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| Belsnickle & Visitors |
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| Restored Harmonist Natural History Museum |
This is the first time
in years that Wild Rose Farm was not a vendor at Christmas At The Village in
Old Economy Village. The event was back to 2 days, but a busy work schedule just didn't leave enough time to set up, spend 2 days, then pack up before leaving on business travel again on Monday. So ....... we took advantage of being nearby to spend a few hours actually visiting the site! When you're a vendor or demonstrator, you pretty much don't see anything except what is right next to you.
There were some new vendors with really great hand crafted stuff ...... crochet, wooden toys, redware ornaments & pottery, native plant art from
Karen Sandorf Gallery, herbal products & antique clocks, & one of our favorites, the primitive wood carving below ..... complete with left-handed spatulas! Note the "Please Touch" sign.
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| Hand Carved Cherry Wood |
Touring the grounds provided glimpses of how the Harmonists & people of that era lived .....
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| OEV Volunteers |
Finally, on our way out, we were directed to the church built by the Harmony Society, now St. John's Lutheran Church, for a concert by the Old Economy Orchestra. What a great building with wonderful acoustics, much like the 2nd floor of the Feast Hall. Some of the music was original to the Harmony Society.
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| St John's Lutheran Church Built By Harmonists |
And last, but not least, we ran into our farmer friends, Marcy, Dale, & Nigel Tudor of
Weatherbury Farm in Avella, PA. Check out their web-site to see what they're up to ......
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