"CLAYSON TURNS 10"

WOW!! DO I FEEL OLD!! CLAYSON TURNED 10 TODAY! MY LITTLE LOVE DOLLY IS GROWING UP!!
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?
SEEMS JUST YESTERDAY HE WAS CRAWLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR!!!

GARRETT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF ALL OF THE CUPCAKES GOING TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING WITH "BRO". LITTLE DID HE AND CLAYSON FOR THAT MATTER KNOW THAT I HAD SAVED ONE JUST FOR HIM WITH EXTRA FROSTING TO HAVE FOR A SNACK!!! AND THEN THE LITTLE STINKER TOLD ON ME! OH WELL THOSE BOYS HAVE GOT TO STICK TOGETHER!!

*THANK YOU*THANK YOU*THANK YOU*

I need to first apologize for my excessive tardiness on a very overdue THANK YOU! to all of my vendors, all of my very underpaid help & the wonderful customers who come out to support the show!

If it weren't for all of you I would have nothing!!! So again THANK YOU*THANK YOU*THANK YOU!!!!!

With that being said I need to get this years slideshow on here and some other wonderful pictures that were taken...........please please don't hold your breath!!!! No I will do better I promise!! I did take a big step and get on facebook......thanks to Sarah (www.culturawine.com) I am up to speed well at least for the minute!

I will be back....I have a very fun "Fall Harvest" show planned in the barn on Sat. Oct. 17th from 10-4. I have gathered some great stuff since the August show! Great vintage finds, cornstalks, pumpkins, gourds, mums, rosehips & treats!! So keep in touch!

Have a junk filled day!

AND THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS.........

ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT!
WELL THE LISTS ARE GETTING SHORTER.............OR IF I JUST KEEP TELLING MYSELF THAT WILL IT REALLY HAPPEN????

THANK GOODNESS FOR FRIENDS & FAMILY. MY MOM & SISTER HAVE BEEN TAKING TURNS WATCHING GARRETT OR SHOULD I SAY GARRETT HAS BEEN TAKING TURNS WATCHING GRAM & AUNT WEEZE!!! POPPY HAS BEEN MENDING PICKET FENCE PANELS WHILE CLAYSON HAS BEEN MY SLAVE BOY!!! BETWEEN WORK & HOME MO HAS BEEN SO BUSY HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS! AND BLESS YOU SARAH FOR ALL YOUR HELP THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS! WOW COULDN'T DO IT WITH OUT YOU GUYS!

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GETTING COOLER (YEH) BUT THAT ONLY MEANS THAT IT IS BOUND TO RAIN BUT WHEN???? HOPEFULLY IT WILL GET BUSY AND AS LARRY THE CABLE GUY WOULD SAY "GET ER DONE" AND SOON!

HERE ARE SOME DIRECTION TO GET TO THE SHOW......MAYBE ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO MAPQUEST MY ADDRESS: 221 HALL ROAD YAKIMA, WA 98908

FROM THE SEATTLE AREA:
TAKE I-90 EAST TO ELLENSBURG THEN TAKE 1-82 SOUTH TOWARDS YAKIMA
TAKE EXIT #31 HWY 12 NACHES (HEADS WEST) FOLLOW FOR APPROX. 6 MILES
PROCEED THROUGH THE LIGHTED FOUR WAY INTERSECTION (OLD NACHES HWY)
TURN RIGHT OFF HWY 12 ONTO MAPLEWAY (2 MILES FROM LIGHT)
ONCE YOU TAKE EXIT OFF HWY YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT ONTO HALL ROAD I AM THE FIRST HOUSE ON THE RIGHT AFTER ALL THE FRUIT BINS

FROM THE TRI-CITIES/PORTLAND AREAS:
TAKE I-82 NORTH TOWARDS YAKIMA
TAKE EXIT #31 HWY 12 NACHES (HEADS WEST) FOLLOW FOR APPROX. 6 MILES
PROCEED THROUGH THE LIGHTED FOUR WAY INTERSECTION (OLD NACHES HWY)
TURN RIGHT OFF HWY 12 ONTO MAPLEWAY (2 MILES FROM LIGHT)
ONCE YOU TAKE EXIT OFF HWY YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT ONTO HALL ROAD I AM THE FIRST HOUSE ON THE RIGHT AFTER ALL THE FRUIT BINS

THERE WILL BE SIGNS ONCE YOU GET TO LIGHTED INTERSECTION ON HWY 12. I HAVE SEVERAL PARKING ATTENDANTS TO GET YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST AND WE HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COME & SPEND THE DAY WITH US!

TRAVEL SAFELY!

"A BEACH OF A DAY"

WELL ENOUGH LOLLY GAGGING. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!

THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ALRIGHT TO SNEEK OFF TO THE BEACH FOR A WEEK THIS LATE IN THE GAME........WELL WHAT WAS I THINKING????? USUALLY IF WE GO TO THE BEACH IT IS IN EARLY JULY. SO THERE ARE A FEW MORE WEEKS TO GET HOME & GET BUSY!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE LAWN, GARDEN, FLOWERS AND NOT TO MENTION THE WEEDS LOOK LIKE AFTER BEING LEFT FOR A WEEK??? IT'S NOT A PRETTY SITE!!

THE BEACH WAS FABULOUS! GREAT WEATHER AND FUN TIME SHARED WITH FAMILY....OK NOT EVERY WAKING MINUTE WAS TO BE TREASURED (THREE SMALL CHILDREN CLAYSON 9, BROCK 8 & GARRETT 2) TRYING TO GET ALONG ALL DAY & NIGHT AND THEN YOU THROW IN THE 40 ISH YEAR OLD CHILD (MARK) AND YOU HAVE THE MAKINGS OF SOME PRETTY GOOD TIFFS. GARRETT WAS NOT VERY SAND CASTLE WORTHY HE HAD MORE FUN STOMPING ON THE BOYS CREATIONS WELL ALMOST CREATIONS. HE WOULD GO OUT TO THE "BIG SWIMMING POOL" AKA OCEAN AND GET HIS WATERING CAN FULL OF WATER TO PACK DOWN THE SAND SO THE BOYS COULD GET THEIR CASTLES MADE ONLY TO COME UP AND TROMP THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE MASTERPIECES!!

GARRETT WASN'T TOO SURE OF THE BIG WAVES IN THAT SWIMMING POOL IN THE BEGINNING BUT BOY WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS HE WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL. LOVED THE COLD WATER AND ALL THE BIRDIES!

MY MOM, SISTER & I HAD FUN SHOPPING......THERE ARE SO MANY FUN PLACES TO LOOK. WE WERE EVEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO STUMBLE ON THE ANNUAL OUTDOOR VENDOR SALE AT FARMHOUSE FUNK JUST OUTSIDE OF ASTORIA. THERE ARE SO MANY FUN SHOPS IN CANNON BEACH I THINK OUR FAVORITE THOUGH IS SEASAME & LILLIES. ALTHOUGH THE BAKERY AND FINALLY AFTER TRYING ALL THE COFFEE SHOPS IN TOWN TO GET A GOOD LATTE WE WELL ACTUALLY POPPY (MY DAD) FOUND WERE CLOSE RUNNERS UP. AND CERTAINLY NOT TO BE MISSED IS THE PACIFIC CREST COTTAGE IN GEARHART IT IS ALWAYS SURE TO HAVE A TREASURE OR TWO. JOY HAS SUCH A GREAT SHOP AND IS THE NICEST LADY!

UNTIL NEXT YEAR! THAT'S ABOUT AS LONG AS IT IS GOING TO TAKE TO GET RID OF ALL THE SAND I KEEP FINDING!!!

JUST A COUPLE MORE WEEKS!! BETTER GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW OR SHOULD I SAY "EMPTY TRUCKS IN A ROW" WITH THE VENDORS I HAVE LINED UP THIS YEAR IT IS A SHOW NOT TO BE MISSED! .....WILL TRY AND GET SOME SNEEK PEEKS IN THE COMING DAYS.....NOTICE I SAID TRY!!


KEEP COOL!
LESLEE

~*HAPPY MAY DAY*~

OH MY GOSH I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS MAY ALREADY!!!

GUESS IT IS OFFICIALLY TIME TO GET OUT THERE AND GET BUSY!! WITH THE WAY THE DARN WEATHER HAS BEEN IT IS HARD TO TELL WHAT TO EXPECT FROM DAY TO DAY.........HECK HOUR TO HOUR!!

BE SURE AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS YEAR SHOW AUGUST 8TH!! TIME FLIES BY SO QUICKLY IT WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

I NEED TO GET BUSY IN THE BARN.....IT HAS BEEN THE KEEPER OF "ALL" THIS WINTER AND WHEN I SAY ALL I MEAN EVERYTHING FROM SNOW SHOVELS, CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, TOTES OF SUMMER CLOTHES, BOXES OF GOODIES FROM MY SISTERS HOUSE (SHE MOVED INTO A NEW HOME IN JANUARY), MARKS MISC. TOOLS & EXTRA LUMBER TO ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS LEFT FROM THE WINTER BARN SALE......SO TO SAY THE LEAST IT IS A DISASTER IN THERE! BUT NEVER FEAR I WILL HAVE IT FILLED TO THE BRIM FOR THE SHOW!

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE SPRING WEATHER-AT LEAST I HOPE YOUR GETTING SOME!

TAKE CARE,
LESLEE

WINTER BARN SALE NIGHT 1

WHAT A WONDERFUL TURNOUT!!

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.....EITHER WAY YOU NEED TO COME OUT TONIGHT! WE HAVE ADDED NEW THINGS AND DONE SOME RE-ARRANGING!!

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES FROM LAST NIGHT!!

HOPE TO SEE YOU!

ANTIQUES IN THE BARN!!

DRESS WARM, GRAB A FRIEND AND BE SURE AND JOIN US THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY EVENING FROM 5 P.M. TO 9 P.M. FOR AN OUTDOOR SHOPPING ADVENTURE!

JUST FOLLOW THE LUMINARY PATH UP TO THE BARN....THERE WILL BE WARM CIDER & TREATS AND PLENTY OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC!! THIS IS JUST A HINT OF WHAT IS IN STORE FOR YOU ONCE YOU GET TO THE BARN:

FABULOUS PRIMITIVE CUPBOARDS, TABLES, OLD WOODEN SLEDS, VINTAGE LAMPS WITH FABRIC SHADES, NICE OLD BLACK WICKER CHAIR WITH BLACK & WHITE TOILE CUSHIONS, FUNKY OLD SUITCASES, GREAT OLD METAL PICKING BUCKETS FULL OF WINTER GREENS, IRON METAL CRIB, CHILD'S SIZE OAK ROCKER, FUN VINTAGE BRASS CHANDELIER, GREAT OLD SMALL METAL CHILD'S BICYCLE, ONE OF A KIND ORNAMENTS & TONS OF OTHER VERY VERY NEEDFUL THINGS!

I AM HOPING TO GET SOME PICTURES TAKEN AND ADDED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE HAVE STASHED AWAY FOR THIS 1ST ANNUAL "WINTER CELEBRATION IN THE BARN" SALE.

GENERAL DIRECTIONS FROM YAKIMA ARE FOLLOW HWY 12 TOWARDS NACHES. ONCE YOU GO THRU THE LIGHTED INTERSECTION AT OLD NACHES HWY IT WILL BE APPROX. 2 MILES TILL YOU COME TO MAPLEWAY. MAPLEWAY IS A RIGHT OFF HWY 12. ONCE YOU COME OFF THE HWY TAKE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT ONTO HALL ROAD. I AM THE FIRST HOUSE ON THE RIGHT PAST ALL THE FRUIT BINS.

FROM NACHES YOU WILL TRAVEL EAST ON HWY 12. ONCE YOU COME TO THE SIGN THAT SAYS YAKIMA 9 MILES YOU WILL TAKE THE NEXT LEFT OFF OF THE HWY (MAPLEWAY) ONCE YOU COME OFF HWY YOU WILL TAKE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT ONTO HALL ROAD. I AM THE FIRST HOUSE ON THE RIGHT PAST ALL THE FRUIT BINS.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING FROM THE LOWER VALLEY YOU ARE BEST TO MAP QUEST MY ADDRESS: 221 HALL ROAD YAKIMA, WA 98908.

HOPE YOU WILL ALL BE ABLE TO JOIN US!

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!