My sister, Cindy, and her hubby Tom, made it here Saturday evening and we didn’t waste any time hitting an antique shop.
We went out to eat after church and just kept driving east. I knew of a pretty big place that was fun to browse around in…
It was raining when we first got there and we could hear it on the roof, so we just decided to look at “everything” instead of hurrying through and going to another shop down the road.
Want to follow along with me? I just took some shots of lots of different booths..I hope you find something you’d like to buy!!
If you click on the pictures they will enlarge…
I know this table is a little rough, but it really was neat looking in person…
This was a shelf with a few miniatures for doll houses… didn’t see anything else…
We could really hear the rain coming down… so we just kept shopping…
…and then THIS happened…
Yep… the power went off in the building and it was pitch black… everyone turned on their phone flashlights and made their way back to the front of the shop…
Well…most everyone did…
The owners chatted with us up by the front desk and said they had back up lights that should come on soon… it may have been 5 minutes or so before they did, but eventually there were lights again… so we looked a little longer…
There was a booth with all kinds of Civil War artifacts…and since Tom and Cindy are from Gettysburg. PA, Tom knew this was a cannonball that had partially exploded… they were filled with gunpowder and shrapnel and a cotton rag or fuse was stuffed in a small hole…then it exploded after it was shot out… it was $695!!
The rain let up so we decided to leave and try the other antique shop just up the road… I didn’t see any lights on, but saw a car, so I got up and went to the door… she said their power was off and they had closed… rats… so we decided it was time to go home.
When we got home the yard was so green…
Doesn’t it look lush??? I bet my hubby’s tomatoes sure loved it!!
Hope you enjoyed our little trip through Southern Estates Antique Mall…
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
Oh, what a fun outing! And a little excitement with the lights going out…Hope they got their power back before too long.
Okay, my eye was immediately caught by the lily-of-the-valley dinnerware in the 5th picture down, top shelf. I would Love to have that!! So pretty, and lilies of the valley are one of my favorite flowers, behind lilacs and orchids. And in the same picture, on the bottom shelf is a pair of Fostoria salt-and-pepper shakers just like my folks had! Also in that same picture, I saw a souvenir glass from Pres. Eisenhower’s home in Abilene, KS! I have been there, and as kids, my brother and I (who were still too young to vote) really liked Ike!! (Incidentally, when we were in Washington DC on a vacation, we attended his church, and saw him and Mamie there! As he walked down the aisle after service, he turned and looked right at us with that famous Ike grin. After we got out of church, my brother said, “I touched him! I touched the President of the United States! I’m never going to wash this hand again!” [he had reached across me and touched Ike’s cuff, and Ike noticed, and realized here were two star-struck kids from middle America, and gave us his smile.] Mom and dad assured him that, if he wanted to eat lunch later on, he would, indeed, wash his hands!! 😂🤣😂)
That baby doll in the next-to-last picture before the lights went out is certainly a sweet one. I also see some hatpins, I think, on the shelf below her. You don’t see those too often any more.
Yes, your yard does look lush and green, Jeanne!!
Thanks for sharing your shopping trip with us!
Dear Charlotte, thanks for sharing your story about our 34th President.
He had a farm here in Gettysburg, PA. It’s now a National Site.
Hi Charlotte. I always say Ike got me into grammar school! In the 1950’s Britain still had the 11+ exam which determined whether you went to a grammar school or secondary modern. It was a harsh system that determined your future at age 11. However, in my town just passing the exam didn’t necessarily get you into the school, you also had to go to an interview with the headmistress. I don’t remember most of the questions she asked but one was “did I read the newspapers?” I said yes, sometimes so she asked who was the president of America? The paper my Dad got every day certainly wasn’t the Times lol and they tended to call him Ike so that was the answer I gave. She said, yes, he was called Ike but that wasn’t his full name. Fortunately I remembered it was Eisenhower. It may not have been the answer that got me into the school but it is the only question I remember so I always reckon it was lol. Thank goodness they changed the education system and did away with the 11+. My younger brother originally failed his but between him taking it and getting the results we had moved to a different town where there was more than one grammar school and the local education officer had him take part of it again and this time he passed. He is retired now, as a very well-regarded Professor!
What a fun place to be stuck in a rainstorm, Jeanne, with the exception of the power going out! The more I see of antique shops, I see things from my childhood featured! What in the world?? Those children’s books and the roller skates I do remember! It is like a trip down Memory Lane for me!
I remember that enamel kitchen ware, since my grnadmother had that, and I remember drinking out of a long handled enamel dipper from water she punmped from her cistern on her farm.
I actually have that brown dollhouse hutch in my own dollhouse, but it is white, since it is in the kitchen. it’s a Renwal piece.
And yes, I too, noticed the Lily of the Valley dishes! While they might be antique, I think they would work very well in today’s settings.
So you got rain ! It went north of us and south of us, to you, but nothng here. Our grass is getting dry, almost like straw, but one good thing about the dry spell, is the moles are not able to root around underground and we see no evidence of them………..yet! Today is going to be our rainy day, and hopefully our yard will once again look as beautiful and lush as yours in those pictures!
Another antique adventure. What an amazing array of items. I saw a lot of things I would love to have. Wish the place was closer to me. Sadly it’s not along the route of any of my travels these days.
Your yard definitely does look lush. We’ve had a lot of rain this spring, so our yard is lush also. And full of little wildflowers – some purple and some yellow. They stay below the blade of the mower so even after mowing they are still there like a pretty ground cover. We also have some pretty pink flowers in places but those do seem to get mowed down because they are taller. But they return quickly. We haven’t been anywhere to see the Bluebonnets this year and I haven’t heard how they are doing. They are pretty touchy. Too little rain or too much and they don’t do well.
Enjoy your visit with your sisters. Keep the pictures coming. I can live vicariously.
Funny Charlotte should mention the Lily of the Valley dinnerware. That was the first thing that caught my eye as well since I am a May baby and that is my birth flower. I also love lilacs, roses, forget-me-nots, four o’clocks, and all what are considered cottage flowers (larkspur, hollyhocks, delphinium, foxgloves, peonies, violets, lavender etc.) plus many more.
The other thing is the little brown doll house china cabinet. It is a Renwal piece, and my mom has that as part of her dollhouse my grandfather made.
The Civil War cannon ball is a neat thing. One of our antique stores specializes in things from the colonial era through the Edwardian and it’s my favorite one to go through.
Love the hatpins as well. Wish I had lived when hats and gloves were everyday wear.
Dear Laura, Happy Birthday!
Thank you so much, Dorothy! My birthday isn’t until the 23rd though. 🙂
Laura, funny you should mention Four O’Clocks. Most people I mention them to do not know what they are. We have a bed of them and they are amazing. They survive through rainless periods but when it rains their flowers become prolific. Unfortunately I have to make a point to go look at them because they don’t bloom in the day when I’m often outside. We have decided to seed some of our problem flower beds with them because they will grow anywhere. Once you get them started they spread like crazy and their bed on the side of the house has to be mowed back sometimes or they would take over the whole yard. We have deep pink ones in that bed but David has some yellow ones growing wild around his shop. We’re hoping to seed some of the other beds with the yellow because for some reason it seems they don’t like sharing their beds with other colors of their species. At least it hasn’t worked for us.
The first thing that caught my eye was the display of mortar shells. Interesting collectible. Although, I’ve seen many lamps made from them. That table/chairs looks like it would work in your kitchen. Kind of like the old farmhouse kitchens. 🙂 The little children’s roll top desk is my favorite. I’ve always wanted one to use as a night stand. So cute. 🙂 Always looking at Renwal, and that china cabinet piece that Laura and Linda mentioned would be something I’d pick as well.
Thanks Jeanne for sharing the fun photos and sorry for the power outage.
Dear Jeanne, I am sure you and your sister had an awesome time shopping. It was good that the storekeepers had back up electricity. What did we do before cell phones with flashlights?
Loved the vicarious trip through the Antique Store! My eye went to that vey complicated looking machine of some kind in the first picture…what in the world did that do?
Loved the black compo baby doll too
Your yard is beautiful! I’m planting some things today. So far I can’t find Penta…have had super luck with them the past couple years. Still on the hunt.
Enjoy your sister and BIL👏
Kathie, I wonder if if that machine thing was an apple peeler and corer? My grandmother had one that clamped on her kitchen table and she used it when peeling apples to make applesauce. Not really sure if that is what it is.
That’s the first thing I thought of too, but I would love to know for sure.
I love all the flowers Charlotte and Linda mentioned, especially the Lilacs. We can’t grow them here but being from PA we had a lot of Lilas bushes while I was growing up, both purple and white. My mother had a vase that was a peacock with its tail spread. She would pick the Lilacs and they would become the peacock’s tail. It was so pretty and the smell was amazing.
Several years ago I decided I was going to have an English Garden with some of the flowers Linda mentioned. It lasted a couple years and was beautiful – until the moles discovered it and ate the roots. If I could only get them to do that with the weeds.
Looks like we’re in for another rainy week. Had several good storms go through already this morning but the 90 degree temps we had the past week have morphed into temps in the 60s. Love the cooler temps but rain, rain go away. We’ve had enough for awhile.