Traveling along Route 1, through the midcoast region of Maine, just north of Belfast
(a very cool little coastal town worth a stop, but that’s another post . . )
there’s the town of Searsport. They have an island (Sears Island)
and a funky little downtown with one of the Grasshopper Shop locations (a really great FUN store). Further on, you’ll find a peppering of
antique shops and a craft consignment store.
It’s a nice part of the drive.
The reason I’m writing about this today is that I was
recently looking through my photo archive for some images from a couple of
years ago. I came across some that I
took one day that I went to Searsport’s flea markets. Fun, quirky, nostalgic – if you have time to
look around you’ve got to check it out.
Go with friends who like a good laugh or have an eye for value.
Here are some of the photos from one of the trips I took:
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| Not exactly sure what these are but I liked the light. |
There’s some true creativity living here!
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| Enlarge these to read the detail. It's hilarious! |
I had these as a child!!
Brought back memories! I also remember a farm with barnyard animals and a barn door that mooed.
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| Ah the Fisher Price house . . . doorbell rang and everything! |
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| I think we had this . . but didn't play with it much. Telling isn't it? |
I’m not sure what it takes to collect all of these bottles
(other than a permanent spot at the flea market!) but they did look pretty cool
in the sunlight.
I loved the signs.
I’ve got a thing for signs.
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| I liked "my cow or your cow" in the top sign. |
Do you see these things on Antiques Roadhouse?
Thought you might enjoy this little trip to Searsport and
the flea markets.
