Foire de Chatou, Vide-Grenier

Here are a few bits & bobs I picked up at a recent first Sunday-of-the-month Vide Grenier.

Perfect still life material I’m always telling myself.

Of course I didn't plan to buy a thing, naturalement.

I was out getting my fav tea bags, Réglise Menthe/licorice-mint from Intermarché across the street.

I just popped over simply for fun.

Then a little brown jug called out my name 😊 

Only a buck/1€. I went home happy😊

Last Sunday was the big annual Vide Grenier on boulevard Henri IV near me. My pals Carolyn & Solli joined in the vicarious hunt. They didn’t buy a thing 😳

It’s more like a yard or jumble sale or it should be. That neat Tintin clock was 100€ from a pro dealer. I recently discovered I’m ADHD and I should be using analog clocks, not digital 😳

Many pro dealers come along. You can always tell. Their goods are nicely displayed (upper left). When you see a flat price like 5€ on a jumbled table, you know that’s yard sale material and you’ll get a deal. 

I spotted this mini Japanese Tetsubin! 10€ Oh

I’ve had a thing for Japanese teapots for a long time. They turn up in woodblock prints and are the ‘Hero’ in the picture.

Plus I’ve painted them, but I’d never seen a mini before. 

I decided to ‘think about it’ and only bought this 1€ goose féve instead ☹️ 

Later on, after I went home and took a nap, I decided to go back to see if it was still there. It was! The dealer would not come down from 10€ Oh. I went over to the ATM, paid and went home happy. Just this morning I looked on Etsy. I got a good very deal 😊

Yesterday PBer Carolyn from Seattle wanted to go to the bi-annual Foire de Chatou outside Paris near Josephine’s chateau. For years I’ve meant to go, so I gave in. It is a bit confusing to get there..RER A was running intermittently. 

They told us get off at Rueil-Malmaison and take the navette. Where was the navette? We never found it and walked. Of course everyone said, “tout droit, pas loin, sur la pont”/ straight ahead not far. I was ready to go home. 

Luckily it was not raining. Yet. Why is it when you leave central Paris, it looks like New Jersey (no offense meant to New Jerseyites svp 🙏).

It is quite chic. We met Emmanuelle on the RER, who said she was only looking for 18th century items. Oh.

It is all individual dealers tents. No jumble sale stuff here.

Some tents are set up like salons or living rooms.

The cluttered stands appeal to me. I bought the red cup and saucer for 5€ and was ready to leave. 

Carolyn wanted to browse a bit longer. 

I warned her ‘Rush hour’ on the trains was looming. Not a pleasant experience.

Meanwhile I spotted the perfect child’s post office setup 🙏 I resisted (it’s called self-regulation in ADHD) 👍 Of course I forgot to take a picture (classic ADHD) of the navette going back to the RER train. We luckily missed ‘Paris crush hour’ on the train back🤸🏾‍♀️

Of course I’m working on the Paris letter like mad. And I hope to tackle painting all my new acquisitions…whenever I learn ‘Executive Functioning’ whatever that is😳😵‍💫😱

Are any of you ADHD, dear PBers? SOS 🆘 Bon Mardi ❤️💋