Beach Boulevard Flea Market: Jacksonville, FL 10-9-11

So obviously, House of Fleas was not the gold mine I hoped it to be. 

After my little mishap with the trash I thought of to be a friend in Jacksonville, I was encouraged by my father to stay with his friends (and tax clients) in Orange Park.

They were absolutely wonderful in helping me decide which flea markets to go to. I really would like to extend my gratitude to the their family.

On to my second flea market in one day: Beach Boulevard Flea Market.

This market was filled with everything... but mostly new things, which I am not interested in.

But it wasn't something new that caught my eye. It was a someone.

Ryan N.: Jacksonville, FL

Ryan is ten years old. A little ironic since my little brothers are Ryan: 13, & Hunter, 10. Kind of cute to me.

Ryan is a hardcore entrupenure. He shares a booth every weekend with his grandpa, Bob.

Bob Powell & Ryan N: Jacksonville, FL

I was so excited to see someone young really into flea marketing/making money! When I asked him what he planned on doing with all the money he was making, he seemed bashful when he answered "go buy more stuff to sell!" Ryan gets all of his stuff from yard & estate sales. He is so intense about his selling. He told me that he hates missing yard sales (just like I hate missing flea marketing!) so much so that his family gave him an option weather or not he wanted to go to his older sibilings college graduation in order to go to yard sales. I'm glad he picked the graduation, and he was glad too, he admited!

I was so impressed with this 10 year old. He really knew his stuff. He only buys what he knows is good quality and will sell easily. If he doesn't know a brand, he will research it a lot before he puts anything on his table. He is truly an honest, hard working, ethical little man!

His grandpa's fishing buddy, Louie (27), got the guys into selling at the flea market. Louie's booth is right next to theirs.

"I want to be like Louie when I grow up." -Ryan N.

He really has a lot of great people to look up to in his life. In addition to his grandpa, & Louie, his dad is also a major life influence. His plan is to become a CEO of a "big company" Ryan told me. He wants to open up grocery stores, and such with his dad. What a crazy dream at ten years old, to want to open a grocery store...

At ten, all I could think about was marrying Ashton Kutcher, or being a cosmetologist!

On the oposite end of the specturm is Dot.

Dot Anderson: Jacksonville, FL

For the past 65 years, Dot has been known as the Lace Lady. She has been restoring lace, repurposing lace, and having fun with it since as long as she can remember. She showed me a scrapbook of the numerous articles written about her the newspapers. She was just beaming when she spoke about her lace work.

"The name of the game is: LOVE WHAT YOU DO." -Dot Anderson.

Dot had such a youth to her that my portrait of her does no justice, but this thumbnail may.

Dot Anderson's hair

Dot was just such a delightful lady. She loves being active and the perks of wonderful people passing by, is her favorite thing about this.

"I'd be dead in six months if I wasn't doing this. Seriously." -Dot Anderson

Sounds a lot like Nana.




Away from the flea market blog I would like to give special recognition to Nana right now.

Nana is my hero for obvious reasons. She has always done everything for me. She handles my life even 1,000 miles away at 78 years young.

Nana was about to have her hip replaced when the doctors found breast cancer. Not able to proceed with the hip until other matters were fully taken care of, she recently just finished her 5 weeks of radiation.

I am so proud of her.

I am sure she does not want all of this sad attention drawn to her, and I'm sure she is going to call me, yell at me and tell me to take this off IMMEDIATLY, that nobody needs to know about this.

But Nan, I'm not going to.

You are my hero. I am so thankful to have you, and I am so happy that I am meeting so many old people that can't compare to you. You are such an amazing lady.

Your constant support by reading this (on the iPad I got you!) and talking to me about it means the world to me.

I want all of my readers to know that Nana is absolutly fine. There is nothing to worry about, other than her dirty jokes. Oh, but for the love of Flea Markets, will someone get that lady a new hip!!!


My parents have been such a great help in this project too. I literally could not do it without them. They deserve a lot of credit as to why I am able to do this project.

xoxoxo

The Bargain House of Fleas: Jacksonville, FL 10-9-11

DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU! I HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO FIX THE ECONOMY!!!!


THIS IS A SURE FIRE WAY TO PAY YOUR HOUSE OFF!

DON'T BELIEVE ME?! ASK BONNIE! SHE DID IT!


READY!?

ARE YOU SUUUUURE!?

OHKAY!

Sell you're entire Star Wars collection.

That's all you have to do! It's THAT easy.

Seriously?! I mean... SHUT UP.

Bonnie is a collector. Some would say collector. Others, like my sister who is a professional organizer, would say hoarder.

Bonnie Lucas: Jacksonville, FL

Bonnie knows everything in the world about Beanie Babies. She has over $20,000 invested in her personal collection alone.

With over 4,000 outside of her collection (for sales at the market) she says that shes not doing this for the money. I asked her if she could even make money in Beanie Babies these days, the answer was without a doubt "yes". For the past few years, Bonnie has been selling Beanie Babies at The Bargain House of Fleas in Jacksonville. She also sells toys, books and other childrens items.

She is one of those people that if I saw her randomly again, I know she would come up to me and catch up as if we were old friends.

This market was small, and not a lot of interesting people, or interesting things, but Bonnie did catch my eye. She was really a sweet lady. She made sure to hug me before I left, and reminded me to be safe driving and at the other flea markets.

That is one thing I never get over, is the sweet charm of the south. I would never hear something like that out of the mouths of another midwesterner. Not because we are rude, but because when we say it, it's said to someone we know, love & care about.

Down here- they care about everyone.

The only other things that caught my attention were the following photos:

Live crabs

Coming out to play! (or snap my face off!)

Unique produce stand

$17 for ???? whatever that is

What are these!?!

Love this lady!!!!

The Market Place in Jacksonville: Jacksonville, FL 10-8-1

I want to keep this more about the work I’m making and less about my personal stories along the way, but let me tell you: I’m looking for flea markets, NOT flea bags. Don’t get the wrong impression boys. I will slap you.

This has nothing to do with anyone I met at the market this weekend!!!



I walk in, and hear “Pea-NUUUUTS!” like I were at a ball game. I knew I had to find whoever was yelling about peanuts at 9 am!

Jay Watson: Jacksonville, FL

Jay was one of those people who I saw & didn’t see him as a three-dimension person… I saw him as if he were already being printed into the pages of this book.

Jay is no stranger to the camera. He told me that just last year someone from a local newspaper came to do an article about “stupid people in the cold” as he states it, coming out to the flea markets in the snow. This made me laugh… oh southerners! They do hate the cold!! Joe has been selling at his mother-in-laws hot boiled peanut stand forever he says. They have been in the same spot for FOURTY years! He hasn’t ever missed a single weekend. EVER (hence why he was in the newspaper). Jay loves coming out to The Marketplace weekend, after weekend because it makes good money! The product sells itself as he says, which during our little interview, he made several transactions, without missing a beat.

He explained that business hasn’t worsened since the economy went sour because people love to eat!

There are certain people that during this project change my life, or that I certainly will never forget. Gay happens to be one of them.

From the moment I approached her shed until the moment I left I had a huge smile just because of the person she is.

Thirty-two years ago Gay moved from New Zealand when she married a US sailor. She sold antiques on and off for twenty years and now finds herself selling baby stuff, because that’s where the money is these days. Although Gay is not in this for the money she does appreciate having her own money & not totally dependent of her husband.

In her free time, she volunteers with new refugees from counties like Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sudan & the Ukraine.

As I left, Gay offered me a bottle of water. Just a simple gesture like that really sums up who she really is.

After my encounter with the bounty hunter, I felt like I could take on some bikers.

Abraham Bernstein & Brian Charpiat: Jacksonville, FL

Abraham & Bryan have been friends for over thirty years. They have known each other their entire lives, but have probably only been close for the past twenty some years. The guys hated each other when they were little. Like despised. It got to the point where both of their grandmothers went into their back yard, picked up all of the rocks & sticks and set the boys loose on each other until they could work out their problems. They fought and fought for three hours! By the end of the fight, they were both lying on the ground, barely able to move, but still trying to beat the shit out of the other one.

Since then, they have become best buds. They both were in the Army, but never together (however they did run into each other at one point in the service which they said was really wild!).

They now sell homemade crafted toys, like Marshmallow guns & “Courtney’s Bubble Wand”. The profits for the bubble wands go towards funding for Bryan’s daughter, Courtney’s, cochlear implants.

LaBarba: Jacksonville, FL

La Barbra saw my camera and asked to check it out. She does photography on the side, as a hobby. She began selling at flea markets because she became a compulsive shopper. Now she has people buying things from her!

George had that scowl on his face that was just so precious!

George Sewen: Orange Park, FL

George nodded in approval when I told him I shot Nikon. He was a Navy photographer long ago. During George’s family history research he found out that most of his family were bandits!

At first I am really apprehensive about Eric, he seemed like a crazy man, but turns out that he is really knowledgeable & knows his shit!

Eric was looking at Georges’ cauldron. He was super excited about the piece (he is photographed with) he just acquired. He was so proud to show me that it was signed by the artist & that it had care instructions taped to it- therefor making it art & not a usable vessel any longer.

Eric Garrett: Jacksonville, FL

While asking Eric about his collection he admitted that he has three non-livable houses filled with different collections of shit. Eric seemed to be a serious kook, until he started telling me stuff about Savannah only a true historian would know. The only reason I know what he was saying was true because I also am a huge Savannah history buff!

I learned that Eric is a descendant of some very prominent members of Savannah’s history.

Doesn’t matter what flea market you are at, there is bound to be a few people setting knit goods or knitting.Penny is one of those people but today she was working on a different project; knitted figurines.

Penny McGregor: Jacksonville, FL

I approached Penny truly just because she seemed to be a very welcoming, warm person; which she was. Penny’s gentle nature may come from the fact that she is a Jibawah Indian.

It may be part of her Indian blood to never stay put too long, or do the same thing for a long period of time, but thats only a suggestion as to why she has had such an extensive background. She was in the Air Force for 2 1/2 years, has been a school teacher, fire fighter... and a million other things I couldn’t even write down!

The only constant “job” in her life is knitting & selling at flea markets for the past 20 years.

“Way back in the day”, as Penny puts it, she used to bring her rabbits and  grandma’s spinning wheel to the market, pluck rabbit hair (which apparently doesn’t hurt them) and spin it into the yarn. This tradition ceased when her ex-husband forgot to pay for their storage unit and it was no longer her property. She claims that this isn’t why he is her ex, but I know I sure as hell would make sure he suffered in some way for that! Maybe I’m just a bitch.

Penny says that the worst part of the market is the drunks. Apparently this market has a beer stand somewhere which is obviously a big hit for vendors & shoppers alike.

I had to excuse myself from the conversation after a while, not because Penny wasn't interesting, but because she was too interesting. I could have done a whole project on her (if I were a writer!). I needed a new face for a moment...

Holly Lomison: Jacksonville, FL

Holly was the first person to admit to me that she finds some of her merchandise on the side of the street. Yard sales are obviously another means of collecting goods, but  it all just accumulates after a while so she has no idea where the majority of it comes from. I’m sure it all starts blending together if you’ve been doing this for 44 years!

This story is one that I will always remember.

I’ll be the first to admit, I LOVE the t.v. show Toddlers & Tiaras. LOVE IT! I can’t wait to have children (in a million years!) and hopefully have a daughter who may show interest in doing something on stage like pageants or dance or theater (or we can only hope cheerleading like mommy haha). I’ve even talked to the mom of one of the family I babysit in Savannah about getting any of her three daughters into pageants so I can coach them, and dress them up & help them win money for college/ savings bonds. So when I saw what looked like pageant dresses from a distance I knew I had to go check it out.

Tabitha & her husband James were out with their children Emilee & Zachary to help with the costs of Emilee’s pageants.

Tabitha, James & Emilee Moody: Jacksonville, FL

Emilee was the sweetest little thing ever. She was so polite & adorable; wanting to show me her puppy in his sweater kind of adorable.

Tabitha showing me some of the dresses she is selling

The Moody’s have recently moved out of their large family home, into a mobile home, with two storage lockers in order to be able to afford pageants & live stably.

I was shocked by this. I honestly couldn’t understand how a family could give up so much for pageants for a six year old, who doesn’t even really understand what is going on.

I don't think that this man really knew what was going on either.

Jimeny Cricket: Earth? (maybe...)

Jimeny Cricket. That’s all I got.

Same story for these folks:

Felix & Guadalupe Austin: Jacksonville, FL

Felix did make it a point though to get all of his knock off designer brand boots off the table before I photographed them. I thought it was actually quite funny. Coach would NEVER make those crazy pointy cowboy boots, so why anyone would believe they were real is beyond me. Goodness...

Neon yellow gator skin?

Raw from Nolu: Jacksonville, FL

“Raw” is a rapper from Jacksonville. He generally doesn’t sell at his booth, but has other people selling for him. Raw owns a club in Jacksonville called The Pentagon. Away from that business he is trying to get more involved in the advertising business. “Rappin’ aint free”- Raw From Nolu

Lakewood 400 Antique Market: Cuming, Ga 9-10-11

Hey everyone! I know it has been a while since I posted but lets catch up!!

So my project got approved by my professor right before I got back to Savannah. I was thrilled!!!! I couldn't wait to get on this project hardcore. I didn't think anything could stop me at this point. I knew I was ahead of the game because I had already shot, I knew my concept, and had a lot of work done already.

Let me tell you this; THIS PROJECT IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE!
IT IS CONSUMING ME.
IT IS ALL I EVER THINK ABOUT.
I LIE IN BED AT NIGHT CONJURING UP PEOPLE I WANT TO MEET.
I CANNOT GET IT OFF MY MIND.
IT DRIVES ME TO KEEP WORKING.

IT IS PERFECT.

This is the first time I have ever been excited to keep working on a body of work, not for one cool result (like most shoots- 1 picture that makes it amazing), but to make a body of work that is extensive, unique and quirky.

I go to class. I ask people from GA/NC/SC/FL where they go flea marketing. I ask them to ask their families, and friends where I should go.

I come home from class. I get on four websites that tell me about flea markets, where they are, what they sell, how many vendors... etc...

I spend hours making maps.

Yeah... It's overwhelming to me too!

I spend HOURS... doing this^^^^

So I decided first week of school, I would go up to Cartersville, Ga, to visit a family friend back from Chicago. I knew there would be a TON of flea markets near Atlanta. I had about 15 flea markets on my list of things near Atlanta.

Come to find out: MOST OF THOSE PLACES DON'T EXIST ANYMORE! Obviously as you've read, the economy is the one of the hardest things for sellers. But I didn't think that it was so bad that they would close down. I thought if anything, they'd be thriving due to our nations more thrifty views these past few years!

A lot of the places I wanted to go to were in VERY bad areas. People urged me not to go there. A lot of the places I wanted to attend, weren't what the websites described. Addresses were not correct/didn't exist.

So...

I go to Acworth, GA for a flea market. I left within 15 minutes. (story on a later blog... when I'm ready to share)

At this point, I was loosing all hope for any work to get done in Atlanta. I wasn't mad that this wasn't working. I wasn't disappointed that my hard mapping work was now for nothing. I was discouraged... I was loosing hope that this project would be the goldmine I knew it could be.

I decided to drive another hour to get to Cuming, Ga. I had heard about Lakewood 400 from a few people. No, it wasn't exactly a flea market, but it was as close as I was going to get for the weekend.

(I know, I know, I'll shut up! START HERE:)

Being a little discouraged that this wasn't a flea market, I was thinking that all I was going to find were high end antiques sold by very put together, upper-middle class folks. And for the most part, that's what I got. And I was surprised and what I got from them.

Wendy Parker: Senoia, GA

Wendy had this ora about here that I was immediately draw to. She was selling what I call "country designer antiques". Re-purposed "junk" into something beautiful. She was just a very fun, youthful spirit, even though she was quiet and very composed. She told me she gets a lot of the things she sells by people bringing them to her. Just an absolutely beautiful person; inside & out! I hope I get to run into Wendy again soon, so I can find out more about her products & her story. But I'm glad we became Facebook friends, and have access to her stores page called Ms. Wendy's Antiques.

But... I did get to find out a little about her friend Bennie..

Wendy Parker: Senoia, GA & Bennie Palmen; Columbus, GA

Bennie & Wendy have been friends for a while now and have been selling together for about three years. They recently did the 1,000 mile yard sale (or whatever it's called) together. Bennie owned a general store for quite some years. He told me how he used to collect a lot of old gas/oil cans... That brought him in some good money back in the day. Sometimes up to $9,000 per show! But now, this is all just play money. He does it for fun... which is something I love finding out! I don't quite remember what I asked him but he told me he has a 1949 N Ford Tractor. (I think I was supposed to be pretty impressed... =]  lol)

Bags being sold by Ms. Wendy made by her friend Rachel Eden (Birmingham, AL)

Right next door to Wendy & Bennie was someone I am so glad to have met.

Nathan Owens: Alpharetta, GA

Nathan grew up in the Bay area. Since then he has worked his way across to Alabama, down to Georgia and is (as he quotes) "on his way to retirement in Costa Rica. When I asked him why Costa Rica he told me "There are fish. There are plants. There are sailboats." I think this is a wonderful answer. He is putting himself in that easy going lifestyle so he can retire joyfully. I am so sorry I don't have photos of Nathan’s pieces but I can do my best to explain. He takes BIG PIECES of reclaimed lumber, and uses them in his furniture. He has been doing woodworking since he was 8 years old. I think this is HIGHLY impressive. But I love his future idea... Nathan loved finding out I was Jewish. He said that Rastafarian's are the closest to the Jewish people as any other way of life/faith. He said that he know's its an odd thing to think about, but that Jewish caskets are not beautiful generally. He wants to make beautiful caskets, from his reclaimed wood, peg everything together (no nails or screws) and market towards people of the Jewish faith. I don't know if I could ever word what he said as elegantly as he did, but you get the jist of it. I found out that this whole reclaimed wood thing that he is doing is not some new eco-friendly trend he just got into. He has been environmentally conscience his whole life. his current home, is built out of reclaimed wood, by hand, by himself. I wondered what would happen to his house when he moved to Costa Rica. He told me it would be given to his children. I hope they appreciate it. I know I would.

I asked Nathan what was holding him back from moving. He said he is a school bus driver and sees no reason to leave just yet. He asked me how long I would be in town. I told him it would only be for the day. He was disappointed when he told me " I would have loved to have been photographed with my dreadlocks down." I told him I would love to see them down. He explained it is a whole process to get them back up... They are SEVEN FEET LONG.

$#!*!!!!! And I thought I had long hair!

He told me every time he takes them down, he has to use a new pair of pantyhose to put them back up in, because by then, they are too stretched out! When he does wash his hair, he uses SEVEN OR EIGHT towels to damp dry his hair. By the end, all of the towels are soaking wet. Now me, my hair goes down my back, to my butt. It takes a few hours to air dry, up to 10 hours depending on the humidity and activity level....

Get ready for this:

FOURTY FIVE DAYS TO DRY HIS HAIR.

I leave you with that.

Hand Cut Bowls $68 kinda cute!

So I didn't have much luck finding people who interested me with their junk or their faces... So this was towards the end of the day when I was pooped & ready to leave. But something told me not to leave just yet.

Thankfully I didn't. I met some really wonderful people..

Ruth Curtis: Palmetto, GA & Art Klug: Marietta, GA

 I was drawn to Art's shirt from Antique Roadshow. My dad would have loved to talk to him... it happens to be his favorite show!

Ya know, sometimes I really don't have a wonderful story to tell you. You have to remember, I am a photographer first... I'm not going to make up some lie and be like yes, I was so drawn to x,y,z... Sometimes I just want to talk to a man who looks like Santa & his friend. That's all. And I'm sorry for that. But don't think that I'm not amused that Art bought a planter for $3 at Goodwill & another vendor at the show at Scotts came up to him and said, I'll trade you every antique I'm selling for this planter. Yeah... it was worth A LOT!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS THE BUSINESS OF ANTIQUES AND VENDING.

I knew my body couldn't take anymore shooting. The camera around my neck, hour after hour... the on my feet walking, the pain my eyes were in from looking at so much clutter... I just wanted to crash in on my couch SO bad at this point... Kind of like Shirley.

Shirley Mogan: Alpharetta, GA

Shirley had the right idea. And she should, after selling at Lakewood 400, for eight years. She had this big old comfy chair, and her blankie, and her yarn all set up, like she was at home, relaxing. And yeah, after dealing with paralegal work & accounting work all day (BLEH!!) why wouldn't she want to just crash?! Obviously Shirley sells knitted works of art... But it's not just what she does. It's who she is. She put it best by saying "I have a thing for yarn". I believe her. I mean wow!!! SO MUCH YARN IN THE PICTURE. It's a lot to handle. But one day, I'd really love to see this half closet of yarn she is so proud to tell me about. I really have no idea what it would look like.


So folks- thats about it. You can agree with me here when I say Atlanta wasn't the goldmine I thought it would be. It was a slow day here in Cuming, Georgia.

Yarn wrapped around bobbin $15

Sometimes, it's just better to admit defeat and plan again.

Grayslake Antique & Flea Market 8-13-11

Hey yall!!! Yet another awesome day at the flea market! This week I went to Lake County Fair Grounds and really enjoyed this project. I talked to more people than I normally would have & instead of being on a mission to find some crazy stuff, I was out to find some unique people & hear some great stories.


I began by talking to Saundra Kelly.

Saundra Kelly: Bangor, MI

To break the ice with most vendors, I'd ask them "If the market set fire right now what would you grab?"
Most would answer "My wife/husband" and wink at me. But Saundra was very proud of her furniture she posed with. She told me how she had recently seen the exact same piece she is photographed with in some "country design" magazine. She couldn't wait to tell me she had the same advertised $1,900 multi-drawed pieced for only $800. Saundra is a retired government employee and enjoys selling at flea markets. Her grandson, Leo, also happens to be one of the cutest 8 year olds I've met in a while. He was helping her. She is a beautiful woman we can all agree. She has this exotic look about her doesn't she?!

I didn't find much else I wanted to see outside, so I head into the main building of the fair grounds and came across two people having a conversation.

Nancy Brown: Zion, IL & Clem Wirfs: Johnsburg, IL

I had to stop and talk to these two. I appologized for inturupting their conversation & asked them if they wouldn't mind being photographed for the blog. They had no idea what I saw in them just standing there, but there is so much to be told from this simple photograph.

Clem was such a sweet man. He told me that Nancy & him had been friends for over 30 years. I only had a moment to photograph them together because he was about to leave but I think im OBSESSED with this shot.

Nancy is a 10 year Cancer survivor. Her stage 4 Uterine, turned Cervical Cancer has been beat & now she stands proudly, smoking her cigarillo. She can do what she wants... I like her.

Inside, I saw a ton of famillar faces from Kane County (last week).

 

Allan Smessart: Kankakee, IL

Huge Sollo: Kankakee, IL

Allan & Huge sell the most amazing, brilliant plants ever. I cannot even begin to discribe how insane these beautiful plants are, and how full of knowledge these two are full of. Huge was really against getting his picture taken, but gave in after talking with me for a while about my project. Seems like people are really liking this idea?  To check out their plants, and information about Acorn Markets (their booth) click HERE!!


Joe was one of the best people I met all day. I introduced myself, and said that I went to SCAD, the Savann- COULDN'T EVEN FINISH SAYING SAVANNAH & HE WAS CALLING TO HIS BUSINESS PARTNER SANDY,  "WE GOT A SCADDIE!!!!!!!" 

Joe Kenz: Culver, IN

I love connecting with people who know the arts as well as Joe did. If you know about Savannah, you know about the paper mill... yet ANOTHING thing Joe & I connected on. Growing up in Kalamazoo, he knows that glorious stink. Joe is a very creative man. Sandy & him have a business called Rhubarb Reign Inc. Antiques & Design where they not only find their products themselves, but if it's not the way they want it to look, they redesign it to be that way. If you click here, you can see their blog & here for their facebook site. I could have spent hours talking to Joe. He was a cool dude. (Sandy was busy helping customers!)

Joe also sold me these portraits:

Velvet framed portraits $8 each

I paid only $12... they were pretty...


I first connected with Heather by talking about her granddaughters who both are very artistic.

Heather Steger: Forest Park, IL

 Again, I asked her what would she grab if the market set on fire. She showed me her quilts. She really just lit up when she posed with theses. I loved her story about how her first bedroom set cost her $30. She was so scared her husband was going to kill her because she wasn't used to having money... Needless to say, he was thrilled!

Oh man! ROBIN....So I had to shoot Robin. He reminded me so much of Savannah Dan.

Robin McDaniel: Lake Zurich, IL

Savannah Dan (I do NOT own this photo, I found it online!)

 For those of you who dont know who Savannah Dan is, he gives walking tours of Savannah all dressed up like a true southern gentleman.

Much like Savannah Dan, Robin is full of so much knowledge. He invented some kind of nuclear  reactor, and is a scientist of some sorts. Yall should know, I'm not that smart to keep up with that kind of science conversation, so I politely nodded yes, opened my eyes real big and said UGHHUUUH!! He said his favorite thing from his collection, is books! My mom & I have to look out for him at the Ela Library real soon!

Cute feller who sold my my Brownie Jr. $9

 I'm sad I didn't catch this mans name. He was sweet, but didn't seem interested in talking to me much, so I got my camera & a photo & went on my way.

"Mom": Illinois

"Mom"'s daughter was not interested in me talking to her mother, but was willing to let me take a picture or two. Mom was a sweet lady I just had to shoot!


Now yall havent seen Patty before, but you've seen her products before on Kendal's blog from last week. Patty sells BEAUTIFUL prints! I had to talk to her for a second!

Patty Suttle: Aurora, IL

Patty sold me some great prints.

Map of Georgia $1

Anatomy drawings $1 each

Scientific Beetle drawing $1