This Little Peggy Went to Market.....

 

The weather here on the Island has been stellar! Cool nights,  
warm days - it's perfection! In preparation for a market
 that The Painted Pear (yeah me!) is hosting along with
a local winery (yes we have vineyards on the Island

who knew?),  Mr. Biff and I have been going to several local

markets in search of vendors.  

We've met some AWESOME people in the process!

You know who you are!

 We've made our way around 4 local markets in the last week
or so - one right here in the city of Nanaimo, one just north of the
city in Lantzville and two south of us - in Cedar and Duncan.
I have some photos from those last two markets to share today.
 

 

This is the Cedar market - it's in a huge field - it's so "countrified" - it's a lovely

stroll around the field whilst being serenaded by the musician(s) du jour.

The photos below are of Duncan - this is a fairly small town but it sure knows

how to host a market. People come from all over Vancouver Island to attend

this Saturday market.

 Can you see the guy in the tye-dyed t-shirt in this photo below?

 Mr. Biff was “stalking” him trying to get a pic - his socks were

 tye-dyed to match  his t-shirt: stylin'!

Getting excited about the Vintage/Craft Fair - stay tuned for more information

coming up along with a great giveaway to celebrate the recycled/repurposed

vintage style we love so much!

Hugs & blessings to you my friends,

Peg

 

Photo Frustration

I am here but for some reason unable to post all the cool

photos I have to share.  I am working on the problem - in the

meantime if anyone knows of a solution - I am simply getting

an error message in the photo upload window saying "cannot

contact server".  I've tried everything and am wondering if it's

blogger, Picasso or my computer....

 

Peggy

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom

When I type the blog post title I feel a little like a fraud.  Do you ever

have those feelings of being a pretender or an imposter - just waiting

for someone to figure out that you're not all that (and a bag of chips!)?

There's an actual phenomenon known as "imposter's syndrome"....it

basically means that someone is acting a certain part (like being a CEO and

waiting for someone to figure out you're just like the next guy).

As we get older we become (hopefullly) more comfortable in just being

who we are and caring a little less about what others are thinking about us.

For me it was one of the true blessings of getting older - becoming more

comfortable in my own skin!

Along those lines - here's a little quote for your mid-week wise words:

Let the world know you as you are, not

 as you think you should be, because

sooner or later, if you are posing,

you will forget the pose, and

then where are you? 

~Fanny Brice~

Blessings & Hugs all'round!

Peggy

A Little Yard Sale...

Well, Mr. Biff and I did the old yard sale thing last weekend and did ok so we

joined up with a friend from work and hauled our "stuff" over to her condo

complex to try again this Saturday.  We didn't really make any money - but

let me explain - there was a huge garage sale across the street that was huge

did I say it was huge already?  Anyway, we managed to drop a little cash there

and, of course, when there is more than just my "stuff" at a sale like the one

we set up at on Saturday - I can always manage to spend some money there

too....but hey - look what I got!!

$5 for all these little Fiskar Scrapbook scissors AND the stand?  Can you

believe it?

This quilt set was $10 - it will be perfect on my day bed!

Here's some shots of the venue - it was HOT out on the pavement!

And here's Mr. Biff's big score over at the huge garage sale going on

across the street.  It really was HUGE!

Hugs & blessings my friends for a lovely week.

Peg