Cool things I saw at the festival

Andy and I both liked the design of the knife on the right… Although it was nearly impossible to open without touching the blade… Luckily it wasn’t that sharp. 🤪

Every year, I drool over the pens like the one shown on the left.  In fact THAT’s the exact one I want.  They’re just TOO expensive for what they are.  But they are made of real watch parts.  I like this one because it was a vintage Breitling chronograph dial and you can see some of the ruby jewels (right of the tip of my thumb).  Maybe some day.  I’ve looked at them for the last five years…. Andy was betting this would be the year hahaha.  

A pretty combo of fall colors ❤️

This one leaf I found lying in a sauerkraut festival booth was displaying about every fall cover you can ever have :)

Drinking from a fire hose?!

This booth had their soda machine hooked up to the fire hydrant.  Pretty funny.  Of course, Andy inspected it and let us know they were in compliance.  With a pressure regulator and backflow preventer, they were good to go 🤪

Some of the new things we tried

These are some of the things that were new, and/or we hadn’t tried before at the sauerkraut festival this past weekend.  Pumpkin rolls, a new coffee booth (Costa Rica blend), Heather’s Snickers caramel apple, and sauerkraut caramel fudge. With four of us together, we all got to sample a few bites of everything.  All were yummy❣️

10 days of 65º and sunny!

We love the fall weather.  A little nippy at night, but the days are beautiful!

Be careful taking shots with a photographer nearby…

Sophie caught me in the act of grabbing a shot of the crowd at the sauerkraut festival last weekend.  Kinda fun. 

VIP access to the Sauerkraut Festival last weekend

Andy got us this GREAT parking spot behind the fire station.  We backed right up to Main Street and several steps later were browsing the booths.  Here, we are just getting out of the car.  It’s fun to see Sophie peeking out too hahahaha.

The bottom pic shows the crowd which is just about the same every year.  It’s kind of crazy how many people attend each year❣️

We replaced our worn out end tables…

…with more worn out drawers. 🤪 Julie and I went antiquing for a more practical fit at the end of our love seat.  She found this beauty on FB Marketplace. we’re thrilled with the fit, finish, and functionality :) It goes nicely with library card catalog drawers from my great grandpa in the other room.

Andy’s infamous at Skyline… 🤪

Finding oars for John’s john boat

While Julie and I were antiquing, we ran across these gems. All set up with everything we needed and WAY cheaper than anything we could buy new today.  John and I are both excited to give them a try.

What the inside of Grandpa’s watch looks like

I found this pic in an eBay listing for the same model.  Fascinating.  It’s crazy to me that something so intricate and 50 years old can still keep time accurately. ❤️

It’s fun that I reached out to the company that made it and found the actual owner of the company and the guy who had actually made the watch.  Years ago, he sent me some catalog and advertisement pieces to go along with it! 

If you hear a noise, figure out what it is…

I heard a clunking in my driveline last week.  Once per wheel revolution, but only when I was going very slowly (like creeping ahead in traffic at a light).  I pulled over to find I only had two lug nuts left.  Two of the studs had broken, and a third had worked it’s way off.  So I jacked it up (to take the weight off so I could torque it correctly), tightened the remaining back up, and added a third spare.  Then I limped home, tightening them again every mile or so.

I guess I am going to have to replace some studs…. Good thing I checked.  I would have broken clean off and passed me on the road in another mile or two…

New skill added

I learned how to polish acrylic watch crystals.  Several of my watches have them.  They scratch relatively easily, but the good news is you can use this compound to polish out most of the scratches.  It made a HUGE improvement on my older, heirloom watches.  It saves me having to replace the crystals.  It works on my newer watches that are acrylic too :) These pics shows my grandma Morey’s watch before and after.  

A tube of PolyWatch is $4 on Amazon.  A good, cheap solution.  

FINALLY got my 250th badge from the 4th of July

Converse, frogs, mice, rhinos…

The variety was fun and cute.