The super clear blue skies and t-shirt weather had me feeling pretty chirpy today! Even my PJ pants were dancing in the sun!
The day started financially well, with a lady who had bought some produce off us from the out-the-front-stall ringing me with a request for four jars of raspberry jam!! yay.
$16 richer, I decided I couldn’t possibly bury myself in the shed all day, so I picked another spot that was nice and easy and got to work
Even though there were a lot of tap-rooted weeds in here, the recent rains made digging them up a pretty easy job
It didn’t really take too long to get it all ship shape again
Now the Winter Roses (Hellebores) have a chance to shine!
While Pip napped in the garden, I brought up a few barrow loads of wood and stacked at the back door…
Before getting into the hot house to pick what was ready
Something extra for the dinner plate?
I couldn’t put it off any longer. Back to the garage for me to attack a few more boxes.
Some things I had to put back without even sorting them – countless boxes of negatives and photos. That’s a whole years project by itself!
Same goes for the letters/cards. Resisted reading them or I would have still been out there instead of here writing this.
But my overall conclusion is – I have a mild hoarding problem
Example 1
A bottle filled with beach sand and a 3/4 empty bottle of bath salts that I have had longer than I have had Jeff.
Example 2
A lovely smelly sachet for your drawers, which I estimate I have had in my possession since I was a young teenager. (lets say closer to 30 years than 20 OK??) (Mind you it actually still smells really nice!! 😀
Example 3
This is not the only tin/bag/box full of rocks that I keep discovering and that doesn’t include what I have accidentally collected since moving to Tassie.
Is there therapy for this kind of addiction??
I let Pip into the shed to keep me company. Apparently the pinboard is an excellent nail sharpening spot.
Eventually he got bored and found a good squishy spot, as only cats can do and decided to nap it out.
There was the thrill of maybe finding a hidden fortune – this was my bills file, where I kept house keeping money.
I confess to being slightly disappointed…
And the famous matchbox collection? Part of it is stored in a chocolate box. I received this for my 10th birthday when I was living in Venezuela, from the Big Boss of the company my Dad was working for!
It held two layers of chocolates!! Two!!!! I had never been given anything quite so posh in my life, and looking at the tin brings back that feeling of incredulity that I could be so lucky!
A secret treasure or two can be found within…
I must have been about 13 or 14. I had a boyfriend who bought me that necklace. The thing is, I knew he had only spent $2 on it as the shop selling them was quite loud about it. I also knew that if I wore it, the ‘gold’ would rub off in a matter of days & I didn’t want him to feel bad about it… so I hid it in the above matchbox to preserve its goldness for all time. 😀
My second best find?
Might have to keep my eye out for a turntable!! I also found an LP of excellent bedtime stories too!
What was my best find? That’s for another day!
Hope your week has started at least as well as mine has!
Cheers!
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