Life: Idiotropic

Today I answered the age long question, "Can one go enjoy a relaxing morning perusing the antique market at Tongeren, and still make it back in time for church."

The answer is a resounding, "YES!"

Just going to pick up the coffee table that Kirk and I had bought the week before, I knew I couldn't "shop," but still wanted to peruse instead of driving there, picking it up, then turning around again. Babs place doesn't open until 0900, but I arrived two hours before so I could spend that time looking around the market. It's always interesting there anyway.

It was dark and cold when I first arrived, so half the vendors were sitting in their cars watching their things, then rolling down the window or cracking the door to give you prices or other information.

Today I saw not one or two, but three elephant's feet. One had a brass ring around the top - used, according to the seller, "on your desk with pens in it." Almost making the elephant's foot look "normal," I saw the most disturbing piece of taxidermy that I've seen to date - a very sweet looking baby cow all curled up laying down looking up at the passers by. The more disturbing thing is that it was gone later. Who would buy that?!?!

I didn't see the British mahogany game table that I'd had my eye on the week before, but did find a beautiful old wooden bowl - this one from France, and about 200 years old. (Yeah, yeah... I wasn't supposed to shop, but I've been looking for the "right" wooden bowl ever since May when Tiara found the perfect one and bought it for herself!)

Anyway... I enjoyed two quiet, relaxing hours all to myself before I picked up my table and did the hour long drive home. Then, I had the girls get dressed quickly, fixed their hair, and we ran to church arriving ON TIME!! That's an accomplishment any day.