A Simple Saturday in the Sticks

Saturday morning, Hugh, Kristi, Mom and I headed to Pickin' at the Pea for another shot at uncovering buried treasure. We fortified ourselves for the adventure with a cup of slow-drip coffee and Mennonite donuts, as one does when at Pickin' at the Pea.

Then, we were off! Mom's attention was immediately caught by an old Victrola, which, unfortunately, had already been sold. Apparently, someone didn't get the memo about eating delicious Mennonite donuts before hitting the sale and they got a head start on us.

This season's sale went heavy on the Halloween theme, which is something that they have not done in any of the years that I have attended. We all know how I feel about Halloween, so I was hopeful that I would find some vintage decorations or some such thing. Sadly, I did not. But! The Halloween displays were on point, including this Frankenstein's monster made out of refuse metal.

 

These "ghoulfriend" photos were also cute...

...but not something that I would spend $15 on when I know, for a fact, that I can print them off from the internet and frame them, myself; been there, done that.

Halloween mantel 2022)

I did, however, give serious thought to this super creepy antique painting. In the end, I decided that it might be just a tad bit too haunted, even for me. 

The witches were on point.

And, there was a beautiful display from a local flower farm. Was it creepy? No. Was it still a nice addition to the sale? Yes.

The only other item I considered-and-rejected purchasing, was this typewriter. It was in really good shape, but; I already own one and I'm not trying to become a hoarder over here.

I knew I wasn't going to purchase this beater/bowl combo, but I think it was really cool, and I enjoyed hearing the history of it from the lady who owned the booth.

So, what did I end up getting? A vintage jadeite pagoda fairy lamp that was really well priced and will go nicely with the rest of the jadeite items I have in my kitchen.

And, I bought a stained glass rooster lamp. I mean...he's adorable.

Did I need a stained glass rooster lamp? Technically, no. But, I mean...he's freaking adorable.

Once we felt like we had picked over the entire show, we headed back down the road to the annual Apple Pie Contest, where Mom's entry was among the best looking of the dozen or so pies.

                  

Unfortunately, she didn't place this year, despite her personal cheering section thinking she should have. 

The first place winner wasn't even a pie! It was an apple cheesecake. How was that even allowed? Next year, we are encouraging Mom to volunteer as a judge; she'd make sure a travesty like that didn't happen again.

And, that was our simple Saturday here in Petticoat Junction.