It was a typical weekend around here... a little laundry, some television, snacks, the usual.
This pic is of my latest flea market finds. Saturday morning, I got up early (6 am!!) and headed out to a flea market at one of the Valley's antique malls- the dealers were set up in the parking lot of the
Merchant Square antique mall. It was pretty nice, to be "flea-ing" again; Arizona's flea markets don't compare to the ones back in the Midwest (I have actually thought about traveling back home to visit a couple flea markets:
Elkhorn, WI and
Sandwich, IL are two of my favorites!), but this one was okay. The entire stack of sheet music was $1; no idea what I'll do with it all, but I just love the square dancing couple on the front of that folk music book! The vintage novel is from the 1930s, and is by an author that I happen to collect- a great find for $3!! (the stories remind me of Phyllis Whitney: mystery/romance novels, set against a backdrop of country estates in the Northeast.) The small flowers are felt decorations on handmade bridge tallies; I have no idea what I'll do with them either, but I had to have them. And, the giant protractor is a teaching aid, I think, and for no purpose at all- just because it was fun!! (for $1, I couldn't pass it up!!) I didn't have time to go through the antique mall itself, so I will definitely have to go back.
I had to take a photograph of this... for a few brief minutes,
Arizona was winning the SuperBowl! It was a sad loss...
...but at least the snacks were good! Homemade potato skins, and chili-cheese nachos (with extra jalapenos, of course!!)
...this is a very rare photo of the elusive, endangered, Southwestern Shel-ephant... (only seen in the desert during laundry season.) We had some fun at Sedona's expense while folding the laundry... our dogs are so patient! (sometimes, anyway!!)
This pic is of my latest flea market finds. Saturday morning, I got up early (6 am!!) and headed out to a flea market at one of the Valley's antique malls- the dealers were set up in the parking lot of the Merchant Square antique mall. It was pretty nice, to be "flea-ing" again; Arizona's flea markets don't compare to the ones back in the Midwest (I have actually thought about traveling back home to visit a couple flea markets: Elkhorn, WI and Sandwich, IL are two of my favorites!), but this one was okay. The entire stack of sheet music was $1; no idea what I'll do with it all, but I just love the square dancing couple on the front of that folk music book! The vintage novel is from the 1930s, and is by an author that I happen to collect- a great find for $3!! (the stories remind me of Phyllis Whitney: mystery/romance novels, set against a backdrop of country estates in the Northeast.) The small flowers are felt decorations on handmade bridge tallies; I have no idea what I'll do with them either, but I had to have them. And, the giant protractor is a teaching aid, I think, and for no purpose at all- just because it was fun!! (for $1, I couldn't pass it up!!) I didn't have time to go through the antique mall itself, so I will definitely have to go back.
I had to take a photograph of this... for a few brief minutes, Arizona was winning the SuperBowl! It was a sad loss...
...but at least the snacks were good! Homemade potato skins, and chili-cheese nachos (with extra jalapenos, of course!!)
...this is a very rare photo of the elusive, endangered, Southwestern Shel-ephant... (only seen in the desert during laundry season.) We had some fun at Sedona's expense while folding the laundry... our dogs are so patient! (sometimes, anyway!!)
