shelf life

i have always always been picking things up on the side of the road. when i traded in my old jeep for a more eco-friendly car..well boy was i missing the space. you know not "the back" but " the WAY back". i could tool around town and pick up just about anything. but alas- the toyota can only hold a trunk full of sweaters, a few old suitcases and maybe a lamp or two. but we make do.
our neighbors down the street where cleaning their old barn out and had put this outside on the curb for pick up. and we did just that. thanks to my brother for cleaning of the worst parts(slugs, spiders, and the like) and thanks to my dad for always taking me junking and giving me the thrifting itch! and by the way spring means FLEA MARKETS. they should be reopening any day now!

will you take a check?

a thing to love about these parts of maine are the incredible flea markets! i ran into an old guy who said he found a stack of these old feedsacks under his wifes bed. i guess she must have known what he did not, she was pretty much putting her money under her mattress. he let these sail into my arms for 4 bucks a piece. i was like "are you sure?"and he was said "well as long as you'll use them"...got to love that new england pragmatism.