Dolly toys

I only stopped at one antique store while on our last trip. (I hope to stop at one or two large ones next year.) The one I chose to stop at was very unexpected inside. The antiques were incredibly nice and expensive. I think much of the furniture was European. I definately didn't buy anything there, although they had a fairly new Shirley Temple doll...for $200. LOL :-) About 10 times my upper limit!
I did find a little red wagon and a wheelbarrow at Walmart. They had been filled with bags of Halloween gummy candies. The doll with green eyes and red braids is my new fully articulated Madame Alexander Wendy. She needs a few clothes. I have a "new" pattern that is a 1952 issue of outfits. There's a nurse's uniform complete with cape and cap, a long dress and "straw" hat, and some 50's style play dresses.
Oh, and we did stop at the market and the Amish general store. So, I have pecans, sweet potatoes, honey...

GGAF 2010

We enjoyed the 2010 Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival, Heritage Arts! The coordinator of the Heritage Arts area, Paula Lou Mapoles, is a true Southern lady and is one of the most gracious women I've ever met. All the Heritage artists are so friendly. The neat thing this year was that every artist in the "front row", booths 1, 2, 3, and 4, won an award. John won an award of excellence.






We enjoyed our walks on the beach. We arrived quite early on Thursday again, and Paula Lou let us go ahead and set up. We were on the beach by noon. :-)

However, we weren't too motivated for early morning walks on Friday and Saturday mornings as the temps were a bit low--in the 40's. We were braver on Sunday morning. And of course, on Monday morning we were out early. We did see tar balls and found shells with oil on them. The jellyfish and fishies went back with the next waves.


The road to Ft. Pickens was open this year and we were glad to be able to drive down for a visit.



The shelter house the Venture Crew enjoyed using is no longer there. It was hard to pick out the gate which was the entrance to our campground. There were mostly dead trees in that area. There is, however, a large area of shallow water there now, which would be a wonderful place for children. Not many shells are there. Probably they catch on the edge of the sandbar farther out.

Looks like someone caught the sun.