Into each life some rain must fall...

This is what we woke up to yesterday. 

You know when you look outside just before dawn

 and you know something isn't right?

Two tents down...and all the Yard Sale stuff

from Mom and Dad's Estate

blown over and SCHMUCKED! 

I think I made that word up!

{sigh}

As we approached to survey the damages

it started raining!

I had only 45 minutes to help before I would be late  for school.

But, gratefully, my husband and my BIL, Mark,

(I thank God for him.)

picked everything up and got the tents folded up

before the wind destroyed them.

Thanks, guys...

It's still raining...

Estate Auction

My brother and my husband worked really hard preparing for

 the Estate Auction we had last Saturday.

  We auctioned off the contents of my Dad's HUGE barn.

 

Dad had machinery and all the tools he used when he was an auto mechanic

 as well as an impressive collection of antique tools.

among other things...

 

As much as I knew we had to settle and "deal" and sell and clean out...

There were moments when all I could think was

my Dad's fingerprints are on everything ...

It makes me even more appreciative of the "treasures" I find.

Some of the things I've purchased bear the fingerprints of someone else's loved one.