A couple of Sundays ago me and my friend, Sue went on a drive to southern Ohio - Zanesville to be exact. What an old river town. Pottery places, Y-bridge, not too far from Zane Grey's Museum. While driving thru town we came across this circle of 6 foot vases...
It seems it was a 2008 project to draw attention to area artists as well as the pottery venues around the area. The tourist information center in Zanesville also has out front of their building a sculpture by the same artist that started this project.
While on the way back from our trip to come home, we came upon a house that was selling Rhubarb...
on Route 93 - Sue and I were taking scenic roads, not traveling by interstate. My sister, Sandi makes Freezer Jam with Rhubarb and it is lip smacking good. She has asked me to see if I could find any and just by happenstance I found someone selling it and what a patch of rhubarb this guy had!
He said he has 1,000 plants and sells to the nearby markets. He had the red, white and purple rhubarb. I honestly did not think there were any other kinds other than red, because that is all I ever knew. My grandma has some and a long time ago I had some plants - both were red ones. I asked him how much a pound and he said $1.00. I had $12 and borrowed $2 from Sue, so I was going to buy 12 pounds of rhubarb.
by the time this guy was done I had 5 bags of rhubarb weighing 26 pounds - yes that is right 26 pounds for $14! I told him again I only was 14 pounds and he said he always give a few extra pounds for waste, but man I am thinking not 12 pounds more but there you have it. My baby sister, Leah June came down and we worked up the rhubarb, washing, cutting and vacuum sealing 6 cups of to a bag for using later in making freezer jam.
We bagged 11 bags of rhubarb! Woohoo! Leah June took 3 bags, I have 4 and I also have 4 in my freezer for Sandi.
The same guy that sold me the rhubarb also sells plants, so come next Spring I will be going down to get some plants for me and my 2 sisters. A very lovely day and fruitful so to speak. God is good all the time and all the time God is good. Thank you Jesus for your blessings.
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