Hey, hope everybody had a safe and fun holiday weekend! The weather here in northeast Ohio turned out to be absolutely perfect, not too hot, not too chilly. The perfect weather to spend the day outdoors at an antique flea market, which is exactly what we did. We started our morning at the 41st annual Mesopotamia ox roast and antique flea market. Mesopotamia(called Mespo by the locals) is located in Trumbull County in northeast Ohio. The area is home to the 4th largest old order Amish population in the world. Growing up near Mespo my family has been going to the annual flea market for as long as I can remember. My favorite vendor as a child was a woman who sold miniatures, she had thousands of them. Little mini versions of anything you could possibly imagine and the irony of it all? She wasn't mini at all, in fact she was a rather large person, probably the largest person I had ever seen at my young age. But she loved small things just like me and I would have spent hours at her booth if it weren't for being dragged away by my parents.
I haven't seen the miniature lady in years and this year was no different but Richard and I did well nonetheless. We both found lots of treasures, books for him and lots of old animal bones and metal trinkets for me. We finished up around noon and trudged back to our car with our bags full of goodies. During the annual market all the roads in and out of Mespo are lined with yard sales, barn sales and garage sales so we decided to hit a few on the way out. We took our time travelling along the back roads of Amish country, dodging horse drawn buggies and the road apples they leave behind. Eventually we found ourselves at Mary Yoder's Amish Kitchen & Bakery and couldn't resist stopping in for a quick bite to eat before heading home.
Later that evening after spending some quality time with the doggies we headed to downtown Cleveland to watch the fireworks display over Lake Erie. All in all, it was a great day and I took lots of photo evidence which I'll share below, but you can always follow me on Instagram: @feelingjennerous and @suite22antiques
Until next time... xoxo,
Jenn
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