Saturday, June 23, 2012

Day One Hundred Seventy Four 2012

A Day At The Nashville Flea Market
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It was unbearably hot today but not for this bear. He got to spend his time in air-conditioned comfort~always a plus when you have to wear a fur coat. (He was so cute and soft)
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I can’t believe somebody was even charging for this thing. Maybe it’s a collector’s item.
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I was curious about this thing. It looked like some kind of torture device or weapon. The tag said it was a wheel. For a plow maybe?
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Someone with a sense of humor set out a water dish for these metal piggies. Oink!
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The rock people were there today. They sell these stones with names on them. We’ve bought one for each member of our family, and Neil set them in the sandstone pathway around our house a summer or two ago. We were glad to see them there today because we wanted to add grandson Knox to the path. Alas, they did not have one with his name, so we’re going to order one.
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This would have tasted really good as we meandered through the market this afternoon.
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This guy had some major dragon breath. Who buys this stuff?
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March of the lavender bottles. They were really pretty in the sunlight. The picture doesn’t do them justice.
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“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.”~Hannibal Lecter.   Of course that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw this bottle.
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Today was most certainly creepy doll day at the flea market.
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There’s no escaping the fact that it’s an election year. This can looked more like something in which you’d carry fish bait. Either way, it all stinks.
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This vendor had some of the coolest jewelry for sale. She’d made necklaces and bracelets and rings out of old watches. It was unique and kind of classy.
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I mentioned that it was creepy doll day.
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I wasn’t kidding.
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They were everywhere. This one might give you nightmares.
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I always covet these vintage boots. (They were everywhere today, too.) I guess women were much smaller back in the day. My big toe would not fit inside one of these.
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One vendor had a shelf full of these little nightmares….I mean, dolls.
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Neil said this was a statue of Napoleon. Whatever.
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Jurassic Flea Market
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Cute little garden cherub looked like she was about to fly away, so she had to be restrained.
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Some folks believe this is what it’s all about.
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Escapees from the zoo—or stars of Madagascar.
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Apparently, “Miss Harlem” approves of this brand of ciggies. Wonder where she is these days?
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This always breaks my heart—family photos that have ended up at the flea market. Label your pictures! It’s hard to hang on to a photograph of someone when you have no idea who that someone is (or was).
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A colorful display. The flea market was packed with stuff this month.
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She’s thinking, I know I left my body around here somewhere….
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Greetings from the flea market! Gratuitous self-portrait.
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This vendor had the whole alphabet for sale.
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I guess the helmet didn’t make much difference in his case.
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No wonder Ken has that big smile on his lecherous face.
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Rawr!
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Does anyone know what these things are? Anyone? (Just kidding. I used to have a clothesline in my backyard. Neil took it down. He said it was ugly, so there you go.)
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Apparently, some artist figured Lennon would look better if he was yellow.
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Yeah baby! Fried pies. I like the chocolate chess. Neil likes the raisin.
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We were really thirsty. I wanted a bottle of water. Neil wanted a Pepsi. He put two dollars (yes, two dollars!) into the machine, pressed the bottled water button and out popped this diet Mountain Dew. We decided to just go with it and share it. Not too great with fried pies, however.
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We headed to daughter Kelly’s after our trek through the flea market. Grandson Knox likes to stick his tongue out. Kelly says he’s going to have chapped lips. They travelled home with us for the weekend.
Happy TGIF, everyone!

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Day One Hundred Seventy Three 2012

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Grandson Elijah and I spent the day together. This afternoon, we hit the doughnut shop for some sweet bites.
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As the line from the song ‘Horse With No Name’ goes “The heat was hot…..” He wanted me to jump on the trampoline with him, and we did for maybe five minutes, until we both decided we’d be a lot happier and much cooler inside. The soles of our feet were cooked.
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He entertained himself off and on today with his new Lego Batman 2 video game for his Nintendo DS. He couldn’t wait to get this one and used some of his own money to buy it. He got to be all sorts of heroes, like Superman, Green Lantern and Flash, to name a few. Way cool game. Way cool kid.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Day One Hundred Seventy Two 2012

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"Summer is a promissory note signed in June,
its long days spent and gone before you know it,
and due to be repaid next January."
- Hal Borland

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Day One Hundred Seventy One 2012

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What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?
W. H. Davies

Just don’t stare at the sun! Here’s a snapshot of the last day of Spring (taken with cell phone camera~I always get the lens flare when shooting at the sun~and the lens flare always looks like a UFO).  The scorching sun decided that today should be the first day of Summer, I think. Happy end of Spring! Tomorrow is another day, another season, Lord willing.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Day One Hundred Seventy 2012

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Grandson Knox enjoyed hanging out on the front porch of Cracker Barrel this morning after breakfast, sitting in a rocking chair made just for his size. More fun than pint-sized human beings should be allowed to have.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Day One Hundred Sixty Nine 2012

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO THREE OF THE BEST DADS AROUND~SON IN LAW JERRY AND DAUGHTER SHELBY AND SON ELIJAH~SON IN LAW KERRY AND SON KNOX~AND MY HUBBY NEIL AND DAUGHTERS KELLY AND HOLLY~YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! I LOVE YOU ALL!IMG_5490
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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Day One Hundred Sixty Eight 2012

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This is hubby Neil after spending several hours underneath our house, trying to clean up the mess (and I mean that literally) that the family of four raccoons made. He still has a lot of work to do yet, because the basement was pretty nasty to begin with. The smell the raccoons left behind isn’t as bad as it was. They have left the basement, it seems, but they have since moved into Neil’s shed/airplane hanger/man cave. And he thought they were soooo cute when they started hanging out in our yard. He has since changed his tune about that. Having to slither around on your belly in a crawl space about a foot tall will do that to you.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Day One Hundred Sixty Seven 2012

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We really need to quit hiding these camouflage Easter eggs. Spotted this one this evening as we were checking on the Hydrangeas to see if they need water. Inside the egg: fun size Skittles! What a waste. Happy TGIF, everyone!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Day One Hundred Sixty Five 2012

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When hubby Neil opened the basement door yesterday evening, four raccoons were sitting on the top step. Three of them ran back down into the basement. This one crawled into a corner and tried to blend in with the wood. It didn’t move or even look at us, probably thinking ‘If I can’t see them, they can’t see me, so I’m safe.’  We just recently discovered this family of critters living underneath our house. They’ve pretty much destroyed the insulation, and they’re causing a major stink in our house. Moth balls helped for a while (but that smell was about as bad as the raccoon stench). Neil has found their entrance holes, but he has to make sure the critters are out of there before he can plug up the holes. If we can’t get them out soon and plug up the holes, then I guess we’re going to have to call Raccoon Busters and have them trapped and taken far far away.  

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Day One Hundred Sixty Four 2012

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I noticed a branch or two on our Red Maple tree in the back yard have leaves with red veins, almost as though they’re bleeding, or already changing color, which can’t be a good thing. I’ve never seen the tree do this before. It’s kind of weird, don’t you think?

Monday, June 11, 2012

Day One Hundred Sixty Three 2012

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Hubby Neil and I enjoyed dinner and a movie tonight. We finally used up the rest of our Outback gift card that daughter Kelly and son in law Kerry gave us for our anniversary in May (thanks again!) That was totally yummy. Then we went to see the movie ‘Prometheus’, which is a prequel to Ridley Scott’s movie, ‘Alien’. It is rare that I care to go to the theater to watch a movie, but the previews looked good, and I was looking forward to seeing this one. Unfortunately, I’ll have to give it a negative review. I was very disappointed in this movie. Whatever I was expecting (a better story, perhaps? a strong sense of foreboding? maybe to be frightened out of my seat  just a little bit?) this was not it. I’ve seen the first two Alien movies dozens of times and still enjoy them. I would never see this again and don’t recommend it. That’s just my personal opinion. Even Neil agrees and he loves just about any movie. As the saying goes, ‘There’s two hours of my life I’ll never get back.’ But, hey, the steak was great!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Day One Hundred Sixty Two 2012

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Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. ~Saul Bellow
The rain was beautiful today because we need it and I forgot to water my potted plants yesterday.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Day One Hundred Sixty One 2012

Hubby Neil, daughter Kelly and I enjoyed lunch at the Chop House in Murfreesboro today. Such delicious food and great lunch time prices! While we devoured turkey and dressing, steamed broccoli and crisp sweet potato fries, Grandson Knox was enjoying his own meal of yummy sweet potatoes made for people who have no teeth yet. He loves food and likes to eat when everyone else is eating. He looks like a baby bird in this picture, waiting with his mouth open for his next yummy bite. Someday, kid, you'll get your own plate. In the meantime, he also likes to chew on the menu.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Day One Hundred Sixty 2012

"Cats are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, pass no criticisms."
 ~George Eliot
Neighbor kitty Lily is quite agreeable and could not care less that it is TGIF.
Have a happy weekend, everyone!