Flea + flowers = joy

I made it back to New York and I could hardly wait to visit my favorite flea market for the first time this year, a huge old building out in the middle of absolutely nowhere.

It's a really fun place to wander around, and the prices are pretty good.

I found a blue and white milk glass basket (that I didn't need at all), but I loved it and knew it was going to be my new favorite vase for summer.  I couldn't wait to fill it with roses.  Here it is:

Isn't it lovely? 😍

It was dirty.  It was unmarked by a maker.  It was $18.  When I went to pay for it, the lady checking me out asked, "Are you buying it because you think it's Fenton?"

"I don't think so," I told her.  (She had apparently already seen it and knew it was unmarked.  Fenton pieces are usually marked, but not always.)  "I'm buying it because I love it," I said.  "Do you think it's Fenton?"

"I don't think so because of the way the handle is attached" was her reply.  "I don't think so.  But it could be."

Of course, this made me want to research.  And I did find someone selling this same basket online, calling it a Fenton piece.  But I also saw it posted online as simply a "milk glass basket."  So Fenton it probably isn't.  But no matter, I love it!

I got it all cleaned up and filled it with roses from the grocery store.

Absolutely beautiful!

There were enough roses for more than one container, so I pulled out this blue glass (candleholder?) I had bought at Goodwill for a few dollars.

More blue glass 💗

Under $10 and so pretty!

And finally, one more.  I bought a ginger plant at Lowes; I had never seen one before, and it had such interesting flowers.  The flowers on the plant are tall, two of them flopped over so I thought I'd cut them and put them in a vase too - a little blue goblet from Goodwill.  I like how they look.  Simple.

😍

My brother-in-law stopped by last night and he noticed (and complimented) my flowers.  A man.  A man noticed my flowers!  See, I told you they look good!