Simplemind
5-31-21, 8:52pm
With the exception of 2020, I've had a garage sale every year on the Memorial Day weekend for over 25 years. This year since six other neighbors had done the Covid clean and had bags and boxes of stuff they decided to join in.
We weren't sure what to expect but something magical happened. Although the roads were jammed with people leaving town there were still so many who dropped by. I have regulars that come every year and they all stopped by. I would say that about 40% wore masks but everybody was very respectful of each others choices and kept a comfortable distance. Although people have generally always been in a good mood there was something really special about the interactions the past three days. Everybody was happy and if not wearing a mask seemed to be grinning ear to ear. They lingered and seemed hungry for connection and conversations. You could hear laughter up and down the street. In the past I have had people haggle, this year they didn't and several even told me to keep the change. We opened earlier and closed later. We had folks doing food runs because it was impossible to take a break. People were helping strangers carry items to their cars. A couple even offered to deliver since they had a truck! I had so many people want to look at my garden more closely and I gave several tours. We had one offer on the house and six on our Minnie Winnie, neither are for sale.
We crashed and slept like the dead last night. We were so tired, so happy, so blessed.
We weren't sure what to expect but something magical happened. Although the roads were jammed with people leaving town there were still so many who dropped by. I have regulars that come every year and they all stopped by. I would say that about 40% wore masks but everybody was very respectful of each others choices and kept a comfortable distance. Although people have generally always been in a good mood there was something really special about the interactions the past three days. Everybody was happy and if not wearing a mask seemed to be grinning ear to ear. They lingered and seemed hungry for connection and conversations. You could hear laughter up and down the street. In the past I have had people haggle, this year they didn't and several even told me to keep the change. We opened earlier and closed later. We had folks doing food runs because it was impossible to take a break. People were helping strangers carry items to their cars. A couple even offered to deliver since they had a truck! I had so many people want to look at my garden more closely and I gave several tours. We had one offer on the house and six on our Minnie Winnie, neither are for sale.
We crashed and slept like the dead last night. We were so tired, so happy, so blessed.