Out of town up in the High Country

My BFF Gail invited me up to Payson to stay in their RV for the weekend (beginning last Thursday).  Needless to say, we shopped til we dropped!!  And we did drop on the couch Friday afternoon to catch a nap before dinner!!  It is a little cooler up there and it is a higher altitude.  And it is forest!!  Just refreshing!!

First great find I want to share with you:

I can't resist a good old tinted photo.  This one is of the Sonoran Desert and I couldn't leave it behind.  Especially since the frame is very old.  Price:  $2.00!!  (((smiles)))

Here is the grouping of old tinted photos on the wall of my great room.  I tried a straight-on shot, but there was a big reflection in the large photo of Yosemite.  The tiny photo at the top right is a signed Wallace Nutting.  He was a pioneer in tinting photographs.

Next great find from Chrisy's Cottage in Payson.  Her husband takes photos of the dress forms in her shop and then alters them.  (You should see the dressed forms she has in her shop!  Would knock your socks off!!  Wish I had taken pics!)  I fell in love with this one!  So me!  Petticoats, dress forms, corsets and crowns!!  All the stuff I look for to put in my booth at Merchant Square.  I really don't have much of it at home, however.

Here is where the petticoat picture is going to hang for the time being in my bedroom.  That is the only place in my house that is "girlie".  I play with shabby chic in my booth and that is enough!!  I love it, but not so much in my house.

More tomorrow!!  Found some great things!!!

My weekend with my VBFF#1

My friend Gail (VBFF#1) invited me up to Payson to spend a few days in the cooler air of The Rim Country. Gail and her hubby have parked their RV up there for the summer months. I must say it was cooler, and we had a ball shopping. More on our adventures as the week progresses as well as pics of my finds.
On Friday, after spending the entire morning at yard sales, thrift stores, antique shops and having breakfast in Strawberry, we ventured to the Mogollon Rim to spend some time at Woods Canyon Lake. However, as we drove up there the clouds built up quickly to very black and once we made the turn off, we were pounded by rain (some of it "chunky") and by the time we reached the lake it was a downpour! Lightning flashing close by and thunder pounded! This is the view from the car. The temperature in Payson when we left was 98 degrees. The temperature at Woods Canyon Lake was 54 degrees! A 44 degree drop in a half hour drive and about 2000 feet more in altitude.

This is the boat launch and you can see the rain running off into the lake and that it is pouring!
Another view of the lake through the window. There was even a boater out there making his way back to the marina to get out of this storm!

We didn't stay there long. But it is a beautiful lake. I had never been there. Next time I visit Gail in Payson, we plan go again. We have planned to take a picnic lunch spend some relaxing time by this pretty lake.

Arizona has most everything -- except a beach on an ocean!