Tolentreasures

  On the thrift shop tours Thursday and Friday of last week, I found some more letters. A wooden puzzle missing some pieces, that's ok, I don't need whole alphabets.   Some unpainted wood letters and some letter cookie cutters.   Added to the collection.  I And organized, actually!  Every drawer is different.   And what are they for?   These and more. Just another hoard collection!

  Today was the day to deliver the Linus Project Blankets that Shelby's class made   add a little more stock to the shelves at Diamond Antiques   and a visit to Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse.   A few surprises along the way!   The first, a ride along friend which made the day much more fun! and second white out conditions that were a little scary.   So, what did I find? The samples above which I think would look cool strung and hung in the yard somewhere.    A few more laminate samples in some different sizes. Some blanks for my dad and his carving friends.   Some letters to add to the collection. Cute little clothespins. Game pieces. Seashells and gems for VBS decorating. Leather samples for collages. And about 20 of these!  These were at Construction Junction for 15 cents each.   They will be part of a room remodel ...

My purchases were mostly at Pittsburgh Center for Creative ReUse. I love that place, although, patient as JWS is, I did sense a certain uneasiness and readiness to bolt out of there as soon as I gave the word. I could stay there for hours. So, I bought tiles, and more tiles,   and lots of letters. At The Strip District, I also bought some ginger. Homemade ginger ale for Easter dinner! Can't wait! JWS bought a fish. And at PCCR he bought some golf balls for the boys. 128 golf balls, to be exact, for $5. (126 of them will turn into projectile objects under the mower blades in a mere two months or so.) He also bought a small jar of caviar. Don't these two things resemble one another? I assure you, I did not eat either one! What I did eat was Pho soup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho It was good, but I liked the spring rolls and the split rice dish better. All this was at Tram's Vietnamese Re...