Tiger rides the mall train

I didn't get a tablescape done after all, but this is way better!  I hope you enjoy!





Hugs,

Grandma Linda

It's A Bright Sunshiny Day

Thank you for all the wonderful comments, concern and the uplifting words you sent me on my last post.  I am feeling so much better!  

My good friend Sandie had a post today on 

PATIENCE

I love how God sends us messages

Trusting God and knowing he will guide me...

makes everything easier...

I'm meeting my daughter Ashleigh for brunch today!  She has flown from Cali to Georgia to spend a few days here with family. 

I am so blessed!   I'll be back later today with a tablescape for 'Summer Fun'

See ya,

Linda

A Simple Thank You Is Never Enough!

I believe things happen for a reason

My life has been a bit stressful lately and I can tell I've been more absent from my blog.  I'm feeling a lot better and some of that is because of you my blog friends! Your kind words and encouragement mean so much! 

Why some of you have even sent me little surprises!

This box of sweet goodies arrived from 

Susan's Hearts and Flowers

Susan told me that God puts it on her heart to send someone a package of 'love' and she does! 

Pillows, Flamingo things and...

Pink Piggy Bank...the leg is broken but is an easy fix....

Thank you Susan for your kindness!

These adorable items were in a box that was sent to me by 

Sarah at Hyacinths For The Soul

Sarah made a comment about a mug I showed on my blog and I offered to send it to her...she only accepted if she could send me something in exchange...

Sarah lives in Texas and sent me these sweet things

 for my red, white & blue cubbies

These Eiffel Tower Salt & Pepper shakers brought tears to my eyes! 

 What a thoughtful gift! 

Sarah is one of my friends who has been to Paris and is giving me ideas for my trip! Again my thanks to sweet Sarah!

I also was so blessed to win a giveaway from

Take Six last month

This gorgeous beach glass necklace made by 

A day at the Beach in Canada!

I love it!  

Now for the last thing on this Sunday

Here are the items I got for Sandie on the

World's Longest Yard Sale

A fun cookbook for a Busy Woman 

A sweet Angel box and a February Birthday girl

This Atlas glass jar was her one request and I also found this sweet little corning dish in the Country Festival pattern!  So Sandie these will be coming to you soon! 

I'm joining

Sunny Simple Sunday 

and 

Seasonal Sundays

Hugs,

Linda  

The Guy Stuff

Today I'm sharing what Mr ALC bought on the Worlds Longest Yard Sale 2012

Mr ALC has a large collection of film cameras & movies cameras.

  This 1960's era DeJur 8mm Camera was $5

 He also loves tape players, record players and records...

this reel to reel player was another $5

Did I mention radios?  Yes he loves them! 

This great 1953 Zenith radio was $15...it has some damage but the cool Bakelite knobs and face are intact and the Mr can make it work!

and this 'thingy' was $2 and will be used for parts

This old sprayer was bought for the non-plastic sprayer attachment....OK...???

(like I said...Guy stuff)

A very nice Maglite flashlight

 (which I posed on this .25 Vera scarf I forgot to share in my previous post)

We both love this vintage desk lamp!

Now this is my favorite of the Mr's finds

This amazing Voigtlander Bessa camera & case from the 1930's

I had the best time taking pictures of this great old camera....I will have to do a photo shoot of some of the Mr's great collection of cameras one of these days! 

 This was $15 and I think a real score!

Thanks to Mr ALC for letting me share his WLYS finds on my blog

I'm joining 

Thrifty Things Friday

and 

Potpourri Friday

Hugs,

Linda

Rain Rain Go Away!

This was our wish on Friday of the WLYS!

Rain Rain Go Away! 

It was our first time having real rain on the trip and I must say it was not fun!

We left home on Thur and drove to 

Mentone, AL

It was a lovely day and we made several stops and even found some great stuff!  I made my first purchase and it was this $1 vase

I've seen these for up to $3 so I was happy!

I bought three things at this stop

This cute little pitcher (copy of a Fiesta piece but still old), McCoy planter and the green vase

I fell head over heels in love with this piece

It was the first day of sales and this lady wasn't budging on her price....I knew if I walked away without it I would be mad at myself

So I didn't!  I paid the most I've ever spent for one item at the WLYS but worth every penny to me! 
I looked it up on Ebay and it was selling for $50 plus shipping...I paid $25....I'm happy! 

Moving on we stopped at several more sales and I must say this year nothing much jumped out at me at most of the tables.  Just junk or stuff I already have....oh my I have so much stuff I'm realizing and so I kept looking but not buying. 

These three items were finally what I purchased

The little Tupperware cookie cutter .25 goes with the mini baker set I have.  The cute mouse mug is a Waechtersbach for my collection and was $2

And I found an orphan!

What a cutie for $1

I think it's time for an Orphan showing soon!

One of my last purchases of the day was this reference book on Milk Glass for $5

The CD (Trisha Yearwood) was $1 at a yard sale at a Church...love those as they have the BEST prices!  So that was it for the day and we headed to our hotel at Fall Creek Falls State Park! 

Such a gorgeous view!  We were really tired as it was hot, sunny and we did lots of walking.  I went to sleep with visions of lots of shopping on Friday....little did I know!  We woke up bright and early and headed out for a good breakfast!  I was hungry and we decided to stop at Cracker Barrel and eat before shopping...drove about 30 miles to Crossroads.  We passed several promising yard sales but said we would hit them on the way back! 

After breakfast we started driving north on 127 and hit traffic and RAIN!  It was awful.  I was driving and I was so antsy to shop but all the sales were closed up due to the rain.  We drove north and out of most of the rain and about an hour later hit one of our favorite spots

The guy that owns this is a hoot!  He travels with his job and buys at auctions and yard sales all year long and brings it back here for the 9 days a year he is open!

Tons of junk and you have to dig but some treasures can be found!

There was a covered area with tables, boxes and boxes of junk....you could dig and dig and whatever you found was $1....

I found this cool jelly jar glass

I don't know anything about it but pretty cool for $1....of course not being a 'clown' fan it will have to go in the Etsy shop!

I also found this cool clock for Mr ALC.... $1

I found one other thing but it is for Sandie so you have to wait to see that!

Mr ALC found several great items but I'm going to do a separate post on his finds!

We always have the best time here!  

It was wet but the rain had stopped while we shopped!  We decided to head back South hoping that some of the sales would be open again after the rain passed through.

Hmmmmmmmm not so much!

We did stop at a few places and I made a couple of purchases for Sandie....

I also got this!

Rusty old garden shears for $1....they look great on my potting bench! 

As we continued South this is what happened

Stomp down rain!  I took this picture off the WLYS Facebook page...I was too upset to even take any photos of the rain.  Most of the yard sales were closed up and the large fields of dealers and yard salers were also closed or the fields were just pure mud!  We kept driving and realized...we were done for 2012!

I must say I was disappointed!  I did find some great stuff but just didn't have the fun I normally do.  I also think I realized that I have so much stuff that buying more unless it is really special just isn't going to happen.  The Mr did much better then I did and I'll share his items with you in my next post!  I'll also share with you what I bought for Sandie, the winner of the 'Let Me Shop For You' giveaway! Oh and I didn't forget Mr Tiger

At a Church yard sale I bought the big truck for $1

and I got the cute matchbox cars 2 for $1 at another place

Of course I had to get the Tony the Tiger one's!

So that's it for this years adventure.  We had already decided to do a shorter trip and I'm glad we did.  I'm not sure we will go again next year.  I think we almost do as well, if not better, just going to a new place and finding thrift shops and flea markets on a get away!  We will see how I feel next year! 

Joining 

Your Gonna Love It Tue with Kathe

Happy Trails,

Linda