Garden Wars, garage sales, and more...

[ellenmillion]

The battle of the dill ended in retreat - I took the single straggly stem that survived their last onslaught and planted it in a hanging basket. TRY TO GET IT NOW, YOU GERBIL WANNABES.

I also got some lettuce starts, and now I have salad baskets that are safely out of their reach. (Last summer, I tried planting lettuce and it was gone in a day.) I also planted a few potato buckets, so hopefully we'll get a few dozen red potatoes in the fall.

The weekend was pretty well lost to a garage sale, which was wonderful for getting rid of stuff and also put a few hundred dollars in my pocket. We could not have picked a better weekend - it was sunny and warm, with just enough of a breeze to keep mosquitoes down but not blow anything around. For clutter reduction, it was absolutely wonderful - I got rid of our crib/toddler bed, a dresser, an old chair, a sleeping bag, a set of skis, a bunch of clothing, shoes I'll never wear... just stuff. So much stuff.

The people-watching was amazing. People bargained much less than I expected.

Today, it rains. I cleaned up Guppy's bedroom, and did my chores, took some trash into town, got a load of water, and picked up the mail. After three days of no writing, I did get a little over 1000 words in an hour, so hopefully I can get caught up again. I have a piece of artwork for finish for a client first, though, and bellydance tonight.

Today's artwork is a serious throwback. Like 21 years, throwback. I did this design in 1996 for Denali Science Camp, where I was a junior counselor. So many awesome memories!



Now I have a pile of dishes to wash, and some chicken to cut up and cook for a pot pie tomorrow.

Comments

[kelkyag]

<giggles> Adorable ancient artwork! But what is the round frame with the handle? I want to read it as a magnifying glas but with the vines twined around the edge that seems wrong.

[ellenmillion]

It was meant to be a magnifying glass - you aren't the only one that found the twining elements a little confusing. I learned!

[sauergeek]

People bargained much less than I expected.

I theorize that there are two pricing points for a garage sale. 1) I want to make some money on this, and maybe make it go away; and 2) I want to make this go away, and maybe make some money on it. I suspect you went for the second sort of pricing -- it's how I've done most of my garage sales! -- which leads to a lot less haggling because it's already fairly low.

Yay the catharsis of getting rid of stuff!

[ellenmillion]

Yes, that was probably it. Get it gone was my primary motivation, and that was doubtlessly reflected in my stickered prices. (Even though I would have accepted even less than I marked, because I was *expecting* to make deals on multiple purchases!)