Yesterday was a drizzly grey experience here in New England, the typical Spring day we are actually happy to see now that the Big Chill has left the area. Holy hell, that was one long cold winter….
Anyway – the Mr. and I went on a little rainy day junk hunting adventure about a 1.5 hour drive to the South West of us to The Elephant Trunk Flea Market in New Milford, CT. The “ET” has been in operation since 1976 , open Sundays from March to October, rain or shine. In over 40 years time, the market has grown from just 15 vendors to over 500 on a good day – with food trucks galore from all over the East Coast. It is a popular filming location for Lara of Good Morning America, Flea Market Flip. We saw the film crew in action, rain didn’t deter them at all. For more information, visit www.etflea.com. If you live within a few hours drive and it’s a nice sunny day, I highly recommend the road trip. Due to the rain and very muddy isles, the crowds were small and some vendors didn’t show up – things were a bit soggy, but I can see that on a sunny day, the place is a booming goldmine if you love treasure hunts like this.
Metal sculpture above – I almost bought a fish for Stella.
Why didn’t I? *sigh
The headboard below is a very unique mix of wood varieties.
My only treasure for the day was a sphere of flourite from this vendor –
I hope I convinced this fellow below to join our Artisan Market at Parmelee Farm in September. More on that in a future post.
I’ve asked this fellow to join us as well…
These weathered chippy old sage green doors would be a beautiful backdrop for something – portraits, even!
Here’s Lara’s film crew working through the rain.
On the way home, we had lunch at Maggie McFly’s – a great chain restaurant here in Connecticut that has an extensive American fare menu and prides itself on using local sources for produce, etc. to help support the communities around it. I love that concept. I think they’ve just branched out to New Jersey also – if you’re near one, I recommend the dining experience. On the menu it will tell you where the honey in your dish came from (Three Sisters Farm, Essex, CT), and there are many other examples such as that.
Have a good day, All – and thank you for stopping by.
