Mother's Day~ no words....
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love
lizzy
gone to the beach.............
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Flea Market Treasures
A dedicated treasure hunter will always find a venue! Right?
Lucky for me I was searching the tag sale listings--not that I do tag sales! [lines! early mornings! crabby people! other people's lives....] and noticed that the smaller alternate flea market was scheduled for this past Sunday. Teeny-tiny notice, under "Bazaars"---how, well, bizarre? This group seriously needs better publicity. And some fliers with dates. Geez.
I call it the little flea market even though it has grown in recent years. It is held a few parking lots down from the "big" market and tends to have more crapola, less "fleas" as my daddy used to call what I designate as treasures.
None of my favorite antique sellers show up at this market. BUT, the wonderful man I call The Button Man is usually there! He sells very cool medium-vintage buttons, old bottles, graniteware, a few china teacups, some prims...whatever. And he always has a friendly smile and cheerful attitude.
Most of my finds yesterday came from his booth. I found some Mason jars of old and new vintage.
Some of the clothespins look hand-whittled! And the others have the neat old wire bails.....
The wood colors and textures are so wonderfully primitve. I stuck them in the glass heart mold and love the look...even though the heart mold was /is intended for a white pillar candle and a bunch of seaglass or white beach pebbles...and the clothespins were purchased for some nebulous idea of tags and bows on something textile (a heart sachet for the laundry room? a soap? not sure yet, they remind me mostly of wooden Hitty dolls)...
So---no linens, no lace, no transferware---but a Sabbrett's hot dog truck! Wow! Next time I'm gonna get up the nerve to have me a hot dog and a root beer. I'll feel like I'm in PA!
All good things....and less than $20.oo spent to enjoy a sunny Sunday in May outdoors...searching for treasure.
love
lizzy
gone to the beach
Lucky for me I was searching the tag sale listings--not that I do tag sales! [lines! early mornings! crabby people! other people's lives....] and noticed that the smaller alternate flea market was scheduled for this past Sunday. Teeny-tiny notice, under "Bazaars"---how, well, bizarre? This group seriously needs better publicity. And some fliers with dates. Geez.
I call it the little flea market even though it has grown in recent years. It is held a few parking lots down from the "big" market and tends to have more crapola, less "fleas" as my daddy used to call what I designate as treasures.
None of my favorite antique sellers show up at this market. BUT, the wonderful man I call The Button Man is usually there! He sells very cool medium-vintage buttons, old bottles, graniteware, a few china teacups, some prims...whatever. And he always has a friendly smile and cheerful attitude.
Most of my finds yesterday came from his booth. I found some Mason jars of old and new vintage.
I love the seaglass colors and the zinc lids. Here they are, already in use storing my newest sea salt bath collection.
I like to find charming old silver spoons, especially baby spoons, but also sugar or berry spoons, to use with the bath salts. Since the salt corrodes the silverplating, I tie a bit of ribbon or twine around the neck of the jar, add a seashell or a button to the bow...and stick the spoon casually through the ribbon.
And I love these old-time-y clothespins!
The wood colors and textures are so wonderfully primitve. I stuck them in the glass heart mold and love the look...even though the heart mold was /is intended for a white pillar candle and a bunch of seaglass or white beach pebbles...and the clothespins were purchased for some nebulous idea of tags and bows on something textile (a heart sachet for the laundry room? a soap? not sure yet, they remind me mostly of wooden Hitty dolls)...
The glass mold is very cool too! I'm wanting a tin mold but for $2.50 I'll take the glass heart and be happy!
Finally, a few scraps of decommisioned rosary bead chain, great colors, old glass beads...I'm thinking a couple of charm bracelets---a heart locket? A silver sanddollar? with multi-chain strands....
All good things....and less than $20.oo spent to enjoy a sunny Sunday in May outdoors...searching for treasure.
love
lizzy
Sunday, May 2, 2010
I miss you still
April 30, 2010~
Today is the first anniversary of the death of someone very special to me.
I visited the place where we placed his ashes and said hello today
as I do almost every day.
I remembered my dear friend with love...and forgot until tonight that today is the day he left us.
Is that bad, or good? I don't really know.
I will always love you, my dearest friend. I will never forget you....
The stone is at my marsh land bird sanctuary. The wetland park looks west, over a huge salt marsh and a saltwater bay---and towards the setting sun...
This is the text on the stone:
love
I visited the place where we placed his ashes and said hello today
as I do almost every day.
I remembered my dear friend with love...and forgot until tonight that today is the day he left us.
Is that bad, or good? I don't really know.
I will always love you, my dearest friend. I will never forget you....
The stone is at my marsh land bird sanctuary. The wetland park looks west, over a huge salt marsh and a saltwater bay---and towards the setting sun...
This is the text on the stone:
When the light begins to fade,
And shadows fall across the sea,
One bright star in the evening sky,
Your love's light leads me on my way.
There's a dream that will not sleep,
A burning hope that will not die.
So I must go now with the wind,
And leave you waiting on the tide.
When I leave and take the wing,
And find the land that fate will bring,
The brightest star in the evening sky
Is your love waiting far for me.
7/1/o5
[The words on the memory rock are lyrics from a song by Celtic Woman. I believe the stone was set there as a 9/11 memorial, but I am not sure. Once upon a time, we could stand there on the edge of the marsh and see the WTC Towers far, far away---glowing in the setting sun like Oz. ]
love
lizzy
gone to the beach
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