Where are we today ?
Friday night we wandered over the the Relief sale for a bit about 7 pm. Main reason Suzie wanted a Tea Ball. And to watch our nephew auction some furniture.
I took a lot of pictures and posted to many but they do tell a story of this great day.
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| Tea Balls, fried cake balls with sugar |
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| some entertainment too |
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| had to try a Rollkuchen |
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| tasty |
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| viewing the quilts, some 200 donated to be sold |
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| our Nephew is one of the Auctioneers |
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| Suzie and her Aunt (her mom's sister) |
Then this morning back to the sale shortly after 9 am. Started off hot, humid and sunny, but did not quite last long enough.
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Mennonite 9 passenger wagon
doing the yard sales in town |
Came to the lights in New Hamburg but decided to take the back way into the fairgrounds, look at all the traffic.
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| Traffic lined up on the highway 9 am |
So Suzie dropped me off and I walked over the bridge a short jaunt and avoid all the traffic.
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| Playground for kids |
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| more kids stuff |
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| I tasted an Empanda |
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| very tasty |
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| Korean Mennonites making spring rolls |
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| fresh baked breads and buns |
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| Candy floss |
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| Sausage and Pansake breakfast |
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Menno Cafe,
the last picture shows the flooded floor |
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| lamb sausage on a bun |
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| making Donuts |
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| Glazing the donuts |
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| making the apple fritters |
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| fresh cut fries |
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I had some apple cider and a small jar
of apple butter for Suzie's mom |
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| lots of pies for sale |
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| Maple Syrup and canning |
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| Russian Mennonites |
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| tasty |
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| Out door Auction |
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| Making the strawberry pies |
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| we shared this huge pice of strawberry pie $3.00 |
The 2 pics below taken from the grandstand of the fairgrounds.
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| even a whole row of Rv's parked here for the weekend |
Suzie got back from visiting her Mom at 11:30 and met me for lunch, a favorite of ours is the Pork on a Bun, BBQ'd back bacon with BBQ sauce very tasty.
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| our pork on a bun, yummy |
Then we went back in side the arena to watch a bit more of the auction waiting for quilt 125 to be auctioned off. This happened about 12:20 pm this is the featured quilt this year of the 200 to be auctioned off. The arena was pretty full and people bidding on the quilts. So far the highest price paid this morning was $6,500.00.
Then the featured quilt came up a one of kind very beautiful the auctioneer began at $10,000.00 but did not start the bidding until it got to $3,000.00 then quickly just kept climbing, $20,000.00 then $30,000.00 . Clapping from the crowd and it just kept going finally it was sold for $42,000.00, absolutely amazing!
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| this is it being displayed. |
Threads of Africa Featured quilt for 2015
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This years featured quilt "Threads of Africa"
sold for $42,000.00 !
Read the story behind it HERE |
That exciting experience over we decided to head out about 12:30 just in time for the rain to start. Stopped by her Dad's tent to chat for a minute and then the skies opened up. We were carrying our fold up umbrellas and was just laughed at in the arena by this lady about us not needing them. Well the laugh is on her, I am sure she got soaked.
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| we have our bright umbrellas great for finding each other |
We stood there almost half and hour and did hardly let up at all. But the fairgrounds were getting pretty wet. Tents were flooded and rivers of water every where. People huddled out of the rain. Feet getting wet though. Needless to say this rain ended the day for the visitors and the vendors, usually done but 2 anyway, but with the flooding everybody just packed up and headed on out.
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| the water here about 4 inches deep |
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| The cafe with 4-6 inches of water |
Well eventually we waded through the water and made the way to our car and I dropped Suzie back at her moms. Stopped at the grocery store for a few supplies and back home to whip up a large salad to take to daughter number's 2's for supper tonight. The heavy rains continued all afternoon, so no lawn mowing like I planned.
Picked Suzie back up at 4 and made our way for supper. Cedar plank salmon potatoes and the salad, excellent! Good food, great family time and a nice way to wrap up another awesome day.
Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoyed the sale as much as wee did, sorry for all the pics but I did get rid of most of the ones I took.
Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this Spring and Summer.
