Saturday February 25, 2017

Blog time 1915 sitting in den at home:

Winter has come back with a bang. Temperature in mid 20s this morning with high winds.

We have had light snow all day and now have a thin blanket of white over everything.

We slept in this morning and then headed out to the Gathering Place for breakfast. We had fried eggs, hash browns, toast and coffee. A good cold winter's morning fare.

After breakfast we drove to Lake Odessa to attend an antique sale in their downtown antique mall. This is an annual event held the last weekend in February. It is called their "CABIN FEVER SALE". Good name.

The mall is in a large old building in downtown Lake Odessa. Wooden floors and narrow stairways to shops in the basement and second floor. The place was jammed. Most folks must have Cabin Fever.

We bought a Nancy Drew book and a magazine stand for our downstairs bath. The prices were reasonable. I was looking for a Red Ryder BB gun like the one I had in my youth. They had several but the models were from the 60s. The butts were plastic instead of wood. Plastic is no good.

We spent over two hours walking around the mall. It was like a trip down memory lane.

At home I tried to take Ms P on a walk but she balked because of the cold wind. Instead I took a solo 2.5 mile walk.

We spent the rest of our afternoon sitting in our den reading. No TV. It was great. I read the paper but being Saturday I have no serious comments.

For dinner we drove to Brann's. Brann's was crowded mainly because of the UM BB game. UM upset Purdue. I had a bowl of lobster bisque and Nancy had a turkey sandwich. We also had wine. This was our Cabin Fever celebration.

Today is Nancy's sister Peg's birthday. Nancy gave her a call. Happy Birthday Peg.