Random thoughts from the moose cave.

I don't get decorative objects. or objets. There's something about things that people use/have used. Better than art. I have some art on the walls that friends have created. Rolling pins and tool boxes tell me more.

I collect old things. especially mechanical things.

I have several old blowtorches,

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=old+blowtorch&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=m3N&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&biw=1016&bih=597&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=I-N48VCKDxsFgM:&imgrefurl=http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-71458642/stock-photo-old-blowtorch-on-a-white-background.html&docid=5csaSjGaUWmecM&imgurl=http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/144793/144793,1298070184,3/stock-photo-old-blowtorch-on-a-white-background-71458642.jpg&w=300&h=470&ei=65S8TvW1H6nO2AWm8My7BQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=714&vpy=202&dur=1152&hovh=281&hovw=179&tx=78&ty=282&sig=115584605970609406367&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=84&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0

and lots of lanterns...

working on making them work.

good stuff !

in the cabin, I have automotive posters and pictures, but they are signed, and have significance beyond the visual. each has a story to go with it.

and barbwire and glass candle holders that I am playing with making...

not gonna decorate much in the shop until the roof is fixed.

I have a to do list 5 miles long...

using a lot less wood so far, though.

this is good, cuz cutting wood is more difficult than fixing cars, and doesn't pay as well...

Love rolling pins. I collect peoples garbage. Have chairs and tables and such that I have refurbished. I carried one of my chairs for a mile back to my house that I pulled from someone's garbage pile when I was 5 mos. pregnant with Gbaby. I was afraid someone would get it before I got home and got my car. Wee bit selfish of me.

at least you had someplace to sit and rest when you got tired...

my kitchen table is a large plant stand. so are the two chairs that I kept inside.

me and stinky don't get a lot of visitors. smoky can't make the steps...

HA! I never even thought about that. I am lucky I didn't go into labor....
that would have been one amazing story though.

If youda had a ducky swim ring, you coulda made the national news.

Crazy Alabama woman gives birth in discarded chair. pix at eleven...

how's the mouth breathing thing working out, feather?

The chairs are plant stands?
Like stools?

I have a horrid habit of searching people's garbage piles on garbage day. I can slow down the traffic behind me quite a bit as I scan for something salvageable. It's fun though. 95% of my home has been things I have grabbed from someone's unwantables. I used to be embarrassed by that. Now it is bragging right for me. Heck - if they didn't want it and it can be made over - why shouldn't I do it? Some things that are new are just too pristine. I like my things and my folks - with character

Heh heh - not so well thank you Rock. I have taken to snoring as well.

The Professor has opted for the couch the last couple of nights. Can't say that I blame him really.

other than hand tools, I own very little that is new.

my paint guns, and the welder I'm getting ready to buy.

(oh, and the padlocks on the shop...)

oh my goodness.

the couch...

have you tried a breath mint?

or a camisole?

That made me laugh.

NO. He can sleep on the couch until I get over the cold for Pete's sake.

A breath mint. A camisole. You goat licker you.

"The chairs are plant stands?
Like stools? "

no.

like the chairs (really nice old wooden ones) have yucky vinyl seats on them. and nobody sits in them.

so they have a big potted plant sitting on them by the window. there is a big staggering of way too many plants by the window, especially until I fix the walls and roof...

for the record, my ole sexy neighborette was gonna throw away the table and 6 chairs after nobody wanted them at her garage sale.

they are old, and real wood, but need work to be nice. I could refinish them, but doubt I ever care that much...

Well...they are still real wood. Would they be better for you to sit on than the two plant stands? Even if you didn't refinish them - it might be something you might be interested in.

Anytime anyone wants to give something away for free I want to look at it to see if I can fix it up. It is some kind of innate need I have.

ahhhhh...

Gotcha.

Well - plant stands are nice. At least you are using them.

your cold has upped the density in your skull, feather.

the two "plant stands" are 2 of the six chairs I got with the table. the cabin is not built for dining 6. or 3...

I have a comfortable chair that I sit in at the computer and a nice not so comfortable chair for visitors (so they don't stay too long...)

the other chairs are in the storage I built in the top of the shop trusses.

have another cough drop, eh?