I unloaded the car first thing. Just have a big box to bring in but may wait until my offspring are here on Weds. I went to Llandod and got some shopping - just £42 this week, but then the only meal type food was a big tray of mince for £7.50 which will feed me for two nights (Cajun Dirty Rice) and one portion in the freezer, and then a Mince Cobbler with cheesey scone topping for Weds to feed all of us. After all the driving to and fro at the weekend, I had to put yet more diesel in the car. I also came to the end of the latest Audible book - Ken Follet's latest, Circle of Days, which I can recommend. It's about the building of Stonehenge.
On a winter's day, the sofa is the best place to be. Alfie was by me on the recliner.
Cajun Dirty Rice, my meal for tonight and tomorrow and a portion for the freezer.
Some more stands. The little brass figures on this stand sold well. But you would need to sell an awful lot of them to cover the cost of the double pitch. There used to be a lovely couple who had the stand next to ours, back in the day, and they specialized in brass and copper, but the bigger pieces. They retired just before Covid hit.
This painting on Richard Bebb's stand was intriguing, with quotes from the Bible written all over it.
I have to say, not this one, but a couple of stands were very glass and china-heavy (as those are readily available and cheap to buy) but it would drive me mad at the end of a long and tiring weekend, to have to wrap up 150 breakables. It took me half an hour to sort mine, and then an hour to go and get the car, try and park somewhere near the doorway, and then walk back and forth and pack it neatly. I might add, there were LOTS of new traders in the Fair, and they were selling to the cheaper end of the market. If people don't buy, the traders have no option but to go elsewhere.
Tomorrow I have made an executive decision that my "wages" for the weekend are going to be £21 worth of well grown dark pink Hellebore from the expensive garden centres. I reckon I more than earned one!
I love your wages, good for you!
ReplyDeleteWell, I could go up to the nursery near Crossgates and hope they have one in that colour at their cheaper prices - but it doesn't open on a Monday, so I couldn't go on there from Llandod after I'd shopped. The other place is a BIG Garden Centre with all sorts of goodies inside too. I am hoping they still have some dark pink Hellebores left.
DeleteI love the picture of the cats. Do you have a recipe for that cajun dirty rice? it looks rather tasty
ReplyDeleteIt's from A Pinch of Nom, but their recipe is more complicated. Mine is more "bung it" so I will give you my simpler version. It is VERY tasty.
DeleteIt's nice to see your cats sharing the sofa. My Mayze hates the two boys. They will share my bed during the daytime, but at opposite ends.
ReplyDeleteCats can be very territorial or just plain jealous. My Alfie (the ginger and white one) is very jealous and I have to be careful to make a fuss of him if I have been stroking the others or his nose will be out of joint.
DeleteI love those types of market, we have a good one over in Elsecar, Barnsley but don't think it's started back up yet.
ReplyDeleteThere was a lot more happening antiques-wise when we lived in Carmarthen, and lots of car boot sales to go to, but after Covid a couple of car boots were shut down, as were a couple of good big ones in Herefordshire. Now there isn't a car boot sale nearer than almost in Hereford, and that's mostly tat being sold - lots of pink plastic kids' toys and stuff no-one wants or needs.
DeleteThe Cajun rice looks delish! Recipe? I only ever used a boxed version, not pretty like yours.
ReplyDeleteI love that your wages will buy you a hellebore. Will it stay indoors or be planted outside? Do they come back each year and multiply?
Previous post: Why do you think your snowdrops didn't ''take''. They seem very hardy, a few bloom here every year tho they don't look happy or spread.
Yup, I'll put up my bung-it recipe for you. I nearly always cook from scratch as so much that is bad for you can be found in UPF foods (ultra processed). Too much salt, sugar, fats, preservatives, emulsifiers etc.
DeleteThe Hellebore is a perennial which lives outside. I don't really do house plants - just ones I have been gifted. Snowdrops don't spread much through bulb division. The best bet is to keep buying more bulbs and adding to what is already there.
Now that is a great way to spend your wages.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I totally agree! The rest is earmarked to pay for the oil delivery and the central heating boiler service.
Deleteoh, dear, what happened to minimum wage?
ReplyDeleteAntique dealers do it for love!
DeleteAntiques seem to be out of style at the moment, in favor of a more modern look — but they will roll back into style, it’s just a matter of when!! Soon, I hope!
ReplyDeleteWell, yes and no. It depends what you are selling. The wife of my friend across the valley here sells LOTS of things to America, but she specializes in old fabrics, old lace, Victoriana, random bits. Good vernacular pieces of Welsh furniture, esp. if small, sell well. Signage always has a market. Studio pottery, treen, militaria, and of course for decor, things which have "the look" - whatever the trend is at the current time. People still collect Kitchenalia too, old slipware dishes etc. We are in Wales, which is the problem, as you are more reliant on local, somewhat parochial, customers - out for a day out. Nearer to London it is a whole different ball game. Same in the Cotswolds.
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