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!

Plants and More Plants

 This is the picture of my azalea bush that I took on May 2nd last year. 

This is a picture of the same bush that I took on April 29th of this year! 

Can you spot the difference? Grrrr!!

All it grew is a very small branch with green leaves on the bottom of the plant.

I have no idea why it bloomed so beautifully last year but is practically dead this year! Google says it could be anything from not surviving the cold winter (even though this winter was not as cold as last winter!), a fungal disease, poor drainage, over watering or drying winds! 

Fussy little bugger! I'm going to cut it back a little and give it one more chance. If it pulls this stunt next year, I'm pulling it up! 

Thankfully my indoor plants are faring much better! Look at my beautiful violet!

It was pretty dormant all winter but has bloomed beautifully for Spring! 

I don't know if I posted this before but my 100-year-old friend Adrian had her daughter buy me this beautiful plant a few months ago as a thank you for me helping her with some things.  

It's a Dracaena Gold Star. According to my plant book, as it grows the bottom leaves should wither and show the stem. 

Next to it is a couple orchid plants. I've yet to have an orchid rebloom for me so we'll see. 

Last week I bought this Spring cactus. It's like a Christmas cactus only it blooms in the Spring. 

It was a little bigger when I brought it home but a couple of the branches fell off when I was transplanting it. I put them in the dirt but only the one of the right side took. It also had some flowers but they were pretty much dead so I pulled them off. 

This is a piece of the peace lily I took from a big one at the CBD store where I used to work.

I only took a small chunk with 2 leaves so it's growing slowly but surely! 

And there's my beautiful Jade.

I bought it at Home Depot a few months ago. It's about twice the size now. 

This aloe was given to me by Brad's mom Sandy last Mother's Day. 

It was painted blue when she gave it to me. You can still see some of the blue on the bottom. It would be a little fuller, but I accidently dropped it off the table when I was transplanting it and a lot of the bottom leaves broke off! 

I love having indoor plants. I never used to be able to grow them, so I'm always thrilled when they do good! 

In other news. We were at Brad's parents for Easter Sunday. 

His dad collects kangaroos and has a bunch of them lined up in their family room. Most of them have little joeys in their pouches and some are super cute! 

That's it for me for now. I've been to a few Estate Sales and will be telling you about them the next time!

See you then and thanks for stopping by! 

Adrian turns 100!

 Tuesday was Adrians 100th Birthday and we had a big party for her!

I actually was not scheduled to work that day, but I wouldn't have missed her party for the world!

Before I tell you about the party, though, I want to tell you what I know about Adrian. 

She was born on April 22, 1925. She was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Her favorite thing to do as a child was to go to the port and watch the banana boats come in. She loved watching the men carry the huge bundles of bananas off the boats!

Her mother died of a burst appendix when she was only 13 years old. Her and her younger brother were then raised by her grandmother. 

Her grandmother lived to be 108!

She worked in a factory during World War II. She was a Rosie the Riviter of sorts! She also volunteered at the USO. 

She got married in 1955 when she was 30 years old and had three children a boy and two girls. Her oldest daughter is almost exactly my age. 

Her husband's job took them all over the US. She told me that one time she complained about moving so much and he asked her, "You want to eat, don't you?" She thought that was too funny!

They eventually settled in Wisconsin. Then her husband passed away in his late 40's while he was on a business trip. Her kids were teenagers. 

She stayed in Wisconsin until 2015 when she turned 90 and moved to Michigan to be by her daughter.  She lived in Northville in her own house across the street from her daughter until 2023 when she fell and broke her hip and eventually moved into assisted living. 

So she lived alone and took care of herself until she was 98 years old!

 Anyway, they decorated the dining room so pretty for her party!

She made a grand entrance while we were singing Happy Birthday! She was singing right along with us! 

She has 5 grandchildren and one great grandchild and they were all there! 

The mayor of Northville gave a speech and declared April 22nd to officially be Adrian (last name) Day in Northville!

They even played her wedding video!

It was such a nice party and I was so glad to be able to celebrate with her! It's not often, if ever, you get to celebrate someone's 100th birthday with them! 

See you the next time and thanks for stopping by!

Estate Sale Time

I went to an estate sale that was on a Wednesday and Thursday, which is unusual because they are normally scheduled Thursday or Friday thru Sunday. I went on Thursday thinking it was the first day but it actually was the 2nd day so everything was 50% off. 

This was the house. 

There wasn't a For Sale sign in front and I couldn't find anything online so I have no idea what it's worth. Probably too much!!

This entryway is the only picture I took of the house. There were a lot of people there of course and I try not to get too many people in my pictures. 

I had to get a picture of the kitchen sink and counter though. 

Look at those windows and all that natural light! I would love something like that! I'd probably fill it with plants! 

Some of the things I looked at was this small pot. 

It looked like a French press and I thought it would work as a cold brew pot. I carried it around with me for a while and then decided it would be too small! It was $6 with the 50% off.  

I thought this Armour was really pretty. 

I couldn't get the doors opened for the life of me. It was $175.

I liked this painting/tile picture. 

Those were really popular at one time. It was $25.

Remember these popcorn poppers? 

We had one just like it. You put butter in the top part and it melts all over the popcorn when it's popping! Yum! It was $15.

I really liked this ottoman. It was about the length of a love seat and nice and cushy to sit on. I was tempted to buy it but it doesn't really go with any of my furniture. It was $50. 

This couch it was in front of was $200. 

It was in decent shape for the money and for $250 you could buy the set, but they didn't exactly match and I'm not in the market for furniture anyway!

I thought this silverware was interesting.

They wanted $10. 

These earrings are the only thing I bought: 

They are nice and in brand new condition. I paid $2 for them. The back says "1928". I remember that line of jewelry. It was all old antiquey looking jewelry. I think they sold it at Kohl's.

In other news, on Tuesday at work we will be celebrating my friend Adrian's 100th birthday! 

I took these pictures a few weeks ago at a formal dinner they had for the residents. Adrian wanted a picture of herself with her fancy clothes! 

Then I took a selfie of us! 

She loved it although even at her age she didn't like her picture! I told her I didn't like mine either so we're even! 

That's all for now! 

See you the next time and thanks for stopping by! 

Random This and That

Last week I went to an Estate Sale that would have been a quilters dream. It was advertised as a quilters paradise, and they were not kidding! I didn't take any pictures because there were so many people there I could barely step into a room. Just take my word for it that there was room after room of quilting supplies.  There were fabrics, threads, kits, patterns and books plus about 4 different machines! 

There was a small amount of other thigs too and I managed to buy this:

I really only wanted the glasses but the pitcher was included and for $2.50 I couldn't turn it down. 

I also got this little pin holder in a tiny terra cotta pot!

It's only about 2 inches high and for 50¢ I could not resist!

I was off over the weekend and saw this organizing idea on Instagram so I ran to the dollar store. 

And turned this mess:

Into this using dollar store magazine bins or whatever they are called. 

There's supposed to be 3 bins but only two would fit. 

It took two months, but we finally finished the puzzle I posted about here in February. 

It took us so long because it was a 1000-piece puzzle and we only worked on it for a few minutes a day! 

Lastly, I replaced the colorful afghan I've had on our couch forever

With this quilt that was made for me by a coworker when I retired in 2020.

I can't believe this sat in a drawer for all those years, but I was afraid it would get dirty or covered in cat hair. 

Now the cat's don't climb up to the back of the couch anymore so I don't have to worry about it!

I think it looks much better! 

That's all that's going on in my world right now. It's Estate Sale season again so I'm sure I'll be posting about them soon! 

Until then take care and thanks for stopping by!