Spent a weekend in the country at our friends' house: the home of Monique and Lonnie. The occasion for the visit upstate was the once-a-month country antiques auction held at the Old Red Barn in the hamlet of Cuddebackville, NY. Every first Saturday of the month this sale attracts a hundred or so folks who bid on various items. Real bargains can be had here. This time we were on the hunt for dining chairs for our new apartment -- and we found them.
The action was hot and heavy at the monthly Old Red Barn Auction in upstate Cuddebackbackville.
There were four, three-legged, spindle-back chairs that were very handsome and quite unusual. Stacey had perused the goods earlier in the day (the auction begins at 6 pm) and was ready to bid on them. The final price was $60 each and we thought it was a good one. Have you priced chairs lately?
When we got to examine them more closely, in the light of the next day, we realized that one of the four was a somewhat different color than its three sisters. No matter, we thought, as the light in our new dining room is, being the ground floor of a brownstone, somewhat low and the color would not be detectable. We'll see.
We won the auction for four of these handsome three-legged chairs.
The next day, Sunday, was some kind of beautiful. Temperatures reached up to 70. Most of the color was gone but the forest at Lonnie's hacienda was magical as he and I strode around and examined the chicken coops and some of the back acres. Just lovely.
Sun sets early now and the hills and woods around the house were aglow while down below it was dark. Dinner was on the table and then a ride back to Brooklyn finished a very nice weekend in the country.
Look at that silly gal in the back - that's a Polish hen.
The old blacksmith's building with signs from a later era.
We're off for a walk through Lonnie's woods.
This is Lonnie's forest in November.
Monique and Lonnie's house in a fading autumn sunlight.
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