Seaside Community Yardsale 2011 - 3

You really never know what you will see at this yard sale. Jars of marbles. Vintage dresses. Galvanized watering cans full of lavender. Pink ribbons. Red framed mirrors. Blue enamel tea pots. Old suitcases. Furniture with so much character that you swear it is talking to you. Leopard print lampshades. A child's smocked dress...the list goes on and on.

A feast for the eyes and the imagination.

"Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

Off to Seaside we go...6

Well...we are on part 6. Only one more to go after this one!

I had mentioned the pottery. This is one example of some of their work.

"... keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Off to Seaside we go...5

"Love is like the little red toy wagon you get for your Christmas... It makes you deliriously happy and you just can't leave it alone."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Mario Puzo (Fools Die)

Off to Seaside we go...4

"The entire summer was perfect, the kind of summer everyone should have. "
¸.•*´¨`♥ Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook)

Off to Seaside we go...3

And so it continues...

"... I love everything about motels. I can't help myself."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Bill Bryson (I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away)

Off to Seaside we go...2

The trip to Seaside was so much more to me this time than 'the beach'. Somehow cloth, texture, tactile...all worked into my feelings during the visit. I saw beautiful racks of clothing. Folds of material. Baskets full of twisted, colorful scarves. Shelves holding seashells and blue glass jars. Warm rows of hand crafted pottery. Baskets of candles. Wooden boxes overflowing with metal stars. It was all warm, comforting. So in this Seaside series, Off to Seaside We Go, you will see evidence of this.

The light and sheerness of this rack of blouses whispered to me. I was in awe.

"Today's woman likes to have a hint of lace showing under a white blouse..."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Barbara Lipton

Off to Seaside we go...1

I'll post our trip to Seaside. This is actually a combo of two trips...One weekend then the next. It was like we couldn't get enough of going up Hwy. 98 to Seaside.

I'm starting with this picture of the beach because it is just so Seaside.

"i thank god for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees & for the blue dreams of sky & for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes."
¸.•*´¨`♥ E.E. Cummings