Driveway in mid afternoon October sun It was very cold on Monday morning, 38F, but the promise was sun and warming up. I decided to hang the laundry out for the first time since June. Mostly I was doing

Usually Columbus Day weekend is a big blowout for the last tag sales of the season. There were very few listed in the paper but I had found a couple for here in town. We seldom get to those because for

Joiner We got a great find on Saturday at one of our last tag sales. The day had started off poorly, with our first one, an estate sale, being run by someone who had no clue what things were worth. She

We have published the first test entries on Instagram. We thought and pondered for a long time how to make automation (see also [1]) effective and efficient for everyone involved. And now the penny has

Sunday afternoon we headed out to Smith College for this free concert. We have been following Jerry Noble and Bob Sparkman since about 1995. I learned in talking to Jerry after the concert that he and

Saturday morning, after cleaning up the kitchen and unloading the dehydrator (one packed ½ gallon of dried Walla onions) we headed out for the annual booksale at the local vocational school. @riverflows,

Do you remember the Smeg coffee machine we were after, that my folks gave away? It was just as we were LOOKING for a coffee machine. Anyway, they had originally handed it to my son, but we jumped in and

As a restoration program manager I often have sites that are being cleaned up. Junk and garbage hauled away, old run down buildings being demolished, etc. This stuff mostly goes to the landfill but I always

This post finds it's inspiration from two sources at the same time. A couple of days ago, I was scrolling on my phone, having a look at the various posts on the Steem Blockchain. Whilst I did so, I was

This is my description of some little treasures that my older daughter found for the rest of her family on a recent trip to Australia, when she was shopping at a Salvation Army op-shop with one of her

This is a combined post for two challenges. I know it's not ideal, don't do this usually but now it's a must as the subject is the same ad doing two post about the same thing would be spamming. So this

This weekend’s treasure find was a perfect find for Father’s Day, because it gave the boys something to do when my lad came down to bring his stepdad a few beers and have vegie tacos with us for Sunday

Oh HF, you are messing with my mind! There is so much going on I am going bananas... mushy bananas. I was meant to post this yesterday and look for other treasures but forgot! Hopefully I will settle into

My world has not been a very creative place, of late. And in truth it has not been for some time now. A vast dry empty desert of nothingness void of original through and truth. I can't say for for certain

A swan cloud we saw on our way to Lowe’s one day. It had been crisper and more defined, but we had to wait until a stoplight to get a photo. Tag sales Saturday morning only netted us a haul of electrical

I found this on the wall of an estate sale. I bought it as a memorial to the owner. I knew the her well, So did my parents. They lived next to her for years and years. It was depressing. To see a thousand

When I recently started making scarfs from wool and silk it didn't take long before I started fantasizing about showing them off the right way: on a lovely mannequin/fitting dummy, maybe with a pretty

I have decided that every Thursday I'm going to try to curate #treasurefinds on Steem, as a way of celebrating those who post cool stuff under this tag. I'll also post any treasures I find or maybe something

Except for one thing, everything is automated by now. And this one is fiercely contested. However, if we succeed in setting priorities in the places that suit us, the trend may be reversed.Bis auf eines

@riverflows is leading a "treasurefinds" contest I've partially inspired, so I'll offer a second set of crazy things I've found on the curbs on recycling nights to save and resell to promote