Estate Sale and One More Thing

 Back again with another Estate Sale. 

This is the house. 

It wasn't for sale but Zillow valued it at over a million dollars of course!  

I loved this sink! Look at the size of it!

Each side was the size of my single sink! 

This is the garage, 

It was actually really nice for a garage! There was another one next to it where I'm sure they parked their cars because this one was too nice to park a car in! 

There was this ugly fur coat. 

Each little square had a different kind of fur in it. Tsk!!  I wonder how many animals had to die to make this thing!  Sickening! 

I liked this little tray with the bird on it. 

And I liked this mirrored waste basket. 

It was marked $15. While we were walking around, I saw a lady carrying a mirrored tissue holder and I was bummed that I didn't see it first! I would have bought that! 

My favorite part of the house was this staircase. 

It was gorgeous! I love a wrought iron railing on stairs! 

I didn't buy anything at this sale. 

In other news. A deer gave birth to a fawn in the field next to where I work.

I thought at first she was sick because she was laying in the middle of the field in broad daylight but upon zooming my camera I could see the fawn on the right! 

I guess it was born in the morning, and she laid there until about 4:00pm and then took her baby into the woods! 

That's it for me for now. Heading to another Estate Sale today so hopefully its a good one and I can tell you all about it! 

Until the next time stay safe and thanks for stopping by! 

Prisons and Other Things

Last post I mentioned that the Meijers is being built on land that used to be a farm prison. I thought it would expand on that a little. 

The Detroit House of Corrections, or what we affectionately used to call DeHoCo, was established in 1860 in the city of Detroit. Eventually, due to overcrowding in 1919 the city purchased 1,000 acres of farmland from Northville Township and Plymouth Township and built a farm prison. The prisoners actually were housed in tents before the buildings were built! And yes, prisoners would escape but the area was so rural that they really didn't get far!

Anyway, here's a diagram of where it used to be:

The black circle was the prison land. The red circle is where I live now and the blue mark is where the Meijers is being built. The top half of the black circle was the prison buildings and the bottom half was prison farm, where I guess the inmates grew fruits and vegetables to feed the prison population. 

In 1979 Detroit sold the land to the State of Michigan and it became the Western Wayne County Women's Facility.  

Soon the area started to become more populated with houses and restaurants. Before the prison closed for good the only building left was the one at the bottom of the picture. There was a big walking track and I remember when we would go to dinner at one of the restaurants, we would see the girls out walking the track! 

In 2004 the facility closed down and the land was sold back to Northville Twp and Plymouth Twp. This is what it looks like now. 

Now it's restaurants, houses and condos, a Home Depot and soon to be a Meijer! 

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In other news, I have no idea what to make of my azalea plant!  I guess it's not giving up yet!

It's getting blooms in the circled areas! This is the goofiest plant ever! 

Yesterday was the boys last day of school for the summer. Brad always goes with them for drop off on the last day.

One day they will grow into their back packs! 

That's it for now. There haven't been many estate sales lately and I have been too busy to go anyway! 

I hope to remedy that soon! 

Until then take care and thanks for stopping by!

Phone Photo Dump

 

Once again it's time to purge some of the photos from my phone for your entertainment!

It may be a little hard to see but this is a stage set up in downtown Plymouth. It's there for the live music concerts they have every Friday night from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend. 

They have some pretty good bands from rock to jazz to country music. We've been to a few of them and it's always fun. The not so fun part is how crowded it is and if you don't get there early enough you don't get a spot to set up your chairs! They don't allow chair set up until 3:00 and by 4:30 the park is at least 1/2 full of chairs already. The concerts start at 7:30!

This sign is posted on land less than a mile from my house. They are putting in a Meijer grocery store and a gas station. It's kind of sad because of the land they are taking up, but on the other hand I am thrilled to have my favorite grocery store so close to my house! 

If it's any consolation the land wasn't really wooded and they didn't have to take down very many trees. Years ago it used to be farm prison.

I saw this trellis at a store downtown. I really like it! 

The store it's in front of does not sell them. I'm tempted to sneak over there one night and steal it! Just kidding! I would never do something like that! 

This is where the CBD store I worked at used to be. 

It's Little Black Heart boutique now. I thought the name was kind of strange, but it's grown on me. I've gone in there a few times. They have beautiful clothes and accessories, but they are expensive! I love to support small businesses but please, I can't pay your rent with one purchase! 

Lastly, we had the boys overnight last Saturday. I took then on a little shopping spree. 

I do that at the end of every school year as a kind of reward for doing good in school. Or maybe just to spoil them occasionally! 

Nonnie gets to do that sometimes!

That's about it for now. 

Work is good and the residents keep us hopping. We had a resident deliberately flood his apartment by turning on the shower, taking the shower head and putting it on a bench outside the shower so water was just flowing all over the floor, outside into the hallway and running out of the light fixture in the ceiling of the apartment below him! 

Always an adventure in senior living! 

Until the next time take care and thanks for stopping by! 

Random This and That

 We had a pretty busy holiday weekend getting a lot of things accomplished! Of course, I worked on Saturday and Sunday but had Monday and today off. 

Besides the usual chores we took out about half of our flower bed in front of our house. It was getting to be too much to keep it weed free and the flowers in that area didn't do that great anyway. 

There were four pots along the front and we took two of them out. 

And put them in front of our deck. 

It looks so much better and will be much easier to maintain!

I also planted a single tomato plant again this year. 

LOL! It has a lot of growing to do! This is a small fruited tomato plant. It's supposed to grow 4-5 feet tall! 

I am not much into gardening, but I do love fresh tomatoes! 

We also had to rescue the solar lights that were being buried by our oriental arborvitae bushes in the back. 

Here they are lit up at night. 

I love the pattern the light makes on the grass. 

Our yard was sorely neglected after me not being able to do much of anything last summer, so it was so nice to get out there and be able to clean and freshen it up! 

Saw this guy sitting on the roof of work the other night. 

He's probably keeping guard over mama on a nest somewhere! 

Saw this cute gardening shed on my walk this morning. 

The sign above the door says "Seed and Supply". 

The boys will be done with school in a few weeks. We are taking them overnight next Saturday so Shauna and Brad can celebrate their 10th anniversary. I can't believe they have been married for 10 years already! 

Finally, today is my son Chris's birthday. He's 46 years old! He's coming into town in a few weeks and I can't wait to see him! 

Until the next time take care and thanks for stopping by! 

Estate sale #2

Before I tell you about the second estate sale, I want to mention that the house on the previous post was not for sale but Zillo estimates it's worth at $1,094,000. 

Ahem...anyway, this was the house at the 2nd sale I went to. 

This one is for sale and it's listed at $833,000. Not as expensive as the previous house but it had a much better kitchen!

The rest of the house was nothing special. I did take this out of the family room window. 

It had a nice deck, part of which was screened in then a set of stairs that went down to a pool which you can see just a little of through the trees. I could not get a better picture of it without going into the backyard! 

This sale definitely had more practical and interesting stuff. Everything over $1 was 50% off. 

I thought this hummingbird was very pretty. 

It was priced at $4.

There was a cupboard of Kentucky Derby glasses. 

They were $3 each. 

I loved this cheese tray and matching knife. 

So pretty. It was $4. I would have bought it but I really have no use for it! 

Then there was boxes and boxes of Playboy Magazines. I think this is the second time I've seen them at an Estate sale. 

I can't remember how much they were but there was a sign that said there was more in the garage! 

There was a bookcase full of puzzles. 

They were $2 each. 

This was a new with tags Ralph Lauren top! It was very pretty!

I don't care for those kinds of necklines so I passed. 

Here's what I bought:

This Venice Company Hoodie. The embroidery on the front is really pretty. 

Unfortunately, even though it's my size it's too small and I probably will end up selling it somewhere. I paid $2 for it. 

This box of Thomas Kincaid puzzles. There is 8 of them from 300 to 1000 pieces. 

The pictures are so pretty. We'll save them until next Winter. I paid $2 for this. 

This Genius Nicer Dicer +. 

I had been thinking about getting a dicer like this and when I saw this one I jumped on it! I had no idea what brand it was, so I used an image search app on my phone and it identified it. I paid $5. 

This handy desk organizer tray set. 

As you can see I already have it in use! I paid $2

And finally this strainer

I used to have one like it and the handle got melted so bad I had to throw it away! It was pretty handy so it's nice to have one again! I paid $1

Total spent: $12. Gotta love it!

Well that's it for now. There is a few more estate Sales this weekend and hopefully they will be interesting enough to post about!

Until then, take care and thanks for stopping by!

Estate Sale #1

 I went to two Estate sales last Saturday. They were both on the 2nd day so everything was discounted. 

This is the first house

This is the front entrance

 Not a fan of the red brick but to each his own!

The best part of the house was these two rooms. 

This sitting room with a gorgeous wood floor and a ton of natural light. 

And the formal living room. 

Huge with huge windows and tons of natural light!

This was the kitchen. 

Pretty underwhelming compared to the rest of the house. 

There was several bedrooms with tons of clothes in the closets. 

Obviously, the people that lived there were of Indian descent. All the closets were full of saris and embroidered jackets. There was very little regular "American" clothes! Whatever that is! 

Each closet had a different size clothing from small to large. Including the bedroom in the finished basement. I think multi generations lived there. It certainly was big enough! 

Also, someone was an artist. The rooms were filled with paintings like these. 

And there was several instruments.  

I think this was called a Harmonium. I had never heard of it before and apparently, it's a reed free organ that is popular with Indian music. They were asking $300 for it. Everything was 20% off. 

This is a Gibson Ultratone 7 lap steel sitar. 

They wanted $1.800 for it 

And this was a Calcutta Sitar

They were asking $1,000 for this one.

This headress was interesting. 

At least, I think it was a headress. It was 100% silk and it was priced at $25. 

There was this whole box of bracelets. 

They were all thin and light weight. I could not find a price on it. 

Funny, this book was just sitting in a basket on a dresser. 

This is one of the best books I have ever read. It really gives you a good idea what it is like to be poor in India. I highly recommend it but be warned, it's brutal! 

Once again I passed up a stand mixer. 

It was priced at $45 and looked brand new. I just don't think I would use one very much and don't have a lot of storage place for one. 

Then as I was leaving the subdivision I saw this house across the street. 

I'm not a fan of these modern looking houses and they seem to be popping up more and more! It looks like an office building or library to me. Not inviting at all! 

I did not buy anything at this Estate sale but did make up for it at the next one!

I will tell you all about it in the next post. 

Until then take care and thanks for stopping by!