day trip!

The senior citizens of my chruch took their annual fall trip to an Amish community today and I decided to tag along, hoping to get some good fall pictures. Well, the clouds were pretty well covering the whole sky so it wasn't an ideal blue like I had hoped, but it was a good day all the same.

Here's the dog that greeted us and proceeded to chew on the preacher's hand, then got bored and started destroying this chair:

Wagon wheels, of course:

Mama would LOVE to have a set of these dishes:

Home made bonnets:


and home made dresses:

CHEESE!!!

I wanted to buy everything in the store:

generosity is wonderful

My neighbor is such a wonderful lady. Very nice, and she loves my cats so it's not a problem if one of them strays over into her yard or sometimes even into her house to say hello.
Everyone who knows me knows that I love going to thrift stores and finding great items. Especially dishes, aprons, or anything vintage. Getting them free is even better.

So Saturday she was rearranging her house for some friends that are coming to visit, and asked if we wanted a wing chair that she had bought and decided not to use. I so wanted it, but we have no room for it at all. I sadly said no, but she had some other stuff she was going to take to the thrift store and I said no way sister, that stuff's going home with me! Not really, she asked if wanted to look through it before she took it away, and I scored some great things!

check. it. out.

Awesome vintage table runner


even more awesome antique highchair. I don't even care that it doesn't have a tray.

japanese luster ware. yep.

my fav-o-rite dish.

It was a good day.