| A Spring Scene |
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| Written by Susan Hollingshead | |||
| Tuesday, 15 May 2007 09:28 | |||
 5:46 AM comes really early especially when you are already under-rested and you didn’t put the lights out to sleep until 10:00 PM. That is what happened with us this morning and even getting up at that hour we had no time for breakfast. At 7:00 the Moho was in the shop and we were on our way over to R & R Woodworking to see about having a new shelf built for our HD PVR. From there we went into Nappanee for breakfast and coffee (I’m seriously needing caffeine these days) and shortly thereafter we were heading to Shipshewana for the flea market.The primary purpose of hitting the market was to see what fresh produce would be available. Having crossed into the USA from Canada we are used to the fact that we cannot bring fruit and vegetables into the country. (There is some irony in the fact that Canada Customs prohibits weapons from entering the country and the US Customs is concerned about produce!) Yesterday we made sure our fridge was almost empty and as a result we are needing to replenish it with some fresh goodies. After buying some tomatoes we hurriedly headed back to the car because it was so darned cold (10°C or 50°F) and would explain why the vendors and shoppers were few and far between! (It also explains why tomatoes were all we could find.) We learned that the horrific weather we encountered did in fact cause a tornado to touch down in South Bend and the crazy winds we endured gusted to as high as 70 MPH. It seems the system went on into Ontario causing havoc everywhere it went including a possible tornado near London and high winds causing marble slabs to be ripped off of the side of a skyscraper in downtown Toronto. Somehow we drove here, skirting it all without dealing with any driving problems. Our guardian angels seem to work overtime. Spring has sprung in Amish country and it seems everywhere we drove today, we came across many scenes just like this one!
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