Handyman's special on Eggplant Lane Do you want to live in Plastiqueville?  Are you handy with a hammer and some nails, maybe a can of paint?  Then you'll want to check out this charming cottage, full of curb appeal, on Eggplant Lane.  (Yes, those are real eggplants on either side, and tomatoes in the back yard, too.)  With a missing dormer and leaks in the roof, there's plenty to keep a new owner busy!

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...

Trikes!

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!

Happy birthday, Uncle Ron! (That would be Ron Smith, Randy's brother.) In celebration, a couple of the Plastiqueville surfer girls decided to go hang out on the seven-string guitar that Ron built for Randy a few years back. Randy's brother Ron, of Ron Smith Guitars, is celebrating his birthday today.  And as we all know, the citizens of Plastiqueville never pass up a good birthday celebration!  Two of the Surfer Girls decided to show off their bikinis while hanging around on the seven-string guitar that Ron built for Randy a few years back, the one with the slanted frets.  Happy birthday, Ron!