October 8th

slightly cool and overcast most of the morning, with a windy front moving in about lunchtime. Perfect!

spent: $31.75

there seemed to be slightly more exotic merchandise than usual, possibly because we hit several estate sales today. Lots of fun stuff to look through!

• framed classic family portrait from the '60s, taken in Peoria IL (I love the eyeglasses!)--25 cents
• framed picture of trees--25 cents
• 3 very nice books for Pat's grandkids--1/ all
• 10' chain--1.50
• sorting tray (for hardware/ small items) with pouring chute (homemade)--2.50
• small bag of coverable buttons--25 cents
• plug in light with switch--50 cents
• box of antiseptic wipes--50 cents
• digital answering machine (for BC)--3
• roll of wonder under heat bonding tape--25 cents
• pkg of self-sticking velcro strips--25 cents
• glass candle holder--1
• plastic storage box--25 cents

• 2 lengths of woven trim and 1 length red grosgrain ribbon--75 cents
• odds and ends of various kinds of decorative yarn--2/ all

• popover pan--3
• partial roll of baking parchment--50 cents
• Rubbermaid spatula (our old one broke this week!)--25 cents
• pressed flower picture from Tirol (Austria)--50 cents
  
• 2 pkgs dowel pins for joining wood--1/ both
• 4 sets dowel centering pins--1/ all
• nice heavy canvas tote bag--25 cents
• some bent knitting needles and a crochet hook--came with yarn (above)

----------How Cool Was This??----------

Joe asked the woman selling, how much she wanted for the 4 sets of dowel centering pins, and she said a buck for all of 'em (VERY good deal!), then asked him what they were. So he explained how they are used to line up the holes for dowel pieces used in woodworking joints as reinforcement. Another guy was browsing the sale and upon overhearing the conversation, said: "Wow, those things sound useful! I could use some! Do you have any more for sale?" Which of course, she didn't... We all had a laugh. Then, at the very next sale, Joe finds 2 bags of reinforcing dowel pieces, very reasonably priced, and of course, he had to buy them.

 

here is a close-up of the pressed flower picture. Looks like the white centers on the blue flowers were added with paint or ink, the others are just as they dried on the handmade paper background. When I was a girl we spent lots of weekends in Tirol, and I always admired the pressed flower pictures I saw in shops there. We never bought any, instead my mother showed me how to dry and press flowers myself, so I could make my own. I collected and pressed a few flowers, but the colors always seemed to fade drastically and I didn't have any frames to make the pictures look "finished" so I lost interest in the project. I rarely see them, but I am always on the lookout for these Tirolean pictues priced reasonably at sales. This one sure was!

• Here is a very nice boiled wool jacket, Sears label. I especially like the cut and all the pleats (or whatever the correct term is), kind of give it a "futuristic uniform" look. Well, whatever, it fits well and I like it! The woman selling it said she just had too many red jackets, and Joe talked her down from $12 to 9, which is certainly a good deal.
  
• not pictured: $2 worth (8 pieces ) "bolo ties," big, heavy elastic loops, about 18" around, with a big plastic ball threaded on them, used for tying and securing things.