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Sunday Letter: 01.06.19

January 6, 2019 By Talya Tate Boerner 3 Comments

Sunday Letter 01.06.19

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

Happy 2019! I trust you survived the holidays and are ready to settle back into some sort of productive routine. This is me trying to get back on schedule by writing my first Sunday Letter of the new year.

Thanks for checking in!

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Junkin around Northwest Arkansas

October 7, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 14 Comments

Junkin around Northwest Arkansas

If you know anything about me, you know I can’t resist a good flea market, yard sale, vintage store, dumpster dive. Northwest Arkansas is junkin heaven, I’m not kidding. My personal favorites that carry everything from rusted farm equipment and repurposed everything to Brady Bunch Seventies are 410 Vintage Market, Fayetteville’s Funky Yard Sale, Long Ago Antiques, and Daisies and Olive (Prairie Grove). Of course technically I’ve only been here a few weeks so I’m sure there are many I have missed. I will check them all out eventually.

Mostly I just browse (I swear). I enjoying looking at how things are displayed and repurposed.

Here are a few pictures from The Junk Ranch, a two day event held each fall and spring in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. I met up with my writer friend Laurie who is a serious junker with a great eye for cool finds. Laurie is the perfect person to thrift with, plus we have similar tastes which is fun too.

What a flawless autumn afternoon. Look at that sky. Better yet, LOOK AT THAT BARN!

The Junk Ranch, Prairie Grove, Ar

Live music provided the perfect backdrop. Crossing August sounded just like the Dixie Chicks!

Crossing August

Pumpkins for sale.

Pumpkins at The Junk Ranch

Inspiration propped on the ground, hanging from the tent poles. Everywhere.

unique lighting

Lots of memories.

Ice cream churn

And of course treasures.

Junkin at the Junk Ranch

And more treasures!

Junk Ranch junk

We had a great time:)

Junque Rethunque & Grace Grits

selfie courtesy of Laurie @ Junque Rethunque

I bought this vintage tin platter. It’s my favorite shade of turquoise. And it’s almost as big as the coffee table on the back porch.

aqua vintage tin platter

I love it!

Where do you like to “browse” for treasures?

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P.S. Look at this tablescape by Figgy Pudding. Perfect for harvest time. Shovel handles❤!

Rustic Vintage Harvest Tablescape. Look at the shovels!

Musical Pairing:

Crossing August

Nana’s little table

December 5, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 4 Comments

In October, in honor of Old Farmers Day, I wrote about Nana and Papa Creecy and how they set up housekeeping in 1936 buying the following goods:  (Click HERE to read the original story.)
Nana's little table
Somewhere buried within this original invoice included a side table. Although the little table wasn’t individually listed, it has been part of our family since day one of Nana and Papa’s life together.
Nana's little table

 

Momma remembers when the table originally had a shelf around the bottom. She broke the shelf climbing and playing on it when she was a little girl. I remember playing underneath the table too when it sat in the entryway across from the front door of our house.

Lots of hair brushing took place in front of the mirror that hung above the little table. It’s where Momma wrangled our hair each Sunday morning, pulling and tugging it into a tight ponytail or some style appropriate for church.

Before bedtime we brushed our hair at the table—one hundred strokes to make it silky…

One summer Momma stripped the wood and antiqued it greenish-white (pictured below in this first day of school picture).
cousins
Me, Lesa (cousin), Staci (sister)
Fortunately at some point, she restored the table to its natural wood finish. 

When John and I bought our 100-year-old house in Munger Place, Momma passed the table on to me. She said it fit our house better.

Nana's little table

 

For years, we’ve wondered why the table wasn’t listed on the original invoice. Maybe it was lumped in with ‘living room suite’ of $10.00?talya

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Hi! I'm Talya. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

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