A PLATE AND TWO QUIRKY FINDS

I'm joining the following for their weekly thrifty parties:

Rhoda at Southern Hospitality
for Monday's Thrifty Treasures

and

Linda at Coastal Charm
for Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays

Yard sales around here are usually hit or miss with more miss than hits. On the last two weekends this is all I've found.

First, the plate.
I buy souvenir plates when I see them if they fit my criteria. They must be either blue & white or red & white transferware; I must have visited the place; and they must be really cheap (like under $2). This week I found one from Nova Scotia.

Now onto the quirky finds. You just never know what you will find. Guess that is why we keep going to garage sales. This is a huge wooden cheese box - the kind that cheese was delivered in to grocery stores. Bob grew up in his Dad's grocery store, so we are always looking for store items. Also, I'm a sucker for any kind of wooden box.

Lastly, a poster from a school band room somewhere in Kansas from the 1950s. Our son collects ephemera of all kinds. He has some school room posters that are mostly science related as that is what he teaches. He played the sousaphone in high school, so this will be added to his collection as soon as we get it framed.

Speaking of said son: Today we delivered him to the airport in Denver so that he could fly away to Japan for the summer on a cultural trip to live with a family and work in their orchard. Tonight, I'm suffering from empty-nest syndrome. Now, in my mind, I know he is a grown man, well educated with a responsible job; has traveled extensively and been to Japan before; and hasn't lived at home with us for years. So, why am I feeling this way? The only answer I can think of is "Once a mother, always a mother". Sometimes, it isn't easy to let them fly away from the nest no matter how old they get!!