Junk Hippy Roadshow and a Brown Recluse

FleaQuest has finally staked a place in my heart.  Months ago I came upon Flea Market Style Magazine, and FleaQuest is their go-to guide for vintage/antique/repurposed marketplaces by date and location.  So DFL and I hit the Junk Hippy Roadshow today in Tulsa after we cleaned up a crime scene at home.  

I am a barefoot-at-home type of gal.  It's better on my feet, and keeps dirt from getting tracked into the house. So we have a shoes-in-the-closet policy, and the kids miraculously abide.  Wandering happily down the main hall of our home (barefoot of course), I saw two small insects marching in sync.  No biggie right?  As I approached them, I had to take a second look.  It was a spider and a beetle, about the same 1/2 inch size.  The spider was brown and 6-legged, and was stalking this poor black beetle across the hall.  He eventually reached the beetle, crawled on top of him and began furiously spitting out his webbing to tie the sucker up!  By this time my husband, father-in-law and son are ready to pounce.  Is there a violin shape on the spider's back?  If so, it's the dreaded brown recluse, stalking his prey in our own home!  You be the judge.

The heebie geebies were flowing strong.  What better an escape than some Junk Hippy Roadshow?  So many wonderful repurposed furniture pieces, art, antiques, clothing, vintage quilts, and other notions.  Catch em while you can. 

WIP Wednesday

As promised, progress on Amish With A Twist II.  Block I completed.

Transplant's Pantry

How many women do I know that rave about food co-ops?  My roommate in college, my mother-in-law, and countless others who possess that cooking soul and demand fresh, organic products for their culinary creations.  

Since we're transplants for awhile, and I'm officially weary of the cost necessary to feed my family humanely by means of Whole Foods, I decided to do the homework on food co-ops.

Today my son and I made the trip to Anner's Pantry, a Tulsa, OK based organic, as-local-as-possible food co-op.  What a treasure, in true Glass Collector spirit!  Fruit and veggie bags, juice bags, weekender bags, meat, dry goods, spices, you name it!  

Anner and her family run the co-op out of their home in Maple Ridge, something reminiscent of  Dorothy's Kansas home transplanted to OZ.  I fully expected to find two legs in striped stockings and boots emerging from the slab as we approached the porch.  And as if this delectable discovery weren't enough, Anner maintains an enormous circular herb garden in her front yard.  Members may come to pick herbs at their leisure, day or night.  Just bring a pair of shears if it's after hours!