coming home...

Last week I shared part 1 of our home's  story;  


part 2 gets even more interesting.


Girls, this really is a  true story


I couldn't make this up

It is a tale of yard sales....our favorite kind, right?

this is our house circa 1912

The  next photo that we have 


taken in the 40's

 shows

the gable end gingerbread had been  removed.

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We looked everywhere for it:


in the chicken coop,

in the barn stalls,

in the loft of the barn

but there was no gingerbread to be found.






This is where it gets really good

Shortly after beginning the exterior makeover

we were having a yard sale of our own

My Mr. was talking to our neighbor, Arlene,

(my favorite go-to  junque' lady),

about how we really wished we

had the original gingerbread .


Or any gingerbread.

She said" I have some gingerbread that I bought

at a yard/barn sale down the road a few years ago.

Would you be interested in it?"


Heck ya, we'd be interested.


You have to understand 


that there are only a few old houses here


and most of them are plain farm houses 


without much architectural features.


We don't have salvage yards 


so when someone says they have gingerbread...


you'd better jump at it.

We headed on down to her place

(ran is more like it!)

She had 3 gable end pieces...

How much?

"$300.00 for all 3 pieces..."


or here's a better deal  yet


how about $100.00 


plus 

some of your  junk that you're trying to sell."

SOLD!

We took it home

and 


couldn't wait to put it up!

Here's My Mr. is heading up the ladder with it.


Yes, I know it's dark


we're impatient like that

You are not going to believe this,


hmmm...

The nail holes in the gingerbread  


and 


the nail holes on the house


are matching up!

Q-U-I-C-K


Dig out the old photos...

You guessed it

It is the original  gingerbread!

The barn where Arlene found these




burned to the ground

shortly after Arlene bought them!

Now, doesn't that just give you goosebumps?!


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