sidewalk sale

 

There are not many businesses in Baird but Konczak seems to have cornered the market for anything you might need!  There was almost too much to absorb and that was just on the sidewalk!Unfortunately, under the "open" sign is a smaller one stating "closed for lunch" so the interior is still unknown.  Evidently it's OK to leave merchandise on the sidewalk while the store is unattended, except for the old fire hydrant -- it's chained to the post.  There is creative use of grocery baskets for bins to hold guitar cases, 50 cal ammo cases and spring chips, whatever they are.   The Union garden implement stand, complete with hoes, rakes and shovels, may be vintage.  But what really caught my eye was the Texas historical marker in the window.  Turns out it looks real but it's fake (you can buy one on-line). It proclaims that March 2, 1836 Texas declared independence from Mexico and "this building was not here yet."

 

Baird, Texas

3.4.2016