27th October 2018
I have met a lot of different people during our trips to buy stuff. Today we had a route mapped out to pick up things that Kelli wanted for the store. November is a busy time, so the booth needs to be stocked up ready for the pre-Christmas onslaught.
We visited one older couple to pick up two book shelves. They lived in a condominium on the north side of Holland. When we arrived they welcomed, and invited both of us into their home. They were so friendly and had been married for six weeks, so out came the wedding pictures. Roger, the husband suggested that he and I load the pieces into the truck, “We don’t want to get tied into the girlie stuff” he joked as we carried the first piece out.
When we left, it was like we were driving away from old friends.
I had no idea what Kelli had agreed to buy, so each stop was a surprise, and interesting.
There were table runners, a crate of small bottles ( ?) and a table cloth. I’m confident Kelli knows what she’s doing, she has a good nose for things that sell.
We covered a lot of miles, along roads aligned with golden trees, and thanks to the GPS we traveled the same stretch of road twice.
We stopped off at Painted Farmgirl on the way back, there were a few small sales, but nothing exceptional.
Earlier in the morning I presided over a couple of direct sales. One was another galvanised tub, where the lady was planning to use it to photograph a baby. “You’re going to put a baby in the tub and take pictures of it?” I inquired. The the lady went into great detail of what she was planning. It involved cushions, soapy water, flower petals, and of course a baby. I thought that would traumatise the poor infant for the rest of it’s life. As they drove away, I didn’t have the nerve to mention there was a hole in the tub.
The next was a young couple picking up a freestanding basket carrier, they were so quick the car barely stopped moving, as they thrust the money in my hand, and grabbed the piece, and made off. I bet they thought it was a drive- thru.
Another Lifetime to go 