Sunday flea market - at last

I was beginning to feel withdrawal symptoms. I haven't been to a flea market in 5 weeks! Can you imagine my anticipation this morning?
We did get the forecasted snow and rain during the night - which deterred many of the usual sellers, I guess. The huge lot seemed half empty. But there were lots of huge puddles and my boots started to soak through by the time we were done.
I think I did pretty well scoring treasures, inspite of it all.

A little wooden box full of lace snippets. I haven't even looked at all the pieces yet - but I am looking forward to it!

I was delighted to find someone selling old raw stampings and castings - filigrees, settings, a bible locket and look at that hand pendant!

Some bits and pieces - a broken locket, a piece of chain and some buttons inlaid with mother of pearl.

This is what the other side of the broken locket looks like. A typical Biedermeier piece.

Hope you are all having a wonderful Sunday!

Sunday flea market

It has gotten cold again - but this time, without the snow. As a result - the flea market was, again, underpopulated, both by sellers and visitors. I almost came home empty handed today - which does happen sometimes. Although I did see something I have been coveting - an antique domino set, the game pieces made of ebony and bone. But way out of my price range. Actually, I am not even coveting a whole set - I would just like to find a couple of orphan pieces made of bone. A set would just defeat the purpose - I would never dare take a piece to make jewelry out of it, from a complete set.

I didn't find much today - just a bit of lace and a rhinestone brooch.

I think this lace collar was still in the original box - which reads: 

Bergdorf Goodman, On the Plaza, 5th Avenue, New York.

 Love the pale green and pale blue rhinestones in this brooch.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday!

Sunday flea market - last time this year

This morning, after getting the fire going and putting out the daily two pounds of assorted bird seed, raisons and peanuts in the shell for my feathered friends, I scraped the frost off of my car windows and drove to the flea market on roads that went from snow covered to almost clear. This is most likely the last flea market I will see for a while - definitely the last in this year. By the time I got there, quite a bit of snow was coming down. The turn out was somewhat disappointing and who knows what treasures I missed, either because the tables were covered with plastic tarp to keep everything dry or everything was already covered by a layer of snow.

I did manage to find a few goodies, though.

Wishing you all a wonderful Sunday - slow down and enjoy the season. Oh and - could somebody have a cup of eggnog for me?

Sunday finds plus an update on Ghost

 

Another Sunday and another trip to a flea market. This time I 'only' found lace doilies and table cloths. This particular piece in the photo above - was given to me for free!! The lady said it has a couple of stains, but if I liked it, I could just take it. How could I resist? Otherwise, it is in perfect condition.

These doilies are much smaller and were all paid for. But gorgeous. All of them.

See?

After the flea market, Max wanted to take a walk down to the woods. I was, as always, fascinated by the different kinds of moss growing underneath the trees.

I pinched a fingerful of some of the different kinds.

This one looks like tiny little faery ferns.

Even tinier moss!

Moss covering a twig.

Yet another kind.

Also found some lichen.

 And some acorns.

 Elderberries, not quite totally ripe.

Found object - a tattered piece of copper I found half buried in the wood road.

A short update on Ghost. Photo taken today. She is starting to look like a cat again. Her fur is coming back in nicely. But everything is still touch and go. The unusual growth in her mouth was getting bigger again. The vet says if we can't reverse this process, we will be not be successful in saving her, because eventually, she will no longer be able to swallow anything. She is not eating too well and has been refusing cat food. Currently, we are giving her cortison. And hoping for the best.