Sunday, July 29, 2012

Summer flowers

A coral-colored red hot poker from my garden. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Lantana. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Pumpkin blossoms from my garden. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Pink zinnia. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Periwinkle. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Pinks. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Sunflowers. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Yellow rose. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Blue hydrangea. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Pink begonia. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Blanket flower. Tennessee. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Yellow begonia. Laura Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
From my garden and a few other gardens I've visited this summer. 

Images copyright Lucy Mercer, 2012.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Antiquing, Atlanta style

Numbers @ Scott Antiques Market. Atlanta. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
I brought my camera long on our monthly visit to the Scott Antique Market in south Atlanta last weekend. While I like to take pictures of the rusty stuff, my pulse starts racing when I see stacks of vintage linens. Check out my find at the bottom of the post.


Gears. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

More gears. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Lil' Bit talked about this banana seat bike all the way home. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books





Can I have a hand, anyone? Anyone? Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Driver & team. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Underwood manual typewriter. Lucy Mercer/a Cook and Her Books

Vintage orange glassware. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Oil burner box. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books





Side of oil burner box. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Jack O'Lanterns. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

My favorite red mailbox is still there. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books


Rusty gears. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her books

More iron oxide. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books




Love makes our house a home. Well said. Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Found the blue linens to match my casserole dish! Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Text and images copyright 2012, Lucy Mercer.


Do you like antiquing? What do you look for at antiques markets?