A beautiful weather day can make you do interesting things..

Our day started early as we headed out to our favorite flea and farmers market.  Found quite a few goodies and some yummy produce as well.....

THEN.... we headed off to Hershey PA to attend the largest RV show in the USA.  Large it was.  I have no idea how many RVs were there but it was definite a sea of white roofs as we approached.  The show was held at the "Giant Center"  the place where the Hershey Bears hockey team plays as well as other events, including this one.

Because I had done my research before we went we knew just which area to go to first and almost immediately found the new camper I had found that I thought absolutely met out needs.

You see, we currently own a 13 ft little camper.   It has pretty much all we needed.  However, we were beginning to suffer from the "Three Foot Disease"..... meaning if we just had three more feet it would be perfect.

So we only looked at 16 and 17 foot campers.  We are somewhat limited as we do not drive a big truck, but instead have mini vans so the weight limit was lower.  AND to park it where we need to park it at home also meant it can't be too long or too heavy.

So after all the research I did I came up with one!!!  It is made by KZ-RV company and it is called the Sportsman Classic.  The word "classic" was added because it was made in  a retro style, with all the modern conveniences.  We spent time looking at other offerings in the show but kept coming back to this one.   My feet knew we did a lot of walking too.  Finally we made the big decision.  It is now ours.  We bought the one they had at the show because it was a very good deal!
Here is a picture of the one we bought.  For more info on it you can go to the KZ-RV website.  Ours is a 16BH, meaning it has two bunks.  And the dinette area turns in to a bed as well.   It has a real shower in the bath, something our other one did not. There is plenty of storage though we don't need all that much since we generally only take 3 or 4 day excursions. 

We will go to do final paper work next Monday and probably pick it up the following week.  In the meantime we have one more bluegrass festival to attend so our little Fun Finder (that is it's brand name) will go on its farewell tour with us.  Probably a little bittersweet cause it has been very good to us..... but we will be ready to enjoy the new one after that!

On the way home we ordered a pizza which arrived shortly after we got home, the end of a perfect day.

Tea Cup Tuesday

 Here I am, once again at Teacup Tuesday.  Please be sure to visit the hosts blogs and

all the other people that are joining in on the fun showing off their tea cups.

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This week I will show you a tea cup and a teapot featuring English Cottages.  
I love the English cottages and so it was natural that I was drawn to this teapot and teacup.

This set shows a thatched roof cottage.  The cup and saucer are bone china by Royal Vale.

The Tea Pot is not bone china, but porcelain.  It is made by Arthur Wood and Son.
I have a few other cottage cup and saucers.  I will show them another time.

 

I hope you have enjoyed this week's choices.

Tea Cup Tuesday

This has been a fast week.  Suddenly we are back at Tea Cup Tuesday.

 Tea Cup Tuesday

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This week I am sharing with you a teacup that features Lily of the Valley.   

 The cup and saucer is a Royal Dover.  Bone China from England.  I know, not a Royal Albert.

  But I do like other types as well.

This one has special meaning because it was one of the favorite flowers of my Mother in Law.  She is no longer with us.  But when I see Lily of The Valley or Violets growing in the spring I always think of her.

I remember when the kids were little and we would visit her, they would go out into the field in front of her house and pick wildflowers for her.  They would occasionally find Lily of the Valley and Violets.  The two flowers also grow at the graveyard where she is buried.  Too bad they only bloom for a short time each year.

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 Lily of the Valley and Violets are two of my favorite spring flowers as well.  I have them growing almost wild here in my yard in the spring.  What a treat it is.

Tea Cup Tuesday

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Here I am with my 4th Tea Cup Tuesday entry.  Last week I told you I had purchased two tea cups when I went to New Brunswick.  Here is the second one.

If you look closely you may notice that this one is very similar to one of the violet teacups I showed a couple of weeks ago. They are both part of a series of Canadian Provincial Flowers.  The violet one, two weeks ago represented New Brunswick.  The one this week is the provincial flower of  Newfoundland and Labrador.  It is the Pitcher Plant.  Lovely don't you think.    

It is another Royal Albert tea cup.  I like a number of different brands of the bone china tea cups but Royal Albert is definitely my favorite. 

 Here is a link to more information on the provincial flowers of Canada.

Other peoples gardens inspire me.

We have been home from our travels for a few days and are slowly seeing life get back to normal.  The car is still fully unpacked however.  But we will get to it.

Meanwhile, going back over all the pictures I took along the way I found that after pictures at the various flea markets, the next most popular pictures were taken in gardens of the friends and family we visited and stayed
with.

The pictures are from three different gardens. The first one was in a garden in Gloucester, Mass..  I loved the ceramic mushrooms.

The next two were in Maine.

And the final two were taken in New Brunswick, Canada

 

I hope you enjoyed the pictures.  They have given me some ideas.

Tea Cup Tuesday

While on vacation last week in New Brunswick, Canada I made it my mission to find a special teacup.   I found one and bought it and then I found another so had to buy it too.  But then stopped looking!!!

I will show one this week and the other next week. So be sure to check me out then.

This tea cup is a Royal Albert.  I don't know the name but I just loved it. Look at the delicate little yellow flowers flowing down the sides of the cup and the plate.  This cup and saucer would have to be for a special occasion.

Flea markets in Maine

When we lived in Maine I loved going to flea markets and we still enjoy visiting them when we go back to Maine. We were there last week and here are a few pictures of one where they had a LOT of Maine type stuff.

 Wish we could get here more often.