Ramping up for the leaf peepers...

Our low today was 48.7 at 0533. The high was 81.5 at 1553

Tonight we have the Women's Fellowship meeting at the Church (United Congregational Church).  I'm sure most of the discussion will be the preparations for the month long (21 Sep-17 Oct) bake and craft sale the Church has during "leaf peeper" season.

The money made on crafts (which are donated) goes to the Women's fellowship which in turn uses it to provide goods for the Church and donations to towns people that have illness, injury, death or have just fallen on hard times. 

Bake sale items are donated by people from all over town...not just church goers.  It is amazing that so many non members bake up a storm for that month and just drop it off at the church.  The money from this goes to help heat the Church in the winter.

There is a calendar in the Church for volunteers to sign up to work during those four weeks.  The sale is six days a week (no sales on Sundays).  Two people work the morning and two people work in the afternoon.  Amazingly, we even have people that don't attend our Church sign up to work.

In addition to baked goods and crafts we will also have hot and cold cider, coffee, tea, and refrigerator magnets with our three covered bridges on them

It really is a lot of fun to work the sale.  The "bus people" (tour bus folks) are very interesting to talk to.  They really do come from all over...Japan, Australia, England, Texas.  Last year we met a couple from England that make it a point to come over every five years to see the leaves.  Then there was a woman from Australia that when I commented on her Koala lapel pin took it off and gave it to me.

This year, on a friend's suggestion (thank you Barbara) we are going to have a world map for people to put a pin in their home location.  Should be very interesting to see at the end of the season.

The woman that has been running the fall sale for the past few years passed away earlier this year.

In a moment of weakness I volunteered to do it. 

 Wish me luck...