Thrifty Finds in Fall

This week was all thrift store finds! I have a thrift store about 10 minutes from my work, so I treat myself and stop by a couple of times a week. I stood and looked at this piece a long time before I decided to get it. $2.99 is a good price, but did I really like it?

I decided I did the more it sat on my kitchen counter!

These little salad plates each have a different herb on them, and the names of herbs all around the edge. Maybe a tablescape with fresh potted herbs next spring?

$.49 each

Nice gold bubble glasses for $.49 each.

Look at the lovely material I found, too. Brand new, there is enough for a table runner or 2 pillows for the living room. Hmmm.

Thanks for looking at what I dragged home.

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The Safe Haunted Lab

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn, and caldron bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake, 

In the caldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,

Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, 

Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting

Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,---

For a charm of powerful trouble, 

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. 

~ Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Good reference material is important to any lab set up. And you can always use an extra hand for those little details that get away from you.

 Speaking of handy, a good magnifying glass is a must for that small print on bottles. You aren't getting any younger, dearie!

Keep a hand near your pets, to protect them from harmful toxins.

Keep all receipts to refill orders.

Keep all specimens bottled up. Loose specimens make a sloppy lab.

Safety demands you keep an eye on lit candles.

All bottled goods should be arranged alphabetically for quick spells. V,W, X etc.

A well stocked lab is a good thing......

Get out of the lab and engage in social activities.

Put on your party hat.  All work and no play makes a crabby witch.

Keep your lab stocked with a variety of hostess gifts for the season. A little candy or an appetizer ( see below) make nice presentations. A little ribbon and you're ready to go!

Home is where the lab is.

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Between Naps on the Porch for

as my hutch morphs into a witch lab.

AND

DITTLE DATTLE'S 
AMAZE ME MONDAY

Fun, Thrifty Finds

I took Friday off to do all the yearly doctor visits. Poked, prodded, vaccinated x 3, drained of blood, X-rayed, starved, etc. Sooo, when I was done, I headed for a caramel macchiato and the garage sales! It is a beautiful, windy warm day here. Leaves are flying, and next week will probably be full fall color. I had fun!!

Six of these little plates for $4. It was in the original wrapping so I was happy to see there were all different patterns. 

Wool throw, brown plate, and little silver tray.

Love this little tray, very heavy too. 

I picked up two of these cute pumpkin buckets for $1 each and I have always wanted a red check table cloth. It just says "picnic" to me!

And Santa Claus is coming to town home with me!

I have been picking up these Fitz and Floyd plates, now I have about 5, and he was $5.He looks a little cross-eyed. 

I sure had crossed eyes for as long as I looked at some Spode Woodland dishes at an estate sale. They were  full ebay price at this sale, so I am holding off for tomorrow at 50% off. Execpt I am going out of town at the crack of dawn to go visit daughter #2 for the weekend. Maybe I can get daughter #1 to be there at 9 when they open. (wink wink) And if the dishes aren't there, then it wasn't meant to be! I'll still be happy with what I got today.


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Autumn's Bounty of Color

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. 
 Edwin Way Teale

Warm, rich brown acorns.

Acorn plates~Chris Madden
Salad plates~Mary Carol Collection


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and 

The Great American Frontier Yard Sale

Saturday my cousin and I drove to Fort Leavenworth, about 45 minutes away to attend The Great American Frontier Yard Sale on the fort. There were probably 100 sales. I had visions of having lots of loot to show you that I got at the garage sales. HA! I came up with this and that is all!

At least it was a good brand. 

The sales were mostly families, and they had baby clothes, baby things, and dining room sets. The generals' housing area hardly had any sales. So, we drove around the fort grounds. 
Here's a tiny bit of history and some pics. 

In 1827  Colonel Henry Leavenworth  established the Fort on the banks of the Missouri River to protect the wagon trains headed west along the Santa Fe Trail, and later, the Oregon Trail, and to help maintain peace with the Indians.

The generals' houses sit looking out on the  Missouri. 

In front of this building were cannons that were lined up and pointed toward the river. They are now mounted in cement, but had wheels as shown in this depiction.

The cemetery was amazing, green and tree covered. 

My favorite thing on the fort was the Buffalo Soldier Statue. 

Buffalo soldiers originally were members of the U.S. 10 th Cavalry Regiment of the US Army, formed in 1866 at Fort Leavenworth. 

The nickname was given to the "Negro Cavalry " by the Indian tribes they fought. 

The statue is so detailed!

Well, no big treasures, but I had a good time, and loved the photos!