Treasure Hunting Success

 Yesterday I woke up to everything covered with snow.  Not a lot of snow, but just enough to make it known that Mother Nature was 1 up on the weather forecasters.  It was enough that we had to scrape it off our cars and windshields though.   Today, I headed into a nearby town to go to the thrift store there.   There were off lake snow squalls, but they looked light enough, so I didn't worry.   It wasn't bad to start with.  About half way there, the roads started getting wet and slushy.  Then there were blown over and drifted areas on the roads, in areas with few trees or hedge rows by the sides of the road.   The snow got heavier  and then poof, I turned onto the highway, and it was suddenly sunny.   All the rest of the way there was lovely.   I got out of the store with my few treasures, and the snow was coming down heavily, with more than a little wind.  It got worse on the highway.  Thankfully it was a short drive to my turn off.   The next turn I needed to take, I thought I might miss because there was near zero visibility.  It eased off just before I needed to turn.   The roads were snow covered and sloppy.  Then halfway home, the roads dried up, the snow stopped and it was sunny.   What a weird weather day!

I did get a few treasures though.  I was sent out to get whatever "junk" I wanted.  I disagreed with that description, but none the less, I continued.   These are treasures for sure!  The melon mould is almost a replacement for the damaged one I lost.   It's longer than the one I really liked.  This one has a small dent in it, but it was $1.50.   I can live with the dent for that price.   The cup and saucer was $4, which was a reasonable price for it.  The little lustreware pickle dish though, was $1.   I couldn't leave it there for that price!  It's a weird purple, though it shows up as blue in the photo.  It's simply labelled Japan.  I don't know how old it is, but it's pretty and the price was a bargain.

I also found this old canning jar.  I've been looking for one of these for quite a while but they are always out of my price range.   I've seen them in the $30 to $65 range and I've only seen 2, maybe 3 over the years.   This one was sitting on the shelf, waiting for me and priced at a grand total of $3! 

 In all, I spent $17.50, which included $8 for an older apple peeler.   I have a modern one, but the suction clamp is broken and the slicing blade rusted and became dangerous.   Now it only peels and you have to hold it down.  The new to me one, has a screw clamp for the table and all the parts are clean and not rusty.  It's quite heavy too, compared to the modern one, despite the modern one being metal.   I'll have to get some apples to see if it works.  It's pretty though, and I love the red colour!

There were a few other things I would have liked to get, like a set of old ceramic mixing bowls, some enamel pots and even an old Foley type food mill.   However I didn't really have space for any of those items, except maybe the food mill, which I have been looking for, mainly to strain seedy berries for jam.  However, it was a bit wobbly and had some black discolouration, so I left it there for the moment.