{"id":6499,"date":"2011-06-23T02:39:14","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T06:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2011-06-23T02:39:14","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T06:39:14","slug":"my-idea-of-fun-as-shown-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=6499","title":{"rendered":"My idea of fun {as shown in photos}"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was officially the first day of summer vacation in our house. \u00a0I woke up to my 10 year old son asking if he could make pancakes. \u00a0Well, of course!<\/em> He makes pancakes from scratch that leaves everyone looking for seconds. \u00a0Not having to scramble out the door at 7:30 a.m. and breakfast being made for ME – I could get used to this! \u00a0The reality of filling the day with 4 boys at home caught up with me quickly, however. \u00a0It will all go by too fast though, I’m afraid. \u00a0I live for the summer and I’m going to savor every single day.<\/p>\n

I finally uploaded pictures from the weekend – a dream weekend for us, really. \u00a0My Dad (bless him) took all 3 of the older boys to the beach. They surfed (and came home with bruised faces from being tossed upside down in the waves – my Dad included), played putt putt and went to Dumsers<\/a> for icecream. \u00a0Meanwhile Randy and I packed our little guy, our pup, and our bags and once again headed to our favorite antiquing destination, Adamstown<\/a>, PA (blogged about it here<\/a>). \u00a0There is so much to see here that I didn’t even make it to all of the antique malls.<\/p>\n

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This time around we found Crystal Springs<\/a> (once known as Addams Spring), a source of pure water and frequented by locals for many years. \u00a0It is fascinating to learn that historians believed that an Indian village once stood in this vicinity. \u00a0While checking out the spring, an amazing retro truck pulled up (and what color!). \u00a0We got to talking to the nice owner about his 1958 Chevrolet Apache<\/a>. \u00a0It turns out he is a trucker and saw this truck for sale while driving his route, sitting there on a farm. \u00a0He drove right by but later wondered why he had not stopped to inquire about it. \u00a0He told himself he would stop the next time if it was still there. \u00a0Sure enough, the truck was still there on his next run and he stopped to buy it. \u00a0He invited us to hop in. \u00a0It’s not every day that I get to sit behind the wheel of \u00a01950’s classic!<\/p>\n

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What could be better than stopping for ice cream at a local favorite? \u00a0A scoop of ice-cream, chocolate shake, and a rootbeer float were enjoyed by a stream while watching the ducks. \u00a0Now speaking of food, later that night we drove over to Lancaster and had the most amazing dinner at Miller’s<\/a>…. anyone heard of this smorgasbord? \u00a0We are planning a trip back to Lancaster just to go back again!<\/p>\n

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Adamstown has a few antique malls and flea markets that only open on Sunday. \u00a0The flea markets are open before 6:00 a.m. \u00a0I was determined to go this time, and we made it there not long after 7:00 – not too bad after staying up so late on Saturday night. \u00a0I found many treasures and spoke to nice vendors. \u00a0Our little guy spotted an old metal wheel barrow and had the best time wheeling it up and down the dusty rows. \u00a0Much to everyone’s amusement, he proudly filled his wheel barrow with sticks and rocks.<\/p>\n

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Let’s now jump to one of my best finds – ever. \u00a0This one was a steal. \u00a0There it was, sitting in all of it’s old leather glory on the $2.00 <\/em>table. \u00a0I couldn’t believe it. \u00a0I left it right where I saw it and went to find the dealer; surely it wasn’t meant to be on that table. \u00a0The dealer seemed almost apologetic when he told me there were no pictures inside the antique CDV (carte-de-visite)\/tintype album. \u00a0I couldn’t pay for my surprise find fast enough! \u00a0I have an antique album collection (I’d love to share in a future post), and this tiny treasure is one of my new favorites. \u00a0I really couldn’t believe my good fortune.<\/p>\n

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It was a lucky album day. \u00a0My husband spied this near-complete (missing one year) collection of Naval Academy Lucky Bag year books from the early 1930’s. \u00a0As a Naval Academy<\/a> graduate, these treasured yearbooks always catch his eye when he happens upon them. \u00a0He truly appreciates that these pre-WWII era albums are quite rare. \u00a0We’ve found that albums this old can range in price from $75 to over $200 and he was lucky to purchase all 3 for $40.00. \u00a0The 1930’s era art found inside is remarkable.<\/p>\n

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Here is a sweet old jewelry box (yet another collection) that I found. \u00a0I filled the box with some of the earbobs and pins that I collected over the weekend. \u00a0I can’t resist the romance of flowers and rhinestones.<\/p>\n

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I’ll end this post with a couple of initial pins – one for me and one for a special friend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for visiting, so happy you stopped by!<\/p>\n

-Cindy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today was officially the first day of summer vacation in our house. \u00a0I woke up to my 10 year old son asking if he could make pancakes. \u00a0Well, of course! He makes pancakes from scratch that leaves everyone looking for seconds. \u00a0Not having to scramble out the door at 7:30 a.m. and breakfast being made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiques-and-vintage-treasures","category-life-and-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}