Septermber 28th

another perfect day for cuuh hunting! sunny and mild

spent $6

hit a few sales in Loveland, then took a drive to Johnstown

• Craftsman cordless drill with 2 batteries + case (no charger)--2
• Triple cribbage board--1
• tan insulated lunch bag--free
• pyrex mixing bowl--25 cent
• 8 iced tea spoons--50 cents
• Selectric (typewriter) script ball--1
• pkg of (vintage) non-slip fabric--25 cents
• 4 glass plates--1

Septermber 21st

a warm, sunny, calm day:  perfect for saleing yet again!

spent $13.75

G + Ms' friends, a couple who live in Atlanta, and Savannah were with us today, a real van-full!

• 2 insulated lunch bags--2/both
• textured glass dish--25 cents
• brass base 40w appliance bulb--50 cents
• bag of clips--1

• box of interesting bottles, jars, tubes, beaker and some corks and rubber accessories--10/all

September 14th

logging this cuuh a week late...weatherwise, it was another perfect day for saleing

spent 35 cents

Joe stayed home for the sales but joined us for lunch. Seems like I looked through a lot of junk, but just didn't find much of interest

• glass lid--free
• juice glass with an interesting pattern--25 cents
• partial roll of red DYMO label tape--10 cents

September 7th

all kinds of weather today:  sunny, hot, breezy, cloudy, and we got caught in two little showers...

spent $16.00

found a great deal on a sewing machine today--haven't seen many this year

• black picture frame--free
• Necchi supernova BU sewing machine (case cover not shown)--10

• 2 Louis L'Amour paperbacks--1
• piece of glass--50 cents
• nice heavy red (outside) non-stick 9" cake pan--25 cents
• purple aluminum can opener--free
• nice heavy set of ss measuring spoons--25 cents

• Samsonite camera case--2
• very nice, almost new garment bag--2

August 31st

so glad to be back hunting the cuuh today!!

spent $9

sunny and hot, also very hazy for some reason....

• hardcover, ABC USA--25 cents
• 2 frosted glass jars--50 cents/both
• artist's lazy susan--75 cents
• 2 decorative glasses filled with glass cubes and marbles--2/both

• shovel--3
• metal storage box with lots of fuses and misc--1
• white plastic storage box--1
• 2 files--50 cents/both

Panda relaxing this week in a new box:

August 10th

a little late in logging this week's cuuh;  I've been a little under the weather lately...
spent $13.50

Items marked * were purchased for a total of $12

• 10 gray and black markers--*
• set of (white, round) pattern weights--*
• bag of assorted cords and elastic--*
• 4 rubber stamps--*
• another bag of assorted cords and elastic--*
• bag of buttons, bobbins and asst notions--*
• 1 stone necklace, 2 stone bracelets--*
• delicate silver-colored necklace with purple stones--*

• gold lame tablecloth--*
• birthday mug (Rita is 9 y.o. today!!)--25cents
  stethoscope--25 cents
  softcover Leather Braiding--1

• package of decorative foils--*

• 3 nice bags--*

July 27th

hot and sunny

spent $31.00

I found a few interesting books today at an estate sale...

• 2 wooden boxes--#
• softcover, Hawaiian volcanos--50 cents
• softcover, Hawaiian reefs and tidal pools--50 cents
• softcover, Hawaiian shore fishes--50 cents
• pkg of picture wire and eye screws--#
• "blow me" roach clip--#
• 2 interesting dice--#

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# = items purchased for $8 total price

As soon as I snapped the shutter, Atticus decided he wanted to sit on the books

• 3 small bottles, 2 cream carafes and a very pretty blue Japanese one--#
• fabric remnants--#
• 2 wind-up fast food toys--free

• selection of vinyl remnants--#

• really cool cigarette dispenser--3

the dispenser in action (video)

The books...ah yes, the books...

     Every season has a sale or two that stands out for exceptional finds. The ones fondly remembered years later. Today we found one of those sales, an estate sale for a woman who was downsizing and could not take everything with her. The woman (who wasn't there, her friends were holding the sale for her) is an artist and I felt an immediate affinity for her after just briefly browsing through her book collection, which was huge. She and I share many of the same interests and her library was full of books I am most interested in reading. What an incredible, lucky find! It was difficult, but I limited myself to purchasing 50 books, which I got for the mind-boggling price of $18. I could easily have found 2 or 3 times that number that looked at least moderately interesting, but I stopped at 50 as a "practical" number, even though it meant leaving books that I might have bought in different circumstances. But these 50 are treasures and I am excited at the prospect of opening the cover of each one.

these 3 are brochures

• tote bag--25 cents
• not pictured: paperback, Louis L'Amour-Reilly's Luck--25 cents

July 13th

back at it after a few weeks' absence. A hot and sunny day 

spent $18.50

out-of-towners, G's sister and cousin, joined us for a fun day

• stainless "double boiler"--1
• 4 pr women's socks--free
• Xacto knife set, 3 handles + blades + plastic case--50 cents
• 2 rubber stamps--20 cents/both
• lightbulb in blue pkg--free
• 3 pks auto lightbulbs--30 cents/all
• card with assorted ribbon lengths--10 cents

• ultrasonic humidifier--1
• 2 stainless water bottles--50 cents/both
• 6 wooden frames (1 not pictured)--3.50/all
• 2 bags w/ small rubber stamps--20 cents/both
• 5/8" wrench--10 cents
• VHS The Man Called Moon--10 cents
• VHS Mexican travel tape--10 cents
• VHS Jerry Clower--10 cents
• 2 celtic music CDs--30 cents/all
• worn/stained tablecloth--free
• fajita pan and wooden rest--3

• 5 pairs women's jeans--5
• shish kabob attachment for a Sunbean rotisserie broiler--50 cents

• shovel--2

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Cat Photo of the Week


Panda relaxes in the box that recently arrived from Memphis. Panda loves boxes.

June 8th

perfect weather: sunny with a gentle breeze and temperatures in the 80s

spent $17.05

had a nice time today

• Technics digital tuner--5
• Panasonic 5 disc CD/DVD player w/ remote--5
• bag of 10 (mostly new) bags--1
• 5 stainless spoons--5 cents
• sewing machine pedal--1
• pkg of 2 noise insulating pads (for a/c units)--included in box in next picture

• box of assorted "stuff"--1

• made in Japan speaker (new)--2
• wheeled cart with drawers full of "stuff"--2

May 25th

cool and cloudy

spent $3.25

lots of sales in newer neighborhoods with typically newer junk, so we didn't find a lot of irresistible cuuh this week...

• adidas gym bag--25 cents
• heavyweight-nylon garment bag--75 cents
• Timex indiglo travel alarm w/ working battery--free
• picture frame--25 cents

• black nylon bag--50 cents
• nice leather American Tourister bag--50 cents
• neck-friendly polar fleece shirt--1

May 18th

sunny for awhile, then overcast, but so warm and pleasant--perfect weather!

spent $15.05

lots and lots of sales today

• (left of the table) yellowish plastic sled--50 cents
• HP computer tower--8
• stainless Aladdin thermos (in useable condition)--25 cents
• soft-sided Sam's Club cooler--25 cents
• boomerang--1
• 3 nice prs. socks (2 cotton, 1 wool)--75 cents / all
• framed picture--25 cents
• electronic pocket Merriam Webster dictionary (needs batteries)--5 cents
• fake-wood boards--free

• softcover, How to Draw and Paint--50 cents
• badly damaged hardcover, The Wild West of Louis L'Amour--25 cents
• 2 pcs. decorator fabrics--$1 / both
• 2 pk friction dots for acrylic rulers (keeps 'em from sliding)--20 cents / both
• pocket magnifier--free
• softcover, Goldilocks and the Three Bears--5 cents

• Hooker 100 bilinear--$1
• Johnson Messenger 132 (CB radio), sadly, missing mike--$1

May 11th

an overcast and quite cool day...

spent $1.35

we went to quite a few sales but didn't find a whole lot that interested us today...

• 2 cork blocks (told they were exercise aids)--1 / both
• cold food storage container with freezable gel in lid--25 cents
• pencil case--10 cents

CAT PHOTO:

Bella Cotton, pampered housecat

May 4th

sunny and very warm, UV index was forecast to be 10 today

spent  $26.25

another perfect day with plenty of interesting sales

Note: items marked with * were bought for a total of $3 at a church rummage sale

• silver gel pen--25 cents
• 2 drawing pencils--*
• 4 pencil sharpeners--*
• square glass "butter bell"--*
• red plastic tablecloth (under above stuff)--25 cents
• pkg of "jeans buttons"--50 cents
• box of glass beads--*
• ring of embroidery floss--*
• 4 glue sticks--25 cents/all
• 2 pieces of fabric, red and white--*
• glass ashtray--*
• softcover, Make Your Own Rec Room--25 cents
• softcover, (wood)burning and Texturing--25 cents
• pkg w/ 2 flashbulbs--*

• softcover, Singer: More Creative Sewing Ideas--3
• softcover, Sunset: Furniture You Can Build--25 cents
• softcover, Arches and Canyonland (Nat'l Parks)--1
• softcover, booklet about measuring tools--25 cents
• softcover, Devil's Tower (Nat'l Monument)--1
• pkg shrink plastic (for crafts)--*

• very nice copper-bottom stainless pasta pot with strainer and lid--15
• ultrasonic humidifier--*

• 2 pr corduroy jeans in new condition (light aqua and charcoal gray)--1/both

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A yard at one of the sales had some beautiful salvia in full bloom which was attracting many bees. A bumblebee was among them, stuffing her leg sacks full of pollen. Really wanted to get a good picture of her, but she wouldn't cooperate...then I tried my luck with a couple of honeybees, but I had some trouble getting the camera to focus on the buzzing insects...

the salvia blooms


bumblebee


honeybee


another honeybee 
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April 27th

another perfect day for saleing
spent 95 cents
we didn't find a lot to buy today, but did see some beautiful flowers and we got a nice tour of the Presbyterian church on 4th St...

• insulated lunch bag--10 cents
• pkg of picture frame supports--25 cents
• Time/Life The Cooking of Italy book--50 cents
• plastic clutch--10 cents

Some of the beautiful flowers we saw around town today:












The Presbyterian church on 4th St:

We stopped at the church thinking their rummage sale was today; turns out it is tomorrow. We ran into a friend of Mick's who is head of building maintenance or some such at the church, and he gave us a wonderful tour of the inside of the bldg. Built in 1904 and on the register of historic places, it is quite nice inside, the first time any of us had seen the interior.


The organ was installed in 1914


beautiful stained glass windows


an old stained glass window removed last year, now awaiting a $5000 restoration


Gail got to ring the bell!!

Cat Pictures:

Put this bag on a chair, emptied it, and in no time at all the kittens were in it, (one at a time)

Panda



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