A visit to Found Around / Fred's World

On a recent trip to the Hill Country we had a chance to visit Andy and Susan of Found Around. They shared their family and 10 acres of Freds World, where they are turning a former Army warehouse into a home. My camera battery died, so I had to take these shots of the area with my cell phone.

An Outside Living area of Fred's World

More room outside!!

This is the Bucket tree a hill country exclusive

This is going to be a table someday. Andy has the eye of an artist, the dreams of a cowboy, and the skills and abiltiies for both. Susan is supportive of their dreams, and Andy too.

This represents what happens in the Hill Country for stuff that stays a little too long. It is a metal vulture at the trough.

This is Andy and Susan's grand baby who won a blue ribbon for best cow at the Halloween Carnival that was held in town.

I look forward to more road trips, hearing from you, and seeing more of this grow.

Halfway there

The Travel trailer is in place, the BIG tent is up. Most of my inventory is there, not displyed, but ready to go. There were even early buyers out and about. Gas and food are available, all we need is you. My buddie Theresa is coming this week to spend a couple days in the field, and to sell her great stuff at Zapp Hall. Be sure to look for us on Porta-Potty row at the Bar -W field.

Renee

A view of Town Square Mall

These are some pictures of the mall where I have a space. It is in Sulphur Springs Texas. Owners are Tony and Marjorie Martin. They have around 20 dealers. They have a good mix of items and is known for their good country inventory. I try to get up there once a month to change my booth around and attend Bright Star auction .

http://brightstarantiques.com

Enjoy this sampling of the store.

A quick note from the blogger helper

It is not as much hating the junk as it is practing moving it. Some of the fabulous buys in the garage have changed places more frquently than I change underwear. I subscribe to the "make it easy plan" yes, where would you like this moved to? Now I need to work on her attaching images and text, with oh yea, there is furniture waiting in the garage to move. But as much as I dislike the clutter and moving stuff, I love her so that is what happens.......
Ajunkqueens donkey

This is all I can stand to post right now, my helper is getting cranky. By the way he hates the junk

This is a chair that underwent a transformation in my laboratory.......

There actually is a pair, and it was my first foray into making slipcovers

the real me.

I am now writing, on this blog thing, I have forced or shamed into having a blog. I am being made to enter the computer world, but it is going to be kicking and screaming. I type just like I talk; no breaks, comma or any thing that resembles grammar. And my thoughts racing just like the words will be. I will be posting mostly pictures and little written word. I have been trying to hire Cher aka The Texas Woman, she is author, of a real book and it is about Texas, it has real chapters and everything, just no pictures.

Almost a year ago a friend of mine named Patti, from Sulphur Springs told me about this computer site called something like antiques from the garden, I nodded and said great! Knowing full well that was not ever going to go there. I would not even talk on the CB radio when they came out, that would be pre cell phone. Last spring at Warrenton a pair of shoppers said”We saw your booth on Theresa Cano’s blog!!” I nodded and thought to my self, they must be nuts or I really did a good job copying somebody’s Ideas, from some where, but then the next day two southern belles (Lulu and Lauri from Chippy’s ) appeared in my booth clutching a picture of MY BOOTH!! And they told me of Theresa. I said I had no idea when she took the pictures. Until she showed up in my booth, and introduced herself. I now think of all the times I did not go to Garden Antqs blog.
I now have become a fan of hers on line and in person, she truly is a gifted designer and reporter for all that is happening in and around the Texas antique world.

A warning to all you non Texans, The market in Texas is different than any other place I have ever sold, the unusual is the usual, and believe me Texas has it going on!!

Here are a few pictures from my collections both past and present