Handyman special!
Actually, the house is a yard sale score, from the local Boy Scout rummage sale. Every year, we look forward to the Boy Scout sale - name your own price, something for everyone. In years past, we've come home with kitchen gadgetry, folding music stands, and even antique drums that are now part of our basement drum kit. But I love this little house, and I wish I could get small enough to fit inside... Yard sale scores, part 1
Last Saturday turned out to be an excellent day for yard sales, a pleasant relief after a rainy Friday. Mr. Tiger Pants and his friends would like to thank the nice lady who sold us two hand carved tricycles for a quarter apiece. Riding with their feet on the rear axle, the trikes are a perfect fit. The boys used them to explore the tomato patch (which is growing rapidly) and look forward to further adventures on smoother pavement. More yard sale scores soon! A birthday shout-out!
Infrastructure improvements
Last weekend, my neighborhood became Yard Sale Heaven. The much-anticipated Moore Township Community Yard Sale on Saturday (pictured above in 360 view) was only part of it. Friday's sales produced a 60's vintage Grundig radio for Randy, (stereo, no less), a sauté pan (perfect for mushrooms) and a red Pyrex mixing bowl just like my mom used to have. But the absolutely best score of the whole weekend was $20 for a box full of little electric train buildings (probably HO scale). We have now doubled Plastiqueville's real estate, with a car repair shop, a lumberyard, a factory, a second saloon, a couple of nice private residences, and two churches. Churches in Plastiqueville now outnumber the bars (three versus two), so one of those churches might have to become a bookstore or something, in order to comply with zoning. Oh, and I almost forgot - we now have a Howard Johnson's! Ice cream, anyone? The buildings were most likely built from kits, so they are in various states of completion, and they're hollow, so they can be lit. I'll be looking into some small LEDs to do the job more subtly, but in the meantime, I buried an LED flashlight in my vegetable patch and placed the building on top. Wait for the sun to go down - and enjoy the glow! Planting season
We started the garden today. We didn't plan to start today, but Wegmans had a huge display of vegetable plants, right where you walk into the store. You can't miss it, and you shouldn't, because we're talking about the good stuff from Peace Tree Farm in Bucks County. I went on a photo tour of Peace Tree Farm, early in my time in the Lehigh Valley Photography Club, and I've never forgotten it. We expect great things from the humble tomato plant pictured here.
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