Bird houses

Ok I seem to spending alot of time at the dump! Do I have a dump addiction? Is there a 12 step program for that? Well today my husband and I went and we found all this rough cut lumber.
Which made our hearts jump. My husband can build anything and has machine to make the wood smooth. So we loaded up his truck with all the good pieces. One of the things he builds that everyone loves is bird houses on old garden tools.

Little chick-a-dees build nests in them. I have them through out our yard and garden. I have hutches and cupboards that he has built. Also my potting shed and our house. Now he has moved on to my daughter and son in law's house. (Oh and a big shout out to Ron miss ya:)

so untill the next dump find bye.

wonderful day

The sun is shining and it's warm for here. What a beautiful day. After I took a walk I coffee stained some tags. They came out great and I love them. While I was doing that I had stripped the beds and washed some of the linens and hung them on the clothes line. They smell so sunny and nice. (We still have snow on the ground as you can see.)

Then off thrifting. there is a new group antique shop I wanted to see. I collect a pottery that is brown on the outside and a bluish green on the inside. I belive it is called country tyme. I found this covered platter for a song! I just love it and would never find another one in a long time. I sent a picture to a friend who collects it also. I put the ruler so she could see how big. But it still dosen't look right the inside where the cover sits is 12"long.

So I am off to enjoy the last of my beautiful day I believe another walk is the perfect way.

one cheap b*tch

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ta da dump

On Thursdays I go to the dump. So I get a chance to pick. I was very excited by my finds today. Some one tossed alot of halloween stuff and I found these two beauties. the white man stands about 16" high and the orange man's head is on a spring both could use some touch up but nothing I can't handle. Also I found the cutting board and the basket. the basket is in great shape and the cutting board I will sand down and reoil.
I also found lots of current magazines and a couple of books. The best part??? Free!

thrifty wed.

On Wed. I go into work at 10:00 which is 2 hours later than usual. So I get to check out our local thrift shop. I found 2 llbean items the sweater is lambs wool and the hooded zip up has a lining that feels like fur but is called fleece. Both very nice. the 3 pillow cases are sweet two print ones are handmade with a zipper(pillow covers?) the the white has cut out lace on one end.
I am a sucker for sweet linens and yes I iron all pillow cases with rose linen water in my iron.

It is pure heaven to sink your head into a nice crisp pillow smelling like roses.

snakes and sunsets

So as you can tell the sand is like powdered sugar and so silky as it goes through your toes.
and each night we would watch the sunset with a toast.

So now back to real life. A new group shop opened on monday and I am planning on taking a look

around this weekend. Vacation was wonderful but be it ever so humble there is no place like home.

vacation photos

We went to someplace warmer than New England. And look what we found!!! a Crock just laying on the beach. Isn't he awsome???

we had a dinner guest. Do snowy egrets eat burgers?? Well he wanted some and he wanted it now. He would jump at you when you walked by with your tray of goodies.

And of course lots and lots of thrifting. Oh I how I wish we had a big old truck to get everything I wanted home. This is a small sample. I did get lots and lots of clothes. I filled my empty suit case I brought just for that. We went to Goodwills that were 1/2 price all the time. We went to resale shops, we went to them all. we met up with a friend from home that is wintering there and we had a girls day (all three of us named Cathy). We found thrift shops that were having a 1/2 price sale just for a few hours and we walk in just at the announcement!! Was it by accident? I think not!the thrifting gods were with us all the way. Tomorrow sunsets and snakes oh my!