So when I say these trophies were hard won, I mean it. That’s right I actually won these! One says “Colliery Gardens and Surface Maintenance Competition” Another is a award from “Nottingham Schools, Badminton Association, Boys Doubles”, and the last one says, “National Coal Board East Midland Division, Best Pithead Baths and Canteen Garden” What… you […]
Surprise Woodland Breakfast
Before it got so blasted hot here, I planned a surprise for my teenager daughter, breakfast for the two of us back in the woods at Cedar Hill. It was quite a hike from the house, so I kept the table simple, since I could only carry so much. Months earlier, I had found this wondeful table […]
Goodies from the Auction and Thrift Store
I love shopping for old things with a past, so I enjoy going to auctions, resale shops, consignment stores, and antique venues. Recently I attended an auction, blogged about here, and this was my exciting find, a lovely antique pine chest of drawers. It needs some clear wax, but I am too busy with a painting job to […]
10 Tips for Auction Newbies
You’ve seen it before, the character in the movie is waving to a friend, then swatting a fly away, and then scratching his nose, only to find that he has been bidding on a $10,000 painting at an auction. Although I have witnessed people inadvertently bidding at auctions, it rarely occurs and when it does, the auctioner […]
