Tons of rusty fun at the Third Sunday Flea Market
in Bloomington with friends & fellow rust-lovers.

One of my favorite pieces of rusty metal. This beautifully carved shovel creates such great shadows on my dining room wall. Beautiful artwork by New Orleans artist Denice Bizot.

For more rusty shovels and other beautiful things, click here for Denice’s website.

It’s “Wrought Iron Wednesday” … and you know how I love a good piece of rusty metal.

One last flower hanging on for another beautiful day.
Nice vine growing through the bench in my back garden.

More rusty “gear curtain” fun on my back porch…
this time from the other side with fun shadows bouncing off the walls!

Love the juxtaposition of natural & industrial. Golden leaves & rusty grids.

I love the “curtain” of rusty gears that hangs on my back porch.
And it looked even cooler with this morning’s clouded sunrise!

Clouded skies. Rusty pulley. Climbing mandevilla vine.
The perfect silhouette combination on my back porch.

My friends Gerry & Rosene not only have a wonderful garden… but they also have some wonderful collections. And, we have very similar tastes. When we’re together at a flea market it’s a race to see who can sang that cool piece of rust the fastest!!! Luckily there’s always plenty of rust to go around!!! Well here’s one of their collections hanging on a long arbor with climbing hydrangea plants. Beautiful.