To Market, To Market ....

Market day in the South of France ......

The feast for the eye is overwhelming.  The aromas entice you, up one row and down another.

You become a gatherer. You gather this .....

and this .....

and this .....

Until your arms beg you to cease while your senses scream for more.

I'm off to market tomorrow. A different one from this, tho no less enticing. One of this country's largest and most exciting "brocantes". Heading west to the Hill Country of Texas. A very good brocante friend is coming along for the ride and roped in her side kick for the journey.

Hope you'll hang around for the stories and the adventures. There have been more than a few this past week and like everything we seem to love, they only get better with age. A brief stop in Atlanta tomorrow to pick up the Cowboy and then we're off. Hang on.... the first stop is the Big Easy. Here we come New Orleans! 

Head 'em up and move 'em out!

Salut!
Lynn

laissez les bon temps roulez

Ah, the life....to be an antique dealer buying in France.  It's the life dreams are made of. Who would not want to go to France for a few weeks, shop til you drop, buy without wondering how you'll get it home, wander wide eyed with joy through endless fields arrayed with treasures?

photo Corey Amaro

I am not alone in my quest for treasures nor my passion for France. Rather I have friends, good friends, who suffer the same passions or obsessions, depending on your view or whether you were previously married to one of us.

photo Corey Amaro

Friends who jump with joy when they hear that revely for the next morning's hunt is 4:00am. Friends who literally drop from sheer exhaustion at the end of a long, successful day of brocanting and ask "what time tomorrow". Friends who catelog and pack  purchases with the enthusiasm of Christmas Eve long after everyone else is sound asleep.

Friends who help you pack. Rare.  Friends who totally understand what it takes to be an antique dealer hunting for treasures in France ......priceless.

photo Corey Amaro

Salut!

Lynn