We had an absolutely perfect October weekend. Friday night, Shannon and Nathan and Allen and I headed up to Nashville in a rented van (so there would be plenty of room for bringing home treasure). After a good night's rest, we were ready to hit the Nashville Flea Market at the state fairgrounds. We bought plenty -- a new quilted Jim Shore Santa for me, an old Coke sign for Nathan and Shannon, some pocket knives for Allen, and assorted other little goodies. Fun day, beautiful weather, lots and lots of walking. After lunch and libation, we hit the square in Franklin so that I could get the backing for the quilt I'm about to finish. Much to our delight, we hit the carver's festival -- wood carvers as well as pumpkin carvers. Allen surprised me by buying a second quilted Santa, this time a hand carved piece. Love it.
Saturday night, we sat in our hotel room and cheered on the Tide. Wow! Eight in a row, and they even showed up the second half to play the entire game. It was kind of fun being in Tennessee to watch Tennessee lose. Roll Tide! Sunday, we had a slow start, but eventually we headed towards Huntsville. We stopped at the Dog Days Flea Market in Ardmore, and look what Shannon found. No, she did not buy one. Nor did we buy one of the tiny pug puppies that were for sale. IF we got another, we would get one from Louie's breeder, but one pug is a lot of pug. We missed him this weekend.
We bought home a huge bowl full of apples with the idea that we will dry them. That's a good project for Halloween week. It's chilly this morning, and it feels like it's almost November. Oh well, back to work today.