In June
the Flying Carpet was
thrilled to stay home
and reminisce about Flea Markets...
after all... ‘tis the season...

THE STUFF

Even though some of us are stufficated,
we still love the thrill of hunting and gathering
Dana Newman once said,
“I see it...
I want it...
It’s mine!”

tool trove
Paris 2016
 

carousel
Paris 2013

Baldie 

Paris 2013

THE VENDORS

When I asked to take his picture,
the French Edwardian guy said grouchily,
“I’m very busy.”
and then turned into a mannequin...

Paris 2016
 

Red haired floozy Louis Vuitton Lady
 Paris 2016

 Sneering figurine lady
With visions of sugarplums

Paris 2016
 

Boing
Mexico City 2014
 

THE COLLECTORS

Jean Moss once said,
“if you have two things
and you want more...
that’s a collection...”
 

Pose Please

 Paris 2010

Point of Fashion: Ecclectic

Santa Fe  2015

THE WEIRDNESS

Swami
Paris 2013

 Military Naked

Mexico City 2014
 

Day Glo
Mexico City 2014
 

Charles Simic wrote this
in Dime Store Alchemy,
“America is a place where the Old World shipwrecked.
Flea Markets and garage sales cover the land.
Here’s everything the immigrants
carried in their suitcases and bundles
to these shores
and their descendants threw out with the trash:”

...and japanese Flea Markets...
don’t even get me started on that one...

Special thanks to Nelly for taking me to the
Paris Flea Market 2016