Little of this, little of that

I love a collection of vintage items. It’s fishing season here in Texas, which reminds me of an awesome vintage fishing lure collection I ran across years ago. Start your own collection by visiting my store:

link on right side of this page. The Grapes of Rather’s Store

Been treasure hunting lately? I love going to garage, estate, and yard sales. Sometime back in the early 1990’s I held several sales, and a neighbor reported it to “the people” (?). Apparently you cannot have more than a designated number of sales, or else you need to have a tax number. Thus…The Grapes of Rather’s Store was born.

Since we have moved and gotten rid of stuff, I miss scrounging around the house for items to sell. I miss going to Estate Sales, buying “must have” trinkets and then turning around and selling them! My boys do not miss any of this. Many a Saturday morning, I would drag one boy or the other along with me to go “treasure hunting”. They hated it the most when i spotted something sitting in someone’s trash on the curb. Yes, I am not too proud. My friend Renee, taught me that!

Coming soon…..treasures for sale!

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Lately I have taken to sitting at my picnic table in the backyard with my camera right next to me. Usually I have a bandana with ice, wrapped around my neck, a book, and a big ole glass of water and I’m good for an hour or so.

I’ve joked with my man about being old now, because I like to watch birds! Maybe it is because I have a little extra time. We had a family of woodpeckers visiting. There was a couple of pileated woodpeckers and a youngster. Mom & Pop were big! I am not kidding, they were at least 14 inches tall. I didn’t measure them because they scared me to death swooping in and out of my yard. Here is one;

Then there was a small little guy and we identified him as a red bellied woodpecker.

Now here is a little pic of my girl, Tinker. She comes out in the back with me sometimes, so I have to give her equal photo ops.

She is precious.

Tinker would like to catch this little thief. He loves to hang around and eat sunflower seeds

Now , I would have to say my favorite creatures in the yard are lizards. Geckos are really cute but I don’t see them much at our new house for some reason. This little fellow hangs out by the back door a lot.

Little green frogs are really cute, but you will not catch me taking a picture of a toad.

Here is the worst thing that happened to me last week: I killed a snake. Gag. He was curled up next to my front faucet. I called my man all hysterical and he walked me through the assassination. Shoes on, shovel in hand, I whacked this copperhead’s head right off….

Sorry, just had to share that. A neighbor brought me a jug of “snake stopper”. I will let you know if it works.

Little of this, little of that

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