Who am I kidding? Updating my blog is like going on vacation. It happens once a year and it's fun. Actually, every time I post, I say to myself, "self, I'm going to update more frequently this time!" There I said it again. Honestly, I have lots of things I can post. It's just that it takes me a while to figure out what to write and I'm somewhat of a perfectionist and if it doesn't look just right, I get frustrated and blah, blah, blah.
Anywho, here we are again with another long after due post and this time I thought about doing something kind of weird that I have never seen before. I enjoy going to garage and estate sales and from time to time, I think I actually get really good deals on things that I can't possibly live without. So I decided that I wanted to share my finds with the world. I know you really can't wait to see all the treasures, so here goes.
I found a good estate sale today. In fact, it was so good, I'm really thinking about going back tomorrow when they will have everything 25% off! This was close to Lake Texoma and it was the estate of a deceased couple that I have decided I would have really liked to know. They seemed to take an interest in everything that I like from gardening and cooking to bee keeping and just general outdoor puttering. They had lots of books on birds and other wildlife from Texas and many tools and cooking toys. They have several out buildings, a few were in bad shape with treasures untold inside.
Anyway, following is a couple of items I found.
I found this pith helmet right before I walked out the door and almost missed it. It is a beekeepers hat and it works perfectly with my netting that I have. As you can see, it was $2.00. This helmet is in excellent shape and appears to have been worn seldom.
We have needed some additional coffee spoons for quite some time. Even though only two of these match, I wanted to get them. There is nothing special about them and I don't really shop for spoons very often. I got all four for $1. I'm not sure that's a good deal or not, but I'm happy.
This directors chair was not really on my list, but I found it in one of the out buildings. My daughter had already found a brand new replacement seat and back for it that she was going to purchase for a chair at church that needed it. So when I saw the chair, I had to get it. Don't have a specific price on this because it was bundled with several other items. I will let you know of the total cost of the items in a moment. The chair has some mildew in areas because of it's location close to the elements, but the wood seems to be in good shape. I think the plan is to clean and paint it.
This is an excellent shovel, perfect for turning compost or cleaning chicken droppings from the coop. Again, this was bundled, so can't be specific on the price.
This was a REAL find in my opinion. Four bee supers and queen excluder. The excluder is to keep the queen from going places within the hive where you don't want her to go. There is some rusty areas on the excluder and I don't know what effect that will have on the bees. The supers are in good shape but pretty dirty. I will scrape those down and paint and they will be good as new. Again, bundled.
Now, for the above 3 items, I was able to score all of them for just $6!! That's right, $6.
If for nothing else, if I can just keep this kind of posting up, I know that I, myself will enjoy looking back at the wondrous items that I find from time to time and remember the deals and the neat people that I get to meet. I hope you enjoyed this.
See you next year!!
Hopefully, just kidding.
