OH MY GOSH........TOMORROW IS JULY!!!
I'm not sure where the time goes!!! The weather has finally changed it was only 99 degrees yesterday! The ice tea machine & maker had to work overtime! We took another quick road trip on Saturday up to Monroe & Snohomish. The drive is soooo beautiful from North Bend up thru Duvall, Fall City & Carnation. We made several stops to shops on the way to get show flyers distributed. There was a NW largest yard sale going on at the fairgrounds in Monroe........I didn't find much, but Mo made up for the both of us with his fishing pole & reel deals and not to mention a couple of other must have tool items! We then headed off to Snohomish for Craven Farm's tailgate sale in persuit of some hugs from Erin!! Oh Erin where are you?????????? Must have had big business going on in Olympia for the Mushroom festival or did she just meet some "fun guy"! ha! Clayson was so bummed he didn't get to see her! He was finally confivced she wasn't there when he couldn't find her car or that "huge" trailer she hauls around. Guess he will just have to wait till August for that HUG!

Snohomish is always fun.......my mom was born there so it is only fitting that she loves antiques! There are tons of fun shops to look at and there used to be a wonderful carmel corn/candy store but they have been replaced by a new gotta get one bakery where the chocolate almond cashew cookies are to die for! We finished out the trip by stopping back in Cle Elum and taking a tour thru the Suncadia project.........OH MY! This is a beautiful area. Lots of houses in the high rent district and then some other is the high high rent district. We stopped at one of the fort-treehouse playgrounds and let the kids blow off some stink before the final stop HOME! Nothing better than a great day junking with perfect weather & great company!

Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest........HA! Sunday was a day of work around here well at least most of the day. I worked on a brick moving project and Mark & Clayson worked on the barn project all the while the little guy (Garrett) was ni night in his nest with his little buns in the air......he's the only smart one! We then decided to take a break and head up to Naches to cool off in the pool. If only the pool was open! Not sure why they were closed on such a hot day. So we had to "settle" with taking sundaes to Gram & Poppy's house.

Hope you stay cool & have your calendar marked for August 9th!!!

Leslee

We are in the middle of a huge project........moving an old early 1900's barrell roof barn. Not sure at this point what we were thinking, but we have come to far to turn back! In order to get it moved to our property we are going to have to cut the top off and transport it in two pieces! So in order to do that the two pieces have to be shored up so they don't fall apart when it is taken apart and carried the mile or so to our house. And yes of course the weather has changed and it is supposed to be in the high 90's over the weekend. I guess that beats all the wind that we have been having lately.

The plan is to have the barn moved here and usable enough for the show by August the 9th.........no pressure Mo! This is the only project that we have going for the show this year other than the usual yard work, house cleaning and a million little honey do projects. Only 45 more days and counting!!

Don't really have any vacations planed just an occasional Saturday road trip. This weekend it will be to Monroe & Snohomish. Gonna go check out the "NW Largest Yard Sale" and then stop in at Craven Farm's tailgate sale to check up on Erin & Janet. Clayson has been dying to see them. Although we did run into Janet in Packwood over Memorial Day, but it has been quite some time since we've seen Erin (new auntie). Then in a couple of weeks we will venture down to Portland for EXPO!!! It is always the perfect gift for my mom since they plan this show to fall on her birthday almost every year!!!

I will try and get some pictures posted of the barn and get some more fine tuning done on this blog site....in my spare time ha! Where does the time go????

Take care~
Leslee

Yesterday was beautiful! It was a bit overcast, but the sun would peek through and so it did tend to seem a bit muggy out but no rain or wind and that is a good thing around here lately!

We drove down the Washington side of the Columbia river to attend the Flourishes flea market held at Mt. Pleasant. All of the wildflowers are in bloom and everything is still really green. We raced a few trains & honked the horn in every tunnel (yes all 8 of them)! The Mt. Pleasant property's view is breathtaking especially today there is no wind and the river is like a huge sheet of blue glass and the reflection of all of the hillsides in the water is fabulous!
Aleta informed us that there had been a "bear" that had come through the show in the night and caused some havik~guess he didn't realize that early buying was from 8-10 A.M.!!! Not really sure what it was he was looking for, but it sure added some unneeded & unexpected craziness to the morning that Aleta didn't need or deserve! But she of course didn't let a little "bear" stop her. The show must go on and it did!

We met Jermonne & Joe from the Barn House. They had the greatest booth! Cool stuff and a perfect spot at the back of a barn no less! I hinted that if they would like to they could come join the show this year. They are in the process of trying to figure out the best mode of transportation for their goods. Renting a U-haul is not the most economical way, but do you go with a trailer and then will the truck pull the trailer? Geez isn't anything easy anymore? I wish them much success and hope to see them in August!

My friend Wendy went with us and she bought a 7' pine plank style table for $71.00 yes i said $71.00!! The funnest part was strapping it to the top of the Excursion....the roof racks had never been used and this was the perfect way for them to be initiated! Clayson wanted to know if we were going to get a ticket for hauling a table upside down on the car or if we would knock it off when we went back home through the tunnels! The only thing we got was junk envy when we went into Camas for the rest of the day to check out the shops. What a charming little town! We decided to complete our circle trip by coming home via White Pass (no tunnels-darn). We stopped in Packwood for a potty break and some medicine (diet pepsi & peanut M&M's) and let Garrett yell at the Elk feeding in the pasture behind the convenience store!

It was such a beautiful drive and there is still actually snow in places along the road at the top of the pass!

Can't wait till next time!

WELL WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OFF TOMORROW FOR A FAST & FURIOS JUNKING ROAD TRIP. WE ARE GOING TO GO CHECKOUT THE 1ST FLEA MARKET AT FLOURISHES IN MT. PLEASANT. THIS LOCATION USED TO BE HOME TO WILLOW NEST. SINCE LINDA & LUDMIL HAVE TAKEN OFF TO LIVE IN THE BIG STATE OF TEXAS, THE NEW OWNERS; ALETA & BILL ARE DIVING INTO THEIR OWN STYLE OF EVENTS. THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION! HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WILL BE GOOD. IT HAS BEEN SO WINDY AROUND HERE LATELY!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

WHO EEEE WERE ON A ROLL!!

THIS IS ACTUALLY KINDA FUN! NOW IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET CAPTIONS ON THESE WE WILL BE IN BUSINESS~!

FINALLY A PICTURE!!!

YEH HAW! I HAVE A PICTURE ON MY BLOG!!

IT ONLY TOOK ME 2 HOURS LITERALLY!!

ONCE I FIGURED IT OUT IT WILL BE EASY TO GET THIS SITE TO FINALLY TAKE SOME SHAPE....OR AT LEAST I THINK I REMEMBER HOW I DID IT!

MORE TO COME~BUT PLEASE DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH!!

ANY FEEDBACK OR HELP IS APPRECIATED AND GREATLY NEEDED~!

LESLEE

SUNDAY JUNE 15TH

OK....SO I'M REALLY NEW AT THIS BLOG BUSINESS (AT LEAST CREATING ONE). SO BEAR WITH ME AS I STUMBLE MY WAY THRU THIS !

JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE DATE FOR THE 6TH ANNUAL AMERICAN PRIMITIVES @ CLAYSON FARM ANTIQUE SHOW. IT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY AUGUST 9TH FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.

THERE IS A $5.00 ENTRY FEE AND PARKING IS FREE! I WILL ATTEMPT TO GET MY DIRECTIONS ADDED & SOME PICTURES.

THINGS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE FRANTIC AROUND HERE. MY OLDEST SON CLAYSON JUST FINISHED UP WITH SPRING SEASON BASEBALL AND WE HAVE A BREATHER UNTIL SUMMER BALL STARTS!! IT HAS BEEN SOOO WINDY HERE THAT IT HAS BEEN HARD TO HAVE GARRETT (13 MONTHS ALREADY) OUTSIDE AND GET THINGS DONE.

I HOPE THAT YOU WILL MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND COME JOIN US FOR A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF PRIMITIVES, QUILTS, ONE OF A KIND COUNTRY FINDS, HAND PAINTED SIGNS, VINTAGE INSPIRED JEWELRY, GARDEN ART, SHABBY CHIC, FUNKY FARM JUNQUE, VINTAGE HOME FURNISHINGS AND MANY OTHER NEEDFUL TREASURES.

MY VENDORS HAVE BEEN GATHERING ALL THEIR GOODIES FOR THIS ONCE A YEAR SHOW!

PLEASE BRING A FRIEND OR TWO OR FOUR THE MORE THE MERRIER AND COME AND ENJOY THE WONDERFUL YAKIMA WEATHER HAVE A BITE TO EAT AND ENJOY YOUR DAY IN THE COUNTRY!

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU!

WARMEST REGARDS,
LESLEE