Faith, Folklore, and Friends

Last Saturday, Hub and I were poking around in Jan's Antiques in Rogersville, Alabama, and Hub found this cloth calendar.  I am always buying old calendars to use in quilts.  I made both of my sons a quilt with calendars from the first twelve years of their lives, and I keep collecting them just in case I decide to make another one. I loved the rooster and the quote on this one, and red is always good in quilts.  This calendar was in such good condition that I thought it must be a reproduction.  Then, when Jan was ringing up our purchases, we saw this. Someone paid nine cents for this calendar fifty-six years ago.  I don't know when it was moved to the antique shop, but I'm thinking someone treasured it for lots of years. Washing the calendar to use in a quilt would destroy the price tag, and I don't want to do that now.  What should I do? Maybe I'll hang it on the wall and pretend to live in the past.

We spent part of Saturday afternoon strolling around Rogersville for their First Saturday event.  It was all about Christmas, and Christmas music could be heard all over town. It was chilly and windy, but lots of people were out enjoying the day, visiting and buying Christmas gifts and ornaments.   Of course, there were politicians out, shaking hands right up to the last hours before the election on Tuesday. Apparently, they are everywhere. The best thing I saw was this painted chair with a burlap cushion at Jan's Antiques. I love the big chicken over the coffee shop. Big chickens always brighten up my day. There are several cute shops in downtown Rogersville, but you can't see them unless you turn off Highway 72.  Go check them out!