Our Christmas Season...the annual trip to "The Barn"

Every Christmas Season for, oh, about 23 years or so, my mother, my sisters and I have taken an excursion to "The Barn" antiques nearby.

Sweet Grandmama treats us all to lunch (talk about investing in the future!) and then we browse - always keeping in mind the reminder on the sign posted as we enter the door.

"Your husband called and said to buy whatever you want" ha ha

This sure doesn't look like a barn, but it really did start out in a refurbished barn, which is still being used. Gradually we have brought more and more ladies with us. This year all the girl cousins, Susan (Molly's mother in law), and Ashley came. We of course missed the 2 Arkansas Rachels - Katie and little Rachel Pearl.

I love being with my sissie and my Mama

"Our table"

Of course the new "girls" had to come too!


Faithful little Mama



This little girl even has her own seat!


After lunch we start browsing.
Here the girls and Grandmama make grand plans to turn this bar into an ice cream parlor!

We thought this book appropriate fodder for a joke

(you see, sometimes we are late)

Grace and her furry friend

TOO realistic!

Grandmamma thought so too!

OKAY...here's Mary - holding a - tree

methinks there is a joke somewhere

Here's Sarah - touching a beautiful antique bed - moments before it collapsed

wish we could have seen a picture of her moments AFTER

--The saleswoman assured us that it has collapsed many times. Hmmm...maybe that's a sign to pull that product off the floor!

"Hmmm...is this really marble?

Let me just do my touch test!

We thought these should go in my garden

ha ha

My favorite

SO appropriate!

Grace - a true gardener spots a variety of passion flower vine that she does not have and...yes, folks...you guessed it. She (and Mama dear) asked for permission to take a cutting...and received it.

It was a lovely day!

--posted by Mama--