perhaps one day it will have a name

A couple of awesome things caught my eye last weekend at the St Johns Bizarre. We had gone over for the St. Johns Parade, a kooky spectacle in its own right, going on its 48th year celebrating vintage cars, high school marching bands, pirates, and rodeo princesses, among other things.

I saw these chairs last weekend at the St Johns Bizaar. Handmade in North Portland and super sturdy.

These prints by Jill Bliss are beautiful, and really reasonably priced, at $16-20.

And I really liked the colors of these pieces, painted directly on a wood panel, so no framing is needed.

So, it’s Thursday and I’m thinking about the weekend’s agenda. It includes:

Baking these homemade pop tarts | smitten kitchen  I’m thinking I’ll make brown sugar-cinnamon, cherry, and maybe lemon curd…

The St. Johns Parade is on Saturday:

The St. Johns Parade is so kooky and I love it.

I’m also hoping to find some time to spend cleaning up the vegetable garden (read: weeding) and planting some bush beans to pickle later this summer.