Culling through the years.....

Waiting

While I have been doing pretty much nothing except working, Dave has been sifting through the stuff that had been abandoned for many years in the garage.  I went out one day to try to help him but I really could not get into it.  There was just too much junk that I didn't know what it was, where it came from or if it was mine.  The only things that I could recognize as mine were my bikes that I haven't ridden since I opened the shop, a few old foot stools that I plan to fix and recover someday, a bee skep  and my old skis.  The bikes and foot stools can stay but the skis, which 20 years ago were awesome, can go into the dumpster.   It's funny how a sport that was so much a part of my life growing up and through my 20's could be forgotten.  Abandoned into a corner of the garage.  For most of my life skiing was everything (well, next to riding horses of course).  Almost every weekend in the winter no matter state I lived in I went skiing. Not whimpy little hills but rather the steepest and most bumpy runs that you could find at Killington.  Now, when my brother asks me to go skiing with his boys, a wave of panic goes through me....  what if I get hurt?  How would I get to work?  What if I can't ski like I used to? Maybe some day I will be brave enough to tackle the little CT hill near where he lives but I will have to rent my equipment.  Who wants to see those old relics on the slopes?

Stuff, mostly of unknown origin. 

 

 

 

 

The big ominous storage container sits on what was once an abandoned garden.  Lately the area had just grown some of the largest pokeweed plants I'd ever seen.  Maybe this will take care of them since pulling them out didn't seem to help.  This was the only place that the poor guy could put the container.  I thought he would have to return it his facility.

Here it is, all ready to be filled up!

While the driver was very good to get the storage container into the little garden space.  He managed to clobber the shrubs at the end of the driveway on his way out.  Maybe we were going to do something else there anyway?????

Oops :-(

Here are just a few examples of things that have been unearthed.  Has this happened to anyone else? 

 

How did this happen?

Tip of the iceberg for Dave's flag collection- who knew?

The iron cookware needs a little TLC but will clean up nicely.

Slow and steady progress

As you can see there is still a lot to do- each thing has to be carefully analyzed and deemed worthy of (1.) keeping, (2.) something to sell, or (3.) toss into the garbage.  If kept, then it has to be cleaned and organized for storage.  Maybe we should have gotten this container in June.  Thankfully Peter told us we'd better get it sooner rather than at the last minute.  Can you even imagine if we waited?????