FLEA MARKETING IN CHILE o CACHUREANDO EN CHILE

 flea markets in chile are the best.  you can still find real antiques at bargain prices and for every taste in the decorating spectrum.  ofcourse i have made it a habit to go every friday with my friend chichi.  tomorrow we go again.  the fun thing about flea markets is that you never know what treasures you are going to find.  like this relic i found of san benito that just speaks beauty in spite of its imperfection. 

 antique tin bread box (the anticuarian had four of these in diorerent so have to go back to buy at least one more

 sewing notions

handmade hat ornament

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embroidering Detentes on velvet

monday..... a new week awaits me. as i realize my accomplishments over the past five weeks (throwing away and letting go of so many things) i feel lighter. i have been sorting through photo albums, (why would i hang on to a photo of a sunset in 1978?), boxes full of paid bills, even old x-mas, birthday and thank you cards received over a lifetime. i have made a photographic image of them in my brain and they have now been put to rest. hanging on to the past, that's what i think i was unconsciously doing.

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