Picking at the Peachtree Highway Sale in South Carolina!

 

Last weekend we made our third trip to the Peachtree Highway Sale near Lexington, SC. Peach orchards line the highway and small towns like Monetta, Ward, Johnson, Batesville-Leesburg and Ridge Springs enjoy the extra business.

I recently read an article about the Little Free Libraries and was very excited to see one in Ridge Springs. A place to get and give a free book.

 

 

  It is heartening to see American flags everywhere along the highway.

 

 

 

We had a great lunch at the Jupiter restaurant. They have the largest collection of dinette tables and chairs we had ever seen. It was hard to choose a favorite.

 

It would have nice to have brought home this rusted pergola in front of an abandoned building for my rust-loving picking sister.

 

A water pump, worn red paint and a fun sign on the front door. 

 

 

Crumbling barns and exquisite homes - both familiar sites in rural SC.

 

 

  We didn't even know there WERE funnel cake fingers!

These buildings made nice billboards in their day.

 

Not very high tech, but if you were too hot, this was just the ticket. It was a few chairs set up around a fan. No kidding.

 

The American Pickers would covet this old GE sign.

 

What did we find? Take a look! This radio works!

 

 

These cuties are vintage Christmas ornaments.

 

 Never enough icebox dishes.

 

A FireKing Tony ESSO mug.

 

 

Our favorite pick of the trip was this cowboy bedspread.

 

Here's an assortment of tacky souvenirs we can't resist.

 

 

Then there are the odd, silly and just for fun kitsch treasures. Like tiny plastic babies and teeny ceramic animals

  

 

 

 Green Melmac-like dishes and a pink jewelry/hardware chest.

 

 

Howdy Doody!

 

 

A card of bobbers for fishing and an Easy Money game. 

 

 

 

Lots more fun stuff to put in our etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/pickingsisters soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Picking Sisters Pick Vieques!

WHAT? A trip without picking? Yes, I believe they spell that v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n. W e headed off to the island of Vieques for 4 days of tropical adventure to celebrate our respective 60th birthdays. How was the road at sixty? Nothing short of divine. Never had I been without TV or computer for so long or missed it less.

Vieques is a short flight on a teeny plane from Puerto Rico. See how close I am to the pilot .

Being a horse lover, I was tickled to see them everywhere. They have the run on the island along with roosters and dogs. 

This is a crab "farm". They trap the land crabs and fatten them up before eating.

Primitive? Or efficient!

 Gorgeous flowers and brightly painted homes. Fabulous food. Beautiful and sparsely populated beaches. We snorkeled, swam, kayaked and walked to take in the scenery and the blue-green water of the Caribbean.

The biggest draw for us was the Bio Bay. We joined 16 other double kayaks out into the pitch black water with our guide to see one the world's last bioluminescent bays. The water lights up in a moonstone green everywhere the water is touched by the kayak, the paddle or your hand. When you pull your hand out of the water, it looks as if there are diamonds dripping from it. No photos can capture it, but the memories of a starlit night and watching fish light up the water are worth the dreaded taking off of the shoes for the TSA.

We rode horses on the beach and weaved in and out of hills with stunning views of the mountains and the water. 

Sweet Murphy was a pleasure to ride.

Seeing all of this from horseback was dream-like. I hope to return to the island soon...