Canadian Smoke, and Booths

63 this morning, hazy. 

The Canadian smoke is certainly far-reaching.  Are you being affected by it in your area? Here i guess we are fortunate that while the smoke is creating a very hazy day, it is nothing like as severe in other regions. How much land has burned! I remember, about 30 years ago, when fires in the southern part of West Virginia were very bad one year, we had such terrible smoke that we really could not be outside,  and we were about 70 miles from the fires. I worked in Charleston at the time, and Charleston was only 15 or 20 miles from some of the fires. So at work, it was much worse. 

A couple weeks back when we first experienced the Canadian smoke, Larry developed a very chesty cough. Being the stubborn kind of guy, he wouldn't go to the doctor. We had some cough syrup but it didn't help much.  He figured the smoke, along with the dust because we were so dry here at the time, caused his cough. When the smoke disappeared,  so did his cough. So far this time he has been okay, but it has only been a couple days of haze. We shall see.

I spent 3 hours in the gardens this morning, trimming back and weeding in the large flowerbed, and hoeing, weeding and generally mucking about in my vegetable garden. Today I picked our first squash and zucchini of the season, and pulled some very tiny baby carrots while thinning the row of carrots. I think all of these, along with lettuce and green onions, will make us a fine salad.

I had my semi-annual "well baby" checkup at the doctor yesterday, and she said I am doing great--good results on the blood work and all other tests. It seems like I have been to the doctor more times in the past month than I have in a whole year usually, but I know that at my age preventive care is the better part of wisdom. I have not yet had a shingles vaccine, because I never had chicken pie as a child, but my doctor said that I was certainly exposed to them at some time, and my immune system fought off the virus. Whic means I could get shingles.  So I will be getting the vaccine soon. I never had measles either; my mother had then when she was expecting me, which may have been why I was able to avoid those two common childhood illnesses.

Before going to my appointment, we restocked our booths at both locations. We loaded the van the night before so we could get an early start. We got a lot done in the booths, but will go back tomorrow to add more because the July 4th weekend is usually very busy.  Our county seat hosts the largest small-town celebration of the holiday in the country, so there will be hundreds of people coming in for the activities. This young lady was decorating the windows of an empty store when we passed by yesterday.

She is standing on a ladder, not the car! Looks like it though, doesn't it?

Here are a few photos from the booths. This is our booth at Farmhouse Market Finds in Ripley.

We added the flatwall cabinet last week.

The little white dresser sold this morning.

We moved this cabinet in 2 weeks ago. I would like to move it bear an outlet as it has lights installed, but I don't think that's possible in our space.

Found the littlevfoldable shelf at a thrift, and it is perfect for displaying vintage tea tins.

Larry built this shelf last week, using a door for the back. It has a nice primitive look.

The churn was a good price on ebay.  They are impossible to find for a reasonable price locally. The red colander was from a yard sale, so cute.

A few photos from Riverbend Antique Mall in Ravenswood:

Larry painted the porch swing and added chains for hanging.

I love this little gnome-y planter. He's just plastic, but so cute.

 I found this unusual lamp online. 

We have worked on this door hall stand off and on for a couple months. It was good to get it done and in the booth. It is remarkably heavy!

I painted the small desk a few weeks ago, but can't remember if I posted a photo of it here. It is the prettiest apricot color. 

The plates are not old. I found them at a thrift and bought them to use, but they are too heavy for my liking. I kept 2, though. Cannot resist gingham check! These are Pioneer Woman plates, probably originally from Walmart. 

The wicker mirror was another yard sale find.

Can you see the red aluminum pitcher? There are 4 cups inside it. If you are of my generation you surely remember these, and how cold they kept drinks!

I added a bit of new costume jewelry last week. Priced reasonable, so it is something younger people can afford. 

Lamps! Another weakness of mine, but they sell pretty well.

And an odd assortment of stuff, in Larry's "man corner".

Enough already for today! I have some chicken to be re-packaged for the freezer, so I better get on it. Stay well, friends.

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