Hot Summer Sunday

July is definitely on the way, hot and steamy it is!~ I am anxiously awaiting my favorite holiday of July 4th, antiques, lemonade and hot dogs all day, fireworks to top the night off, the perfect day always. We drive to Solon, a few miles from us, there is a giant antique fair at Hanson's Grove there, it is always a gold mine of prim treasures. After wearing ourselves out there, it is down the road a bit further to Mt. Vernon, where we always visit Polly Ann's and Carolines Schoolhouse and Alice's Wonderland, but on the 4th, it gets even better as the streets will be lined with antique vendors. We usually fill up the car with our purchases, jolly the kids out of hating us for torturing them, and go home completely exhausted. Can't wait! In the meantime, I am slowly getting my Missouri and western Iowa prims done, here are a few examples of the buttermilk collection...