Rose Bowl Flea Market

Steve and I went to Pasadena's Rose Bowl Flea Market on Sunday. I am looking for a free-standing shelf on which to place my paints and brushes. No luck with the shelf, but I did come away with some cool treasures!

The opera glasses were totally unexpected. I don't know if I like the glasses or the case better. When the seller agreed to $20, I couldn't say no. I thought they'd be wonderful in an assemblage.

I found a lot of different, old bottles. One of them is still half-filled with pills! (Don't worry... I'm not going to try them!) There are some buttons which might be terrific at Fiberfest. And there's also some old door and drawer hardware, which I plan to use in my mixed media canvas work. I bought 12 old photos, too, which aren't in this picture. Lastly, there's a great old box with the best patina ever. It has a sweet floral painting on top. It's one of the earlier boxes produced by a company in Italy called Borghese. No matter where I am, if there's a Borghese box, I will pick it up. This is the second one I've purchased.

All in all it was a fantastic day. I'm anxious to get back painting, however. I thought today would be productive, but I've spent *ALL* day at various doctor's offices. Ugh. Tomorrow should be better.