Barn Time

 

Another fun little excursion to Brick and Barn in Valley Center: birds, dogs, pumpkins, antiques--what more can you ask for?

Fun Fun

 A fun outing on Saturday to Brick and Barn, in Valley Center, an entire, well, barn filled with (mostly) antique and vintage things. Lots of rusty crusty stuff...

 I love this display piece...

 Lovely mint green metal sewing machine (only $42!).

 They've got GNOMES!

 I have my Grandma Betty's wooden rolling pin (much nicer than these, BTW...)

 Ducks!

 Lederhosen!

 Chucho the rescue dog and his adorable fango...

 On the way home we stopped for beers in Escondido and this (odd) bookshop was next door--they only sell paperback romance novels. Quite a niche business plan...

A very nice time was had by all!

And we bought a cool vintage milk bottle--stay tuned!

A Great Day for a Hike

 Today we went for a fun hike at the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park; this is the Dairy Mart Pond Loop. A lovely wide, well-maintained trail--but the WORST signage!

Lots of riparian plant life, birds, butterflies, and dragonflies (too skittish to take a photo of, alas). Wild fennel made the trail smell lovely...

Fun fun!

Nature feeds the soul...

Surprise Outing Fun

 On Saturday, B. surprised me with a VERY fun outing up to Carson to the L.A. Printers Fair, held at the International Printing Museum. Many many talented artists and printers had their wares on display...

 A linotype machine! When I first started editing, we still used linotype to print our catalogues.

So very fun...printing, in all its guises, is an amazing thing--without Mr. Gutenberg, we would not have civilization as we know it (the good part of civilization, that is...we can't blame the current state of the world on him!).

Fun Saturday Outing

We had a Fun Saturday Outing on, well, Saturday! We went to La Mesa where we had beer at Bolt Brewing (where that cool red car was); had Mexican food; and then to a bookstore. Fun!

Not the same as a Fun Fall Outing--fingers crossed that we still get to have one (hint, hint, Mr. B.).