Big Garbage Day

 

I'm becoming crafty.

That is a sentence I never thought I'd write.

This fall Dave and I went on our first garbage pick.

About an hour and a bit from here is another 

Acadian community is what  everyone calls Par-En-Bas.  

A dear friend of mine Alice lives there.

She told me last year that they have what they call

Big garbage day.  One in the fall and one in the spring.

They can put anything at the end of the road for the garbage people to 

bring to the dump.  But even though it's just one day (usually Saturday)

people start putting their stuff at the road on the Wednesday.

This way people can go and check out the garbage  treasures at

the end of the driveways. 

 So being ever so adventurous, 

I told Dave we're going this year!

And we went. 

 I actually took a day off work for this since

Friday is the best pick day.

But I felt so weird picking through people's garbage.

After a few places you get over it.

I think it's a great way to stop stuff from going in the landfills.

I mean what they say is true, 

"One man's garbage is another man's treasure"

Except insert woman instead of man.

Dave wondered if we should bring the truck or SUV.  

We figured it would be better to bring the SUV, less chance of bringing home too much stuff!  And we were correct.  

Holy cow! We came back with so much stuff from a new 

vinyl window for the chicken coop Dave is building to 

flower pots, vintage suitcases (that I will use to plant flowers in)

Old, old frames that yes, I do have a plan for.  

A rocking horse that will be used as garden décor. 

And many, many other things.

I have already begun repurposing a few things.

And it's so much fun!

Here's a few of the things we picked up. 

Window that Dave has used for the new coop
And a nice flower pot and windchimes

Plant stand

Old suitcase to be used as a planter

Nice pot and frames underneath

Rocking horse

Medicine cabinet BEFORE

Medicine cabinet AFTER!

The medicine cabinet is in le Poulailler holding my

teas and tea accessories!

See I can be crafty when I put my mind to it. 

So needless to say, we shall

be at the spring big garbage day...I mean

the day before! 

Have a Blessed Day.

Lisa

Le Poulailler

What little girl didn't want a playhouse when I was a kid.

To pretend they were all grown up and playing house.

Well it's taken 54 years but I finally have my own playhouse to 

play grown up in! Only now they're known as she sheds.

And mine is known as 

le Poulailler! French for hen house. 

This is the place for women (and men but mostly women)

to drink wine  tea, play bingo, chat, paint etc...

It's also the place where my new talk show on Eastlink Community TV

will take place if Covid can ever go away! We have the

first two episodes filmed but then we were

closed down because of Covid.

Hubby built le Poulailler with lumber we got sawn off our piece 

of property further inland.  

I've been collecting stuff for years for le Poulailler because

I love vintage 50's - 70's style stuff.  

I know I was born in the wrong era.

Little did I realize I was collecting all the same colour..orange.

It's just about finished.  I just need a few shelves put up.  

But so far we've had some bingo gatherings, I've done some crafts

and when the power went out last week we had breakfast there also!

I can see many wonderful memories are going to be made

in the little Poulailler.  

So you will all have to wait and see what else

happens in le Poulailler...

because what happens in le Poulailler...stays in le Poulailler.

Have a Blessed Day

Lisa