Well, we are sort of what feels like halfway through summer. Summer in our town is marked by annual events, and they roll by one by one, like the big giant bales of hay that dot the fields this time of the year. The carnival came and went. The car cruise was canceled due to a dicey weather forecast that day, and Main Street Blooms events have wrapped. We will post winners and pics by the end of the week…until then…it’s a mystery.
The summer is also measured by the height of the corn…that is why I think we are fast approaching the peak of the season. Soon there will be a cavalcade of people at the local corn stands some of which actually have help just directing traffic really in the middle of nowhere. You would not believe how middle of nowhere suddenly becomes the place to be. These farms are worth the price of gas just to smell a cool cement block structure full of fresh produce…I wish this could be put into a candle or something.
Just like in the eighties and nineties, the generation of “there are no losers”, there really were no losers in this flower planting competition. There really is such a thing as flower power and we proved it with the great response from everyone.
Saxonburg is a diamond in the rough in and in alot of ways, that is the charm here. The buildings are really pretty old and some are nice, some are real nice and some are terrific…add flowers to this mix and it makes for a nice atmosphere in which to walk and gives you a reason to perhaps walk a little slower than usual.
The Stillroom is slowly emerging from the lazy days of summer and starting to have some pretty good summer sales and new merchandise will be soon adorning the shelves of our little shop. Saxonburg is not exactly a shopping mecca, and I consider us very much a neighborhood type of shop. After Christmas, life slows down, (although the tea flows all winter long) and I spend the next six months getting ready for the last six months of the year.
On that note, stop in and visit The Stillroom the next time your’e breezing through town.
Keep posted for photographs of Historic Saxonburg, home of John Roebling, creator of wire rope, who connected people with the Brooklyn Bridge.
