Nostalgic items find new homes at Noble Horizons tag sale

SALISBURY — The dining room at Noble Horizons was packed with shoppers and items for sale on Friday, Aug. 14.

Sheila Moore, a summer resident of Salisbury, had an armful of jigsaw puzzles earmarked for a friend on Mt. Riga, where there is no electricity and little cell phone service.

“It’s a traditional way to occupy the time,” she said.

Amy Lake of Salisbury found a small wooden carving of a bird on a stick. “It looked sad, so I bought it,” she said.

Amy Lake findsa bird carvingon a stick. Patrick L. Sullivan

Anne Graham of Salisbury was in the middle of furnishing her new house, and was delighted to find a couch, which was delivered. “They just loaded it up in the pickup and brought it right over.”

A music fan who declined to give his name picked carefully through the CDs, which were priced at 25 cents each. He checked first to see if the disc was in the case, and then examined the discs for scratches.

He had a successful haul, including “Sticky Fingers” by The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd’s“A Momentary Lapse of Reason.”

At lunchtime, there were burgers and hot dogs outside, and at 1 p.m. singer and guitarist Lisa Pellegrino set up by the pond.

Musician Lisa Pellegrino plays a set of tunes by the pond during the tag sale. Patrick L. Sullivan

Pellegrino was momentarily nonplussed because she had left her amplifier cord at home, but her Martin acoustic guitar generated enough sound to be heard.

Pellegrino, of Newburgh, N.Y., often performs with two or three other musicians in a group called The Soil and Soul Band. She said her primary influences are Pete Seeger and Nina Simone.

“Pete got people singing, which is why his music is good for incorporating into elder care,” she said.

The Noble Horizons Auxiliary is made up of volunteers who raise money for special items and activities for residents.