Emily is enjoying her swimming pool! She loves to splash, but gets a little frustrated when the water splashes on her face.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Splish splash!
Emily is enjoying her swimming pool! She loves to splash, but gets a little frustrated when the water splashes on her face.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Fencing
Today I used the post hole diggers from yesterday's estate sale. The goal is to move the side gate on our yard about 8 feet closer to the street, as you might be able to tell in this photo. The gate part is already in the new position.
The digging of the post holes wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be. It actually would've been pretty easy, except for the extreme stickiness of the soil. I didn't remember it being like that when we put in the sprinklers a couple of summers ago. Maybe it's because it hasn't gotten hot hot hot yet, and it's rained more than usual in the last week, but it was like digging in clay. Scoop some up with the post-holer, and then knock and scrape the clayish dirt off of the tool after each scoop. But eventually the holes were 24" deep, and in the posts went with QuickCrete. Next step: figuring out how to attach the section of fence to the metal posts, instead of their current wood ones.
The digging of the post holes wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be. It actually would've been pretty easy, except for the extreme stickiness of the soil. I didn't remember it being like that when we put in the sprinklers a couple of summers ago. Maybe it's because it hasn't gotten hot hot hot yet, and it's rained more than usual in the last week, but it was like digging in clay. Scoop some up with the post-holer, and then knock and scrape the clayish dirt off of the tool after each scoop. But eventually the holes were 24" deep, and in the posts went with QuickCrete. Next step: figuring out how to attach the section of fence to the metal posts, instead of their current wood ones.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Estate sale today
I hit one estate sale today, and it was the kind I like. Lots of interesting old stuff, for small prices. I spent $7.25 total.
I had broken a black shoelace on my good shoes while putting them on in a hurry to get to a wedding last month. So I picked these up. You can see they weren't expensive when new. What year that was, I couldn't say.
This is an old copy of Cheaper by the Dozen. Not a first edition - the book was originally written in 1946, and this 1949 edition was the 15th printing!
An old GE light meter. It was near some old 16mm-style movie cameras, so it was probably used for determining the correct exposure for them. You can't see it in this photo, but the leather case has an opening at the top of the meter to expose the light sensor.
A really interesting stapler that works very well. It's smaller than this photo makes it look. It does need some cleaning up before getting desk action.
I watched Saving Private Ryan yesterday for the anniversary of D-Day. This appears to be an authentic WW2 canteen.
I'll need to straighten this plumb bob's tip before it can be very usable. And maybe replace the string, too.
Everyone needs a good brush to clear the work area of sawdust or paperwork.
Neatsfoot oil, for the leather baseball mitt.
Some sports car racing trophies, for garage decoration. The third one, with the groovy disks, is a 1st place award for a hillclimb in 1968. On getting these home, I'm realizing that three of them may be excessive. They might make nice awards for your students, though, Rachel? With new title plaques, of course...
When I got this, I thought it was for judging track meets. The clipboard combined with the stopwatch. I thought I would salvage the Heuer stopwatch, (for which the previous owner riveted a clever pivoting cover for the winding screw/start-stop button). After doing some research, I found that it's actually a dash-mounted stopwatch, intended for racing. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. Probably won't screw it into the Corolla's dashboard to time my commute.
This little tin of unappetizingly-labeled dental plaster is actually just plaster-of-paris, which should be fun to play with.
Wrinkle-finish spray paint and silicone lubricant, cheap.
Chalk line full of red chalk, and blue refill chalk. hmm.
Old-timey grass clippers need some cleaning up.
This box is full of rubber washers. A guy at the sale pointed out that they're probably long dried-out, but I thought the nice metal box would be useful for organizing small parts anyway.
2 garden hoes, a post hole digger, and a handle. We've been looking for these items, and it's 1000% cheaper than buying them new. Seriously, $0.25 vs $25.
I had broken a black shoelace on my good shoes while putting them on in a hurry to get to a wedding last month. So I picked these up. You can see they weren't expensive when new. What year that was, I couldn't say.
This is an old copy of Cheaper by the Dozen. Not a first edition - the book was originally written in 1946, and this 1949 edition was the 15th printing!
An old GE light meter. It was near some old 16mm-style movie cameras, so it was probably used for determining the correct exposure for them. You can't see it in this photo, but the leather case has an opening at the top of the meter to expose the light sensor.
A really interesting stapler that works very well. It's smaller than this photo makes it look. It does need some cleaning up before getting desk action.
I watched Saving Private Ryan yesterday for the anniversary of D-Day. This appears to be an authentic WW2 canteen.
I'll need to straighten this plumb bob's tip before it can be very usable. And maybe replace the string, too.
Everyone needs a good brush to clear the work area of sawdust or paperwork.
Neatsfoot oil, for the leather baseball mitt.
Some sports car racing trophies, for garage decoration. The third one, with the groovy disks, is a 1st place award for a hillclimb in 1968. On getting these home, I'm realizing that three of them may be excessive. They might make nice awards for your students, though, Rachel? With new title plaques, of course...
When I got this, I thought it was for judging track meets. The clipboard combined with the stopwatch. I thought I would salvage the Heuer stopwatch, (for which the previous owner riveted a clever pivoting cover for the winding screw/start-stop button). After doing some research, I found that it's actually a dash-mounted stopwatch, intended for racing. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. Probably won't screw it into the Corolla's dashboard to time my commute.
This little tin of unappetizingly-labeled dental plaster is actually just plaster-of-paris, which should be fun to play with.
Wrinkle-finish spray paint and silicone lubricant, cheap.
Chalk line full of red chalk, and blue refill chalk. hmm.
Old-timey grass clippers need some cleaning up.
This box is full of rubber washers. A guy at the sale pointed out that they're probably long dried-out, but I thought the nice metal box would be useful for organizing small parts anyway.
2 garden hoes, a post hole digger, and a handle. We've been looking for these items, and it's 1000% cheaper than buying them new. Seriously, $0.25 vs $25.
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