We stopped at an antique/consignment shop that was having an outside sale with lots of vendors. They had everything from Victorian copper to rocks. Yes, someone was selling rocks, shaped like they could possibly be pestles for a mortar-and-pestle. I didn’t buy those, but I did get a horseshoe that I want to clean up and paint, and a . . . well, it’s hard to describe the other thing. What is really is, is a larger-than-life cast-iron locust. It’s about 10 inches long, painted dark green and has a heavy glass interior shell where a small candle could be put, although I can’t imagine why that would seem like a good idea. The candle light would show thru the spaces in the wings and thru a small hole on the top of the thing. I am not sure a giant illuminated locust would be a stunning visual image – I just want it to hold down the corner of the outside rug. It was only $1, and is certainly unique!
For a late breakfast we got hot dogs at a vendor, then walked across the street to a motorcycle sale and found they were giving away hot dogs and brats for free…so we tried some of theirs, too. Then we went to the big Swap Meet near Apache Junction. It was here when Randy worked in the area and is still going strong. Randy bought a hat because his other wide-brim hat is about worn out, and you don’t want to be without a hat in this area. We also got a couple of red shirts. These shirts are dyed red by a process that uses the red mud around here, and the company that makes them was on the Dirty Jobs TV show. In today’s world folks can get famous for the strangest things, but I can’t argue the point – after all, we did buy the shirts! I also bought a camera case and some tiny cacti for an outside planter.
So…now we are ready to start our Arizona winter!
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