Angels Are Among Us

After the recent hurricane and snow storm in our area...

...there has been a tremendous response to those in need

  by family, friends and neighbors.

  

And not just by those that we know...or those in our community.

 A group of utility workers from California were outside our home,

 working in the cold in their shirt sleeves 

for days to bring us back power.

Thank you California guys!

The outpouring of love and offers of support by total strangers

 gives renewed faith in humanity...

...and strengthens our faith in God.

...and yet there are still those suffering and in great need.

This post is dedicated to those who have helped...

...and to those that are still helping.

Thank you.

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Truly, there are angels among us.

Writing Her Own Story

Happy May Day to all...

...and Happy Birthday to my daughter Kate on her 24th birthday!

...(old apothecary bottle from the thrift store last week)




Kate is celebrating with friends in NYC this evening...

She is much more of an adventurer than her mother...

...and is writing her own story.




We are very proud of her.



Today was beautiful and warm ....an exhausting but fun day!
Mr. Flea took me to a church sale early this morning and then to the sale at the school across the street. We had a lot of fun, met up with friends and all found things to take home with us.



I found some interesting things and will share pictures later on this week.



Tomorrow, I hope to visit my regular weekly market...
...The quilted fabric below was found there a few weeks ago...



I love the browns and reds together. I think that it is fairly old but I am not an expert at old fabrics. Maybe you can tell me more about it?

I hope you are enjoying your weekend...
...the weather here in the East is spectacular!
:)

Last Flea For Me

Well, not really the last flea ever....just the last flea market for the season!
And look what I found! Giant number 52...old metal signs from a gas station. They were a bargain because they appeared to be rusty....when I washed them off at home it turned out to be just caked on mud so they cleaned right up and now they look pretty good! I have no idea what to do with them....but am sure I will figure something out!



Some nice old wooden blocks...



Buckets of locally grown beautiful fresh cranberries!



...and an old cranberry scoop a few tables away...



Work this week has been really tough and I was beginning to think I was losing my marbles...
...not to worry...there were lots and lots of marbles at the flea this week!





Look at this box full of feathers!



A lovely lady was considering this vintage pink girdle with attached garters....I promised I wouldn't reveal her face if she held it up for me to take a picture!



And then it started to get weird! A French couple were selling these mannequins...



...and this porcelain pair of hands



...and this half dress form covered in white linen...
The porcelain hands and dress form came home with me....for very little money.
The wheels are turning in my head...I'm full of ideas!



This beige linen table cloth and napkins were vintage but never used...



Clark thread advertising cards....great graphics on the back and sweet lake pictures on the front!





I found a wonderful photo album with a brown tooled leather cover...it was full of early photographs and tin types...



...a striking beauty!



I was pleased as the prices were very reasonable. I have a feeling that the dealers were trying to move as much merchandise as possible since it is the end of the season...



This, however was the icing on the cake! A box full of letters from 1866 to 1871...beautiful old penmanship...I am waiting for a quiet time when I can sit and read through these...the few I looked at seemed to be written from a daughter to her mother. I will make copies to use in art projects.

So, together with the vintage Christmas ornaments you saw yesterday, this completes my finds at this last flea for me! I will miss this particular market during the next few cold and wintry months ... and will be ready to go when it opens again in April.
Take care,
:) Laura

Scary Titles

So, we have already established that Halloween isn't my favorite holiday...
...But I do love to decorate and change my little vignettes according to the season....
I guess it's because I'm such a book lover...collecting them not only for content but for color and decorative appeal as well...
...that it was only a matter of time before I started collecting scary titles for Halloween props.
(click image to read the titles!)







Look at this spooky set of Edgar Allan Poe volumes...





You have to love this title!



Some old tin types provide rather ghostly images...







Scarlet Sister Mary.....what can that be about?



Now these two books are seriously scary....especially for a good Christian girl...
...this fraidycat won't be reading these anytime soon...



Maybe I should put some of the beautiful religious medals found in those cigar boxes with these books to provide a little balance!











...and Poof!
....she disappeared!

Eggs

The egg has long been a symbol of immortality and fertility.......... It is also a sure sign of spring....two or three cradled in their nest tucked in the forsythia bush outside my kitchen window................................The shape of the egg is pleasing to the eye, the feel....so smooth and easy to hold in the palm of your hand.....yet so fragile....and when cooked to your liking.....delicious! My sister MaryBeth always liked hers poached on toast....my Dad likes them anyway Mom cooks them, my sister Lynn doesn't like them at all and I like mine in an omelet or a quiche with lots of mushrooms and cheese!