There were a few anxious moments during the pre-dawn of market day when a thunder storm blew in at 4:20 am, but a quick check of the radar revealed an all clear following the storm. Still… I was apprehensive while setting up at 6:30 am.
As you can see. . . we backed onto the marina, so with this lovely view as our backdrop I left the sides of the marquee off.
I filled my tables with a collection of pretty shabby, French and coastal chic homewares and gifts.
To the left of the tables (sorry. . . no photo) I had my furniture pieces.
Overall, it was a busy and successful day. . . but as the market came to a close at 1 pm storm clouds were moving in quickly.
This photo was taken looking directly out from our market marquee.
Did you notice the little fella fishing in the foreground?
He was all of about 6 or 7 years old. . . his parents had a stall just down from me and he spent the entire morning quietly manning his fishing rod.
A few minutes after I took this photo, we were packing up our marquee when big drops of rain began to fall and thunder and lightening had everyone scurrying to get packed up and out of there.
Sooooo. . . with the first market day of the season done and dusted it’s time to move on to preparation for the Christmas markets.
I have a few bits and bobs left that I have listed on my Handmade Treasures page of my website, so if you’d like to do some early Christmas shopping, pop on over here.
A special ‘hello’ to all those lovely ladies and followers from blogland and Facebook who popped in to say hello at the market. . . it was a pleasure meeting you all.
Hugs ~ Kerry
