New Pickers In Town

We all need our little reminders.

This was mine...

At a prominent location...

laptop central.

We had a.m. plans to travel our area

on garbage day to see what we could find.

Bessie was ready and our spirits were high!

Our goal was to find metal for scraping.

But when I spotted this cool blue table

along side the road I had to

pick it up.

The window was another find...

I have plans to build

some cold frames for cool weather

gardening...

so the window was a great discovery.

It will serve as the roof to my little

greenhouse.

That table is a beauty...

Right down to the orange painted liners.

Sure some hardware is missing...

but I will have this

beauty up and running

in no time.

We cranked up the music and high-fived

our success.

Driving down the road

we spotted another table...

With four chairs... Looking old and oh, so intriguing.

I couldn't let this beauty

go to the dump.

There was nothing wrong with her!

Nothing that a little TLC couldn't cure.

Load her up!

Next up...

shutters.

Second cousin to the door

so you know I couldn't pass these by.

I'm already planning their future.

We re-learned a few things.

That old adage...

the early bird catches the worm...

had once again proven itself to be true.

We, The New Kids on the Block...

encountered "Mr. Experienced" who was loaded to

over-flowing.

He gave us a nod and a wave...

and a smirky smile as he drove by.

I could imagine him saying,

"Move it along...this is my territory!"

BUT...

he didn't see the value of our picks...

He was of "metal only" mentality.

What? Didn't he see the metal table top?

Bad for him...good for us!

There's no way this one's

getting scrapped!

It's a keeper.

All in all it was a great day to be a picker.

File this one under...

on the job training!