Crap is still crap ... even when you get it cheap.

Well, fans, it's been a busy day.  I hit just about every junk store in MD today.  And am I tired! 


So much stuff; so little ... trunk space.  And the deals were fantastic!

I found all kinds of things that I didn't know I wanted ... until I saw someone else eying my prize.

So, I scooped up glassware, dishware... just any wares I could find.

Missing some pieces, a little broke here and there ... no problem.

Right!   Right?  Wrong.

I have so many projects in my shed, I'm thinking of buying a new shed - just so I can start fresh.

I have wobbly tables, random old doors, mirrors - mirrors - mirrors (what does it mean when I keep buying mirrors, but never bring them into the house?), dressers, old stone sinks (why?  why buy an old stone sink?  well, i have two), cabinets - oh, i bought shelving so i had somewhere to put all the paint i bought.  I have a lamp that will someday be a birdbath, a bottle that will someday be a lamp.

I have old bricks and lots of bracs.  I find myself collecting depression glass - the colors make me happy.  I buy pictures and pitchers.  So far I have found Picasso's lost Don Quixote (not); a brilliant work by an (apparently totally) unknown watercolor painter; amazing 1770s tavern pewter (made in the 1970s); vintage side tables (made in china); and china (made in Taiwan.)

I bought a huge Dresden porcelain monstrosity for $40 ... that turned out to be a Dresben monstrosity worth $2.33.

And, today, what did I add to my growing collection of curiosities?

• a mirror
• two wobbly tables
• a picture of a deer
• depression glass
• and a vase that reminds me of one my grandmother had when I was young 

I hated that vase!  It was ugly.  It still is ugly.

But when you find a piece of your history, sitting in a wonky shop, with a $1.99 price tag, you don't walk by.  You pick it up and put it in your cart because it makes you smile.

You buy it, and you remember!

I miss you Nana.