This just never happens.
At a recent roam around kind of day, I recently made a stop at a country shop near my house. I did not make it my first stop of the day. Nice weather and no rain called me out of hibernation. Early summer usually finds me stopping for fresh asparagas, a few filler perennials, a couple of chunks of meat from my favorite meat market--and on this particular day-at a farm that advertised fresh eggs.
Fresh eggs 3 bucks a dozen.
Then I made my antiques stop. There was a woman in a van surrounded by her wares on the parking area and one other car. I pulled in, thinking she had just made mega purchases from the shop. I tried to avert my eyes because I did not want to see all the goodies I had missed by not making it an earlier stop.
DARN IT. Mustard grain painted bucket stool, fabulous windmill blade segment from a ginormous water pump, gorgeous tole tray, wood and iron shelf in original blue surface, etc etc. DARN IT.
I wandered into the shop and wondered where the shopkeeper was--and then I noticed she was outside with the woman in the van. Could this be??? Could this be that the Woman in the Van was a picker and my shopkeeper was buying--HENCE all the aforementioned items would be available for purchase? TO ME???
Thirty minutes later--at the shopkeeper's invitation I am pouring over a mountain of Fresh To Her items. She is shooting me prices that were incredibly reasonable and must have been a slight fraction over what she paid. Fresh To Me Picker Goods.
Fresh asparagas-fresh eggs-fresh inventory--A Good Day Indeed!!
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