NASHVILLE FLEA MARKET ~ the BIG one

If you get to go to the Nashville Flea Market only once a year, then go to the one in October. It’s billed as “The Big One” because it is. It’s huge. It’s packed with all sorts of stuff. It takes hours to see it all, if you insist on seeing it all.

Two of my favorite things I never buy ~ vintage boots and vintage cameras

Big mix of Halloween and Christmas, mostly Christmas it seems ~ lots of creepy Santas

Creepy Santas rank right up there with creepy clowns

Not even sure how to label this ~ looks like a baby in a top hat smoking a pipe ~ I’m sure somebody out there needs one of these if they’ve got 48 dollars to burn

Camo man? Bigfoot? Chewbacca?

She’s a lamp

I can’t tell you how many dead animal heads I saw today ~ I think we saw a guy carrying this around later on in the afternoon

Coolest pumpkins ever ~ they were such odd shapes, part green, part orange ~ would’ve bought one but I didn’t want to carry it around all day ~ our truck was parked far far far away ~ sometimes you just have to look and [take a picture] and move on

SEC ~ to name a few

Our main goal today was to find a mantel for the gas fireplace we recently had installed ~ Neil didn’t think we’d find one with an opening large enough to fit around it ~ but this one happened to fit the measurements we needed

It’s a monster of a mantel and insanely ornate which is a far cry from what we usually go for, but the more we considered it, the more it grew on us ~ the vendor says it came from a home in Paris [Tennessee, that is] ~ built sometime in the late 1800’s ~ it’s well worn and pretty chipped up but nothing Neil can’t handle ~ after much debate, we bought it ~ plan on painting it black ~ and decided if we hate it, we can always sell it

Let’s go for a rusty bike ride

Is it Christmas? Is it Halloween? Throw in a turkey and we can do it all at once and get it over with  [you’re always in a time warp at the flea market]

This baby photo bombed our gratuitous selfie

Rawr! Oink! Dinosaurs and piggies! Run for your life!

Lunch! A big fat steamed hot dog ~ it was yum

Earrings made out of pocket watch faces ~ unique ~ love clock faces ~ earrings not so much

Now watch me nae nae (Okay!) ~ [sorry ~ I had to]

Coolest lava lamp ever

Hey, you! BOO!

He must have been pretty awesome when he was running around in the woods

One of those cars that drives itself

This was by far the strangest thing I saw all day

One of these days I’m going to buy one just for the heck of it

Go VOLS! Beat bama!

The boogie man ~ ‘a common allusion to a mythical creature in many cultures used by adults or older children to frighten bad children into good behavior’ according to Wikipedia ~ we all know there’s no such thing. Right?

Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today …

… but I thought you were going to marry me!

Come fly with me [and Dracula]

Oh wait. THIS was by far the strangest thing I saw today ~ a stuffed fox dressed up like … I can’t even begin to guess ~ it had a tiny baby doll in its paw

All our Star Wars friends

Big Daddy Darth ~cue the heavy breathing~ [I am your father!]

Go TITANS!

This is a telephone ~ believe it or not

Some crafty soul made a lamp out of a flour sifter and a tripod

Vintage cast iron bank ~ heavy as all get out ~ I bought it and had to carry it around the rest of the day ~ until Neil took pity and put it in our backpack [which he lugs around ~ it has rollers so he can drag it now and then]

This was just sad and kind of creepy ~ it might have been a cast iron bank ~ no, thanks

I KILL you! Achmed? Is that you? Maybe his brother …

This one’s for you, son in law Jerry [and hubby Neil who may get to go fishing someday]

$25 ~ Released in June 1967, Rolling Stone called it "the most important rock & roll album ever made ... by the greatest rock & roll group of all time." ~ can’t remember how much it cost back then ~ a family friend gave us a copy ~ it disappeared from my album stash never to be seen again [by me anyway] ~ Neil asked me if I’d like to buy it ~ I said No. I’ve got the CD.

This creepy little doll head was peeking out the top of a flower pot ~ I looked in the pot ~ it was filled with dirt ~

This is our treat when we go to the flea market ~ Fried Pies ~ I get chocolate chess, Neil gets raisin ~ while we were eating them [yum!] this lady stopped and asked us what we were eating ~ I said Fried Pies! [with an exclamation point because they are just that good] ~ and she said Oh okay and went on her way ~ I told Neil no way is she from the South

Couldn’t have ordered a nicer day to be outside browsing around the BIG one

At the end of the day we loaded up our monster mantel [no easy feat] and the neato bookcase I found …

… and headed home …

… and saw this mini me mini Coop on the back of a truck ~ wouldn’t that be fun to tool around in?
Happy TGIF, y’all!

NASHVILLE FLEA MARKET

Neil and I went to the Nashville Flea Market today. Haven’t been in forever. While he was browsing through retro T shirts, I was looking up at the big blue sky and saw this heart-shaped cloud. Pretty cool. And free of charge.

This time of year at the flea market, you can find all sorts of fresh fruits and veggies ~ like these beautiful tomatoes. Home Grown. In the soil, no less. Would make a tasty addition to a home grown BLT.

If you’re old enough to remember this, then you are pretty darned old. And dig those pink flamingos and blue chairs.

Love the colors of these glass bottles.

Cheese! Patron saint of dentists, perhaps?

I’m in this mess of stuff. Can you see me?

No big surprise finding Confederate flags for sale at the Nashville Flea Market. They’re always available. Today we saw them everywhere. This vendor said he had to raise his price on them because they were in such demand now and he can’t keep them in stock for long. No big surprise there, either. Was tempted to buy one just for the heck of it. We did buy one of his beautiful American flags, stitched and (perhaps) tea dyed to look aged (not the one in the frame BTW). We’re going to hang it in our hallway.

A cool metal Tennessee sign. In Big Orange, of course.

153 days or 13,193,304 seconds until Christmas (yeah, I Googled it) This Santa can’t believe it, either. Good thing he’s in a display case with a watch so he can count down the seconds until the big day.

Green eyed lady, lovely lady

Hey I just met you
And this is crazy
But here’s my number
So call me maybe

Blackbird singing in the dead of night …
Hey, I’m on a roll with these song lyrics.

The gang’s all here. Let’s party!

Hey, hey, we’re the monkeys!

Snappers! For a minute there, I thought we were in Florida. Felt like Florida today.

This chair made me sad. I don’t even know why.

There is nothing automatic about this contraption, whatever it is.

You can make up your own caption for this.

These signs are always at the flea market. I’d love to have this one. We’re all here because we’re not all there.

I don’t even know what this is.

Greetings from the Nashville Flea Market! Me and the hubby ~ gratuitous selfie, photo-bombed by the Confederacy. [I tell you, they were everywhere.] I did end up with a red neck, though. The sun was brutal. Almost melted once or twice out there. So glad we could escape to the air conditioned buildings now and then.

One of those books you might need but you’re not sure why. Apparently, a manual on how to shoot perpetual trouble, volume 17 for those of us who are annoyed by Roman numbers.

This is by far the wackiest thing I saw today. $400 for the pair. Wouldn’t want to break up this couple. They would be great fun on Halloween.

Disclaimer: there is no Jack in these barrels

Strangest combo I saw today ~ Pez dispensers corralled in a bed pan

True? Probably

One more delicious reason to go to the Nashville Flea Market. Yum!

When we got home, we enjoyed supper with Kelly and Knox at Ocha (and a Coke with Mom and Dad ~ that’s us!)

A couple of Minions joined us

Knox already owned one Minion. He found another one that someone had left behind at the park today. He likes them. The movie, not so much.

Sorry I cut your head off, Kelly.
Happy TGIF, y’all!!