42nd Mayfaire

It was a beautiful day in central FL for Mayfaire around Lake Morton. Approx 175 vendors set up their fine arts booths for a show and tell or ....really more like SELL. This is the 42nd year if I read the article correctly. It happens every Mother's Day Weekend and is a great place to take your mom....if she can walk long distance....

At first it may not look like much, but there is food, art, and plenty of activities for the children. We didn't stop this year for the entertainment, but there are lots of folks to watch....

The above booth was voted by the 3 of us.....the most impressive.

Mark's work is incredible pen and ink, FL keys, Bahama style of artwork that looks as if it should be on a t-shirt....I took this one home for my wall in the newly remodeled bathroom.

This vendor makes Little Wooden Boxes, unique, hand-crafted decorative pieces that would drive a sane person crazy just sitting assembling tedious, small pieces of wood together.

We walked all the way around, picking up a $5 Lemonade on the backside of the lake....it was very warm outside.....

We did observe more than seven swans....a swimming....

The fair is open Sunday as well, so come on down and check it out if you are in the area.

Over to Back and Brew for some ice tea and lunch....yum!

This was a great Mother's Day treat....spending the day with my daughter, and my youngest sister. 

We stopped by Munn Park to take a pic in front of the rose garden....notice the Jewel Kade necklace from my husband, son and daughter-in-love.....

Below is a new scrapbook store, The Scrappin Shack, that is not a shack at all!

Beautiful 1800's bldg. with brick walls and wooden floors. Great prices on scrapbook papers and all the fixin's for a great scrapbook....check out the chalk board calendar for crops and classes....

The travel suitcase scrapbook absolutely looks like a must.....then there is an all night crop next Sat. with a trunk show!

There were also more than SIX geese a laying......

Enjoy your Mother's Day Weekend!

~Lynda~

Mayfair by the lake 2011

Hope you have a great Mother's Day weekend! I was up early this A.M. to take photos down by one of the lakes in Lakeland. Every Mother's Day weekend, Lakeland host the art fair of the year around Lake Morton. This is a community event with activities for children and performances by local schools.

The view above is rounding the corner by the library. The vendors are set up almost completely around the lake. Mayfaire is not a craft fair....but fine arts. There is a large variety of art and mixed media. I did not take close ups....as most vendors prohibit photography of their artwork...

but this fair is certainly worth the time ....tremendous talent.....such a blessing!

So I just took pics of the ducks swimming and fighting in the lake. They were quite entertaining today....as if they knew they had an audience.... this is a pair of the black swans....the one in the front is drinking water.....such a process of squiggling the neck to get it down.....

I know we like our drive-up window....fast food....here is a swim-up window for swan food....

How about the black feet on this swan....I mean.....this one had a mean look.....so I didn't get too close...

I parked at Hollis Gardens (off of Lake Mirror) and as I was walking down the sidewalk....this was hanging over the fence....I thought it was a lamp or something....bananas? Are you kidding me?

If you ever get to Florida, be sure and schedule time to drive through Lakeland.....and see all the superb lakes.....and art around the town.....even more than seven swans a swimming....

Enjoy your weekend!

~Lynda~