leftovers. I hope everyoine is enjoying their weekend. It has been very, very cold here in PA, suppose to get better just in time for everyone to go back to work. Can Spring be that far away??