Saving, recycling, and reusing what others just throw away. Because aren't the landfills full by now? And who wants all their stuff to look like everyone else's stuff?
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
My New Bloggy Endeavor
I've started a new blog, as a way to keep track of and write about a new project I've undertaken: becoming a cheese connoiseur (sorry, I realize that this sounds kind of high falutin'...). So, though it has nothing to do with what I write about here, check it out!
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or connoisseur even? ;-) Sorry, I know spelling Nazis are annoying...
No, it's annoying, really. I like spelling correctly, so I don't mind being corrected. I was unsure about it as I was spelling it last night, but I was too lazy to go to a dictionary. So, thanks!
ok, I'm glad you're not offended. By the way, I found this blog recently via Separated by a Common Language and it's really up my alley. Lots of inspiration here!
The dump, aka the recycling center, in Nottingham, NH
The Saturday morning garage sale at the Salvation Army in Cleveland, Ohio
Top Ten Things Found in the Actual Trash
A not-too-badly broken bench, that my friend Cathy helped me carry back
to my Hoboken apartment from a nearby sidewalk. I repaired and painted
it and used it for years, then I put it in the barn in NH, where my
brother found it, took it home and used it on his sunporch for years.
Then he put it back in the barn, where we refound it, painted it a new
color and are now using it as porch furniture in Nottingham. How's that
for getting a lot of use out of a broken thing someone else threw
away???
A set of four heavy, nicely made maple captain's chairs, which I took
to NH, where they got a coat of oil based paint and are now terrific
porch chairs - found in the trash in Clinton, NY.
A set of 12 (12!) ironstone cups and saucers with gold trim, in the Nottingham, NH recycling center glass pile
A pair of small vintage floral curtains that I sold on Ebay for $40 - found in the trash in an alley in Oxford, Ohio.
A small antique Sarouk Persian rug, appraised to be worth $400 - found
by my father in the trash in a rich Newton, Mass neighborhood.
A pair of brand new, never been worn Birkenstok clogs - in my size! -
found in the Nottingham, NH landfill back in the good ol' days when
Nottingham still had an actual landfill you could scrounge around in -
sigh...
6 comments:
or connoisseur even? ;-) Sorry, I know spelling Nazis are annoying...
No, it's annoying, really. I like spelling correctly, so I don't mind being corrected. I was unsure about it as I was spelling it last night, but I was too lazy to go to a dictionary. So, thanks!
Ugh. I really did mean to say "not annoying". Sorry.
ok, I'm glad you're not offended. By the way, I found this blog recently via Separated by a Common Language and it's really up my alley. Lots of inspiration here!
Well, I'm glad you like it, and I'm always happy if I can inspire others to save things from the trash. I hope you'll come back! Celeste
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