Rainy, cold, dreary weather kept the farmers out of the fields and the corn crop in jeopardy. We pressed on toward Dyersville when we noticed a sign to Cascade and the Urban "Red" Faber Exhibit. We detoured south and cruised town looking for directions and a place for lunch. we happened into the Hickory Hill antique shop which was located in the building which at one time functioned as the hotel operated by the Faber family. Red was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
Hickory Hill offered great fun and interesting items. This was my first encounter of many "platitude plaques" as I came to call them. It seemed they were in any gift store , pharmacy or antique shop in NE Iowa. This one has a close ring of Philippians 4:6-7 to it.
