Starting at 7:30 EDT tonight I have a vintage Vogue Jill doll going up for sale on ebay. I have owned this doll for about 60 years, but better to have her go to someone who would enjoy her rather than sitting in a drawer. Someday I will downsize unless I get upsized to heaven first; if something were to happen to me, my husband would have no idea how to describe the doll for selling purposes.
I will be at church at 7 p.m. for our church's Christmas choir practice. Usually, not much action until late in an auction anyway. That does mean next Sunday when it ends I will miss viewing any activity.
I plan to sell my two Vogue Ginny dolls as well, but they will take more work to photograph since they have lots of clothes and accessories.
Yesterday I went to a craft sale; I bought some jewelry for my Operation Christmas Child box. I am almost done buying items. There is another craft show next Saturday so I will look for small items I might add to what I already have, plus I want to buy a small towel.
Yesterday afternoon I pulled up all of my moss roses plants, cut the speedwell (Veronica) down to about 4 inches high, cut what was left of the Asian lilies down to nubbins, pulled up the lambsquarters weeds and other miscellaneous weeds. It was in the 60's. We will cool down mid-week, and then it will be unpleasantly cool to work outside. My flower plot is ready for winter now.
I have had the electric blanket on low for several weeks. Tonight I might not turn it on as the night will stay warm until rain and a cold front go thru tomorrow. We did have a string of cold nights (30's), and the fall foliage is finally appearing. Seems like it is a few weeks later this year than last year. I love autumn in the Midwest.
In July, the city of Fort Wayne opened a new park along the banks of the Saint Mary's River. The grand opening was bustling with special events and activities, but on an ordinary day it is a pleasant place but not anything special.
Since I don't know what was there before, I can't comment on the degree of improvement. I think for locals and folks working in downtown businesses this is a convenient place to spend time out in the fresh air; the playground seemed to be enjoyed by the children.
On the weekends and occasional special events, one can ride for a fee the Sweet Breeze boat. Except for a few biking/walking trails, there aren't many places to access the river.
We walked thru the park, crossing over a bridge to the elevated Tree Canopy Trail that led to the playground.
In another area of the park, there were Adirondack chairs, but most people chose the large swings or benches with a little shade rather than the sunny garden area.
A concrete amphitheater is used for concerts. There is a small fast-food eating establishment, Trubble Brewing, with alcoholic beverages but just a small selection of food items. In that building were public restrooms.
Closer to the Superior Street side are corn hole games and ping pong "tables".
Nearby is the commissioned sculpture titled Water Fountain.
Though signs were posted that there was no swimming allowed in the river, there were some rocks to hop around on in the park. There was a little water (from rain?) but I wonder if during the weekends there might be water all around the rocks.
I had fun jumping from rock to rock. No little kids in this area while I was there, however.
A business rented kayaks and bikes. There was a trail that went towards Headwaters Park (over by the fort), but we didn't walk all the way over there, just partway. We saw some bike riders and lots of people walking their dogs.
This is Science Place. We saw it from the trail. It is a children's museum.
The park is adjacent to downtown.
Unfortunately, there is roadwork next to the park, making it a noisy, dusty place today.
A somewhat large dirt parking lot is where most of the visitors parked. Maybe it will be paved in the future? There was some street parking, but really I felt directional signs to parking was suboptimal. We had to turn around twice until we finally found the dirt lot. Today was so nice that it was good to be outside, and since we were in Fort Wayne for a medical appointment anyway, it was not a big effort to visit. Probably wouldn't make a special trip though.
