Sunday, May 23, 2010

May 21st

gorgeous day--perfect for saleing!
lots of sales
spent $7.35

5-22glassGrind
glass grinder (used for working with stained glass)--5, together with items below marked *

5-22books
kohl-i-noor colored pencil set (partial)--*
Audubon Field Guide to North American Mushrooms--*
softcover, The Amish--*
stack of books for Pat's grandkids
softcover, Drawing Airplanes--*
softcover, How to Sew Draperies--*
hardcover, Munich photographs--25 cents

5-22lamp
very nice old lamp--1
pkg of (12) foodservice (cloth) napkins--1
green-handled tool--10 cents

5-22cats
Diesel and Atticus enjoying a beautiful Spring day

5-22iris
Irises are starting to bloom!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

May 7th

cool and breezy
lots of sales today!
spent $13.40

5-7
  • shopped at an annual church rummage sale with a "customer names the price/donation" policy and we bought a Farberware grill, commercial/refillable fire extinguisher and a couple of books (marked * below) and 3 music CDs (not pictured)--4
  • (at a garage sale) roll of aluminium tape and 3 beautiful pairs of wool socks--1/all
5-7b
from the same sale where we got the tape and socks:
  • a homemade "pea shooter" or specialized hammer for hard-to-reach nails--2
  • and a rolling lifter tool--2

5-7books
(starting at the left rear)
  • 3 kids books for Pat's grand kids--30 cents
  • 200 Shop Aids and Jigs for Woodworkers (softcover)--50 cents
  • Sherman's Hill (UP Railroad) (hardcover)--50 cents
  • Earliest Farmers and First Cities (softcover)--25 cents
  • Peterson Field Guide to Mammels--*
  • Audbon Guide to the Rockies--*
  • 4 Louis L'Amour paperbacks--2
  • Tabby in the Tub (softcover)--10 cents
  • Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico (softcover)--25 cents
  • Fossils of Wyoming (softcover)--25 cents
  • Northern Colorado's First Settlers (Folsom man) (softcover)--25 cents
a note about Tabby in the Tub, with the incredibly vulnerable looking kitty on the cover, accompanied by the tagline, "What will happen to her tiny kittens?" For 10 cents we just had to buy the book to see how things turn out...

Sunday, May 2, 2010

April 30th

quite cool and breezy
enough sales to keep us busy
spent $16.00

4-30
  • 2 dark tote bags--2/both
  • 4 rolls of twill tape (behind Panda)--2/all
  • bag of art paper (under Panda)--2/all
  • lamp globe--1
  • plastic pistol case (Diesel is checking it out)--1
  • gripper-snap set with pounding board--3
  • tube of brown acrylic paint--50 cents
  • tube of brown block printing ink--50 cents
  • box of CrayPas (oil crayons)--1
  • 9 lengths of reflective tape--1
  • ink and watercolor set--2