Failed garage sales as there are damned few garages here in the heart of France. Bring your junk out to the street often with some flat surface under SOME of it, most tossed on the pavement. Mark prices you want or don't, it's about 50-50 that way, easier for us foreigners to grasp value from condition and a sticker price than just it's condition and a guess at what they replied when you said "Combien SVP" to the kind man/woman/child. I like them in a sort of "isn't it cute" way but...not really very strongly, I'd rather stay home but I am "The Designated Foreign Driver" and duty calls. So off to Venesmes...near Chateaunuef Sur Cher but well hidden down the lanes from the center of town. It's a real town, er ah Village though, a church, a Marie, a main street and all the rest, even some shops and a bar or two thrown in the mix. So what DID I buy for 3 Euros you asked...a hand mill for Legumes my child...to make SUGO, tomato puree with or without other vegies in the mix. This one was in fine shape with a very fine milling grater, finer than the one I have so it'll come in handy. Then down the crocked streets a bit farther another damned needlepoint, this one rather tasteful of a serenely posed woman of middle age, very nice...2 Euros with a nice frame too. Then we walked and walked and gawked at all the rusted tools, baby clothes endlessly, cheap purses and tagines from Morocco but really Spain. Then off across the countryside after grabbing the best things we bought...2 Chausson Du Pomme and 2 Croissants still hot from a local oven. Excellent! We ate them sitting in the car while it warmed us from the 41 degree cold. Brrrrrrr such a cold day in spring and blustery winds as well. Off we drove across the countryside towards home stopping to take a few pictures for you. Here they are now!
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