57th Wedding Anniversary... and More

Yesterday [Sunday] my hubby and I celebrated our 57th Wedding Anniversary.  After church we went to River Crab Restaurant in St. Clair, Michigan for our celebration dinner.

We were seated by the window so we could view the St. Clair River, but the hostess took our picture first.

A freighter going by.

Our meal began with a classic Caesar Salad.

We both ordered the same thing - the Ultimate Seafood Mixed Trio of Salmon, Crab Cake, Coconut Shrimp, with Coconut-Ginger Rice, and roasted Asparagus.  It was delicious!

Dessert was Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee.

Now for the "More" part of this post...  I rarely drive any distance to an estate sale, but I saw a listing for a sale in Ann Arbor [60 miles away] that was exclusively glassware - no furniture, clothing or home goods.  I counted at least 22 different colors [amber, cranberry, pink, red, light blue, cobalt blue, green and on and on] in several different vintage patterns.  The deceased lady was a dealer.  I wanted to complete my Forest Green set [particularly teacups since I already had the plates and bowls], so we headed out early [8:30 a.m.] Friday morning. 

We arrived 15 minutes before opening and I was expecting a long line in front of the house, but to my surprise we were numbers 8 and 9 - which meant we'd be in the first group to enter the house.  As you can see in the photo below, it was a fairly large house and every room was full of glassware - living room, dining room, kitchen, family room, sun porch, and basement [very little was in the upstairs bedrooms].  It was almost like attending a Depression Glass show. I was able to complete my Forest Green set, so my mission was accomplished.  

In closing I'm sharing some recent family photos - the first is great-granddaughter Evie's last day of Kindergarten last Wednesday, June 7th.

They left last Saturday morning for Oceanside, California.  John's the driver of one vehicle with their Golden Retriever [Oliver], and our daughter is driving the other vehicle with Tiffany and the two girls.  John posted the pic below.

My daughter's been texting updates everyday, and today she sent these pictures taken at Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado.  They've completed 1,373 miles and have 1,200 miles to go.  They hope to arrive on Wednesday.

She said it was snowing and 34 degrees at higher elevations.   No thank you - not in June!

That's John standing on the rocks taking a picture while being adventurous and daring!

 ~ John and Tiffany ~