HAPPY #1 BIRTHDAY TO IR AND HOT PICKENS FLEA MARKET TRIP

A 6am alarm jangled us awake today. We are going to the Pickens Flea market and wanted to get an extra early start because of the heat .
I did chores and then we headed over to daughters to pick up her and IR who were going with us.
We are leaving over an hour earlier than we usually do to make this trip and the morning air is actually cool.
The market wasn't near as crowded as it is in cooler seasons but there were a lot of vendors there and some good deals.

We found several things we had went looking for except the main thing I was needing was flavoring and the lady that usually has it wasn't there today.

We got peaches, plums, bread for the freezer and many other things on our rounds.

IR went to sleep and slept much of the trip there ,we rigged up a battery operated fan daughter had brought and kept her cool in the stroller while we shopped.

By 11:00 am most vendors were packing up and getting out of the mid 90's sunshine.

WE don't look too bad for a really sweaty day.

IR still was happily getting a breeze from her fan.

This is our load …..

We didn't feel like eating any lunch as hot as we were so we just headed home.

We got home around 1:00 and dropped daughter and IR off at her apartment.  They were going to the open gym for the basketball team.

Hubbie and I stopped by Ingles and got some lunch to bring home. We unloaded the Honda then had our lunch.

I put all our new things away and then we both crashed for awhile as a thunder storm moved in.

We only got 2/10ths inch of rain with several loud claps of thunder but it was very relaxing to nap to.

After basketball practice and after the storm passed daughter and d-in-love took all the kids swimming.

By chance these two bathing beauties wore the same bathing suit today.

RL loves the pool.....

Hubbie and I did chores then I iced cakes and got things ready for market.

I moved the youngest chicks and their mama hen out into the Silkie lot this evening. I decided to put all the chicks in this protected lot until cooler weather arrives and I can sell some of the older hens.

Today is a special day for our family as last year on this day this little girl made her entrance into the world and our lives.

When I look at her now it's hard to believe at this time just a year ago she was just a tiny newborn.

HAPPY  FIRST  BIRTHDAY  IR !!!

Thankful for all the blessings of this day and for the traveling mercies.

God Bless and Good Night