There is only one day left on the bidding on Ebay for a gold commemeorative coin that we have listed.

It is a full troy ounce of gold and it is part of the American Arts Commemorative Series that was minted by the US mint in 1980.

It features the American Artist, Grant Wood.

Don’t recognize his name?

Bet you know one of his most popular paintings though.

It is titled American Gothic.

It is the painting of an old farmer and his wife standing in front of their barn, and he is holding a pitchfork.

The likeness of that painting is featured on the back of this medal.

You can find that ebay listing here.

The spot value for gold has been on the rise, but this is a collectible just for the rareness of the coin itself.

Good luck, and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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It has been one really dry summer here in the Northeast.

In all the years I have lived in my home, I have never seen the backyard so brown.

Oh, there have been dry spells when the grass dries up but turns back to green once the rain comes.

Usually that’s during the hottest month of July.

But now, the grass is actually crunching under our feet as we walk on it - I don’t see how it will turn back to green before the fall weather starts moving in and turning everything brown too.

We have our own well for water, but watering the lawn to keep it green would only drain it.

And with no rain to fill it back up, that wouldn’t be a good thing.

They say we are supposed to get over 2 inches of rain over the next two days.

It was supposed to start last night.

So far, no rain.

My fingers are crossed that it arrives soon!

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The mark downs have begun.

We are concentrating in the Books category at the moment, but there will be more prices slashed as the days go by in the other categories too.

You can find the specials located here.

As the summer winds down, we are looking forward to a busy holiday season.

Hope fully we have what you are looking for, if not, feel free to contact us and we will see what we can do.

Enjoy these weeks of summer - they have already gone by much too fast!

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We have been seeing it on the TV commercials and in the fliers of the newspapers.

School is right around the corner and all the deals on school supplies have begun.

This is the first year I won’t have to be purchasing all these things.

My youngest will be in his first year of college, and he doesn’t need all the bells and whistles that regular school requires.

He’s on the lookout for a certain kind of binder - one to keep him organized.

He hasn’t liked what I have pointed out yet, so he must have something quite elaborate in mind.

Kind of anxious to see what he picks out - it will be interesting if anything.

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There is a beautiful full moon out tonight.

The name of the moon for this month is The Full Buck Moon.

It is so named because the antlers of the deer are just beginning to push through the deer’s forehead at this time.

We just got back from watching it rise over the lake - most beautiful!

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