Orion's Attic is proud to announce that we will host our third annual Upscale Yard Sale fundraiser for Pyramid Atlantic Art Center on Saturday Aug. 31 and Sunday Sept. 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Pyramid parking lot at 8230 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring MD.

Think of it as an outdoor estate sale as this event is always packed with a stunning array of antiques, collectibles, mountains of costume jewelry (and a few pieces of gold and sterling silver jewelry), art, tons of furniture from modern to antique, home decor, lamps, a flat screen TV, books and so much more. The sale even features a five-foot-tall carved wooden eagle! 

Pyramid Atlantic expects to add a giant gumball machine to the sale in the next few days. Prices range from $1 to $2,500. Check out more than 600 photos at www.facebook.com/orionsattic

Donations are still coming so many more items will be added to the sale by Labor Day weekend. Check the photo album throughout the week to see the latest additions to the sale. Also note that strong-bodied volunteers will be on hand to help people load heavy items into their vehicles.

Our company organizes this event every year as part of our work as social entrepreneurs. Because we're an antiques and collectibles company that runs estate sales, we see to it that no junk is included in this sale. We don't allow donations that fail to meet our standards. Pyramid Atlantic also has a great base of support, generating the kinds of estate sale quality pieces you see in these photos. Some donors have given entire apartments to this fundraiser. Learn more about Pyramid Atlantic at http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/

We looked up what she told us and found the following information on the fable: 

An ancient compilation of Ethiopian legends, Kebra Negast ("the Glory of Kings"), is dated to seven hundred years ago and relates a history of Makeda and her descendants. In this account King Solomon is said to have seduced the Queen of Sheba and sired her son, Menelik I, who would become the first Emperor of Ethiopia.

The narrative given in the Kebra Negast - which has no parallel in the Hebrew Biblical story - is that King Solomon invited the Queen of Sheba to a banquet, serving spicy food to induce her thirst, and inviting her to stay in his palace overnight. 

 The Queen asked him to swear that he would not take her by force. He accepted upon the condition that she, in turn, would not take anything from his house by force. The Queen assured that she would not, slightly offended by the implication that she, a rich and powerful monarch, would engage in stealing. However, as she woke up in the middle of the night, she was very thirsty. Just as she reached for a jar of water placed close to her bed, King Solomon appeared, warning her that she was breaking her oath, water being the most valuable of all material possessions. Thus, while quenching her thirst, she set the king free from his promise and they spent the night together.