Surprising Garage Sale Find Vintage Linens and day at the farmers market

These were waiting for me!

Leaving the house early to go and set up at the farmers market, my Saturday garage saleing has to be on the way home around 2.00 p.m.

I make a quick sidetrip off the highway to the village nearby, check out any garage sales and then home I go!

Check out that DEEP crochet lace!!

At $2.00 a pair!!! They were kind of behind on a table with a whole lot of unattractive ordinary bedding and curtains.......maybe nobody saw them? ....or wanted them?...

I think they were just waiting for a vintage linen lover to find them!

There's our little setup at the market........Under the light colored canopy. It was a perfect weather day, and lots of people came out for the wonderful fresh produce and so many other things that the market provides with their varied vendors.

These busking gals were GREAT! They sang alot of 80's, 90's tunes and gave it their all!

A lady that does spinning, brought along a pal.....so cute...baaaaaaaa!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

I must confess.......

I've been shoving the cucumbers in the fridge this last week or giving them away.....I have got to go and make some pickles and pick the cukes again...

I'd much rather be doing something creative or visiting my blog friends.

.....and the dust bunnies are taking over too!!!

See you soon I hope!

New creations, Market day, Baby Robins have arrived!

What kept me busy part of last week was making these bobby pins! I've got alot of old buttons and odd earrings, so I thought I'd add to my display at the farmers market.

See that grey sky? Well it was not a great weather day, which kept alot of people away. Rained on and off, but luckily the huge downpour and lightning didn't happen until we were on the way home in early afternoon!

We now have an overhead canopy, which really helps out when the weather is threatening and also allows us to make our display larger and more inviting.

There's my sister, chatting it up with a couple of very nice ladies. The older lady bought a beautiful crochet doily from Marilyn and the younger one a crochet tablecloth from my. Our prices are great!

My table of domino pendants, a bit of vintage jewelry and my newest creations, the bobby pins. I still have to improve my display, I'm not happy with it as it is.

Now for the birth announcement!

There are now 3 tiny featherless baby robins in the one of the nests under my deck! The lone egg in the nest beside it is still unhatched.

When I went to look yesterday,  there were still 3 eggs in the one nest, but one was jiggling about! First thing you know, it broke open at one point and I actually SAW the baby robin wiggling his way out of the shell! It was so neat!

This morning there were 3!

I'll be watching that lone egg and hope for the best!

Have a great day, I'm behind on my visiting and hope to blog hop later today or this evening and catch up with all of you. Seems summer, everyone is busy!

Last Market Day For This Year

So here we were, Marilyn and I, at the last day of the farmers' market for this year. It was hot today! Probably the hottest market day we've experienced this summer! We had a pot luck afterwards, yummy yummy! It was great!

We are going to try and find out the name of this annual. It starts of green but the leaves gradually change to pinks and mauves and it's gorgeous! One of the plantings in the lovely flower beds on the grounds at Pine Ridge Hollow, across the way from where we have the farmers market.

Some lovely fall color in this bed.......they have changed over their setting for the outdoor weddings held here to this spot for now. Earlier they were in another area where there were midseason flowers in full bloom.

A wedding was going to happen in the afternoon.......note the rosepetals sprinkled along the aisle.

Don't you just love this planting of ornamental grass?
Remember to CLICK TO ENLARGE THE PICTURES.

Apple Pie Sunday

Do you think it was this little note that inspired my husband to peel and chop apples for pie last night while I was enjoying a steak dinner at a nice little restaurant with friends?

Who knows when Kiera wrote this little note on a scrap of paper? Anyway, it showed up the other day and caught my husband's eye. It must have caught his eye again and since he's been out in the yard picking up the apples that are constantly falling or getting blown off the tree and piling them up in the kitchen, he must have decided that if he peels and chops them maybe they'll get into a piecrust!

So this morning, out came the frozen piecrust that tastes just like homemade......Tenderflake.... and here's the apple pie! Now all we need is Kiera! Will she be home in time for dinner from her camping over at Birds Hill Park?
She spent some time with Marilyn and I at the market yesterday......such a little salesperson she is, and giving us advise on display and pricing! It was fun, and we had a spot near the buskers so enjoyed the entertainment from them too. Forgot my camera though, and there were these three young boys singing and playing instruments plus some gals that were singing my kinda songs........ gotta run now!

Feels like summer Saturday

What a great day! Chilly and cloudy enough in the morning to make us think the weatherman lied, but it ended up being sunny and hot, although quite windy. The day started at the farmers market, then on the way home I went to visit my mom at the nursing home.I put a few pics on a slide show from my day. Click on it!

Here's what I did when I got home!

Cold Water Wash Delicate Cycle DO NOT BLEACH

Yes, I cheat!! Not all the time, but once I'm pickling every second or third day, I tire of standing at the sink, scrubbing each little cucumber for my pickles.

So.......I throw some towels in the washer, fill it with cold water, put the cukes in, give them a little gentle agitation, leave them soak for a while then go back and agitate a bit more, fish them out of the water, rinse them off in the sink, and I'm good to go!! Then of course I drain, rinse, then wash the towels, which will clean up your washer.

You'll notice the last picture shows them with the ends trimmed off. I read somewhere that you should trim the blossom end as it may retain some little spores of something or other that can spoil your pickles.......so I just trim both ends while I'm at it.

Anyway, I got another 9 quarts of dills done before supper. It's September! I should be finished doing all this pickling by now. The cucumbers are just peaking now!

It's a beautiful day again today, Sunday. I have lots to do, including unloading my car from market days yesterday! I hope to get some Ebay listings done, then out to pick the cucumbers and other veggies again. I'm almost at my limit for the pickling, thank goodness.

Could be that Kiera will be here for an overnight visit so will get as much done as I can before she comes over this afternoon. She keeps me very busy once she's here. Have a lovely day!

I'm behind, here's partly why!

Rain, rain, but you still gotta get it out of the garden. Potatoes are huge, carrots are disgusting, too much rain and the potatoes are starting to rot some!!

This translated into 8 quarts of dills with enough left to make a batch of bread and butter pickles, was busy on a rainy day yesterday!

The sun was shining for the farmers market and we did well. Here is Marilyn on the right with her daughter Stacey, center, Grandaughter Rhianne, left, and in the stroller grandaughter Peyton. They were shopping for a new bonnet for Peyton.

There's a little area at the side of Pineridge Hollow with a few farm animals for the kids to look at. This goat loved his perch high and dry above his pen!

The king of the castle!!

These 2 pot bellied pigs were not so high and dry. They were wallowing, and I mean wallowing in the muck! I'm sure they loved it!! DON'T FORGET TO CLICK TO ENLARGE , on any of the pics, gives a much better view!

Got to get going, quickie post today. Preparing for the Vintage Ladies Garage Sale, this week at friend Mona's. More later on that but sadly we will miss going to the farmers market this weekend and they are having a special customer appreciation day with activities for the children and lots of fun going on!. The original date was , what else.....rained out! Get back to this bloggie later!

2 Old Crows Live Here?

Ever see those signs? Two Old Crows Live Here? Well, these two hang around here in my yard and decided to perch on the deck this morning. They are pretty large, crows or ravens? Not sure, but they can make alot of noise too! I took this picture through the window so the screen kind of blurs it a bit.

Well, Marilyn and I are anxious to set up at the farmers' market but just look at this screen shot of the weather forecast! I think next week I will take a screen shot for the week and see what happens by the end of the week. We were previously looking at a high of 28C and sunshine all day for tomorrow's forecast. What a change!! Rain, rain, go away!

click to enlarge, if you really want to see a miserable forecast!

I escaped for a nice breakfast at Smitty's yesterday morning and a get together with my friends Leslie and Mona. We were discussing the upcoming RED BARN SALE held out at Leslie's twice a year. Lots of fun and tons of interesting things to buy. Here is the link to the site we use for our advertising of the sale. The Red Barn . There are some neat slide shows of the last sale to look at.

OK......I think I'll go and see if I can find a couple of garage sales while it is NOT raining! Have a great weekend!

At the Market

I took these pictures on Saturday August 1 and there were too many to just put on the blog page, so hope you enjoy the slide show and can read the captions.

This is the Pine Ridge Hollow Farmers Market, which is held at Pine Ridge Hollow, a gift shop, restaurant, and so very much more on the outside edge of Birds Hill Provincial Park, only ten minutes from my home! It is out in the country and when you drive there and get off of the main road, you wonder where on earth you are going! It is like it is plunked in the middle of the bush.!! A great place to go for an outing. I think there is a map on their website, check it out!

to market, to market

What fun we had last week at the Pineridge Hollow Farmers Market! There's my sister (right side) and I getting ready for a fun filled morning. Our vintage linens and my pendants. It's a great market, I meant to take more pictures but didn't so next Saturday morning I'll make sure I take a bunch!

Some of my pendants, you are seeing mostly the ones made from rummy tiles. I love their size.

Don't those linens look scrumptious?