More Saturday Stuff

Surprise! It's TIOGA, again - with Jack Bennet in command of the crew and Nannette and Debbie controlling traffic - working on a Saturday morning, even, to raise and repair a drain on Madison Street. Remembering that paving is due to start on Monday, they might be rushing to get everything else taken care of! We also noticed that the big dumpster had been removed from the street in front of the former Scerbo building - soon to be a "Subway" - possibly for the same reason.

At around 10 o'clock it began to rain - not the torrential sort, but enough that we thought it might have driven canoes and kayaks from Chittening Pond. That wasn't the case! Between both parkinglots, there were at least a dozen cars there; the boat trailer had five boats missing; three people were fishing and there was no one else to be seen! They might have been paddling 'way to the far reaches of the pond, out of sight, but I think it more likely that the paddlers were huddled under a big tree out on the shore of the island.



The rain didn't last more than an hour and we took a ride over to Bouckville just to see what we might see. It was less than expected: traffic was NOT at a standstill, as it has been on Saturdays in previous years, nor were there the crowds of pedestrians bursting onto the highway.


(I held my camera out the passenger side window in order to get a somewhat clearer picture, but only managed to take an excellent photograph of the truck's radio antenna! That's the black stripe! Sorry!)



The established antique shops were not attracting the business that the temporary "stores" were,
and - of those - we hazzard a rough guess that only 50% offer actual "antiques" for sale and the rest seemed to be well-stocked with what might be called "contemporary crafts" of all descriptions.







(Click to enlarge Snapz and Photographs.)


It was fortunate that no parking is allowed along the edge of the road. If that were the case, I'd have been rushing from one tent to the next, collecting inumerable "treasures" of all ages and running the risk of having to walk home!
Perhaps tomorrow........................