Yesterday we went to the Antique Show and Flea Market at the Washington County Fairgrounds after a few years' hiatus. We forgot how big this event was and how much there was to see, and of course buy.
Antiques were pricy so we tended to aim towards the flea market repro items. Good thing we started fairly early, because by the time we left at noon, the place was mobbed and it was hard getting through many of the tents and aisles. We ended up having to take two trips out to the truck, since we had good pickings in the beginning and didn't want to carry our precious glass items around. One of our favorite vendors of the show was this man who repurposed items into lights. What an imagination he had and the time spent making his pieces must have been long, which reflected in the prices, but well worth it. This motorcycle was really funny, and look at those instrument lights...and that was only one table of many!
Our purchases included this pretty basket for our outside glass demijohn...
Plus two more smaller glass jugs to add to my growing collection of demijohns. The big green one in the foreground is my only authentic antique one from the 1800's and it started the whole collection many years ago.
This commemorative Divco milk bottle looks great next to my local Pine Grove Dairy and Bellevue Dairy bottles.
We had to add a concrete toad to our pond collection in honor of all the toads that sing for their mates and then lay their eggs in our fish pond. Later we realized that almost everything that we have around the outside of the pond has been bought through the years at this event. In case you are wondering, the piece of wood between the toad and turtle is petrified wood, hard as a rock, and something Dave's mother found eons ago.
Our prized find this year was this blue glass fishing float. What a perfect addition to our front porch.
It was almost a good thing that we waited so long to go back to this event, since it made everything fresh and not seem like we were seeing the same things again. You never know what you will find though, even if you go every year!
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