An Afternoon at the Flea Market
January 13, 2007
- Park in a mud puddle under a tree
- A Santa-look-alike sharpening knives, "I can engrave that for ya" he smiles
- Pit bull puppies asleep in a laundry basket, "$250.00 each"
- Roosters, roosters, roosters and a chicken
- Handmade beaded necklaces from Ghana, "these are called watermelon beads"
- Comic books "look for old editions of Silver Surfer"
- Hermit crabs, red sliders, hamsters, chinchillas, and salamanders all in modified Rubbermaid
- Banana leaves, oranges, tomatoes, ginger root, cactus, collard greens, kiwi fruit
- Tables full of yard sale leftovers
- Forgotten treasures spread on the grass
- Marked down, miss-matched, discontinued, damaged
- "it fell off the back of the truck"
- Pony rides
- Greasy hamburgers and hot French fries, cover in ketchup and shoo the flies
- Tools, tools and more tools, "What are ya looking for? I bet I got it"
- Hand painted signs, American Fold Art at its most natural
- "I like casts, they taste like chicken"
- "I shot John's Deere"
- "Rednecks shouldn't breed"
- Butterfly knives, hunting knives, pocket knives, Ninja stars, Katonah's, swords, numb chucks
- Tattoos and piercing wherever you want them
- Boiled peanuts
- Guitar lessons
- CDs, DVDs, cell phone accessories, ball caps and sunglasses, everything you need to look cool
I could go on but my feet are tired and they're putting the stuff away.
