As MUCH as IT makes My "HAIR" Look REALLY *GREAT*...

...WE COULD REALLY DO *WITHOUT* THE HUMIDITY, *NOW*!! -- seriously..? ENOUGH already!!

well... At least, IT was OVERCAST Today. oh. And, a FEW Degrees COOLER, too. -- for now...

But, *enough* of the WEATHER...

sooo... Yesterday, I had "Promised" Additional ESTATE-YARD-SALE-*BOOTY*-PICS for Today..?

...ahh..yeah... about THAT...

Afraid that I got a tad Side-Tracked with HOUSE and CYBER STUFF. And, I needed to get some KNIT-TIME in on the NEW HAT... IT totally *slipped* My Mind! -- sorry... My BAD!

INSTEAD, have a Looksee at SISTER's *Latest* GARDENING-"CREATION" -- in *Her* HOT-HUMID LOCALE!

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Leaving a Legacy of THRIFTY-*LOVING*!

*MANY* A TIME, IN MY "EXPERIENCE", the FINAL-Bargained-Down-Agreed-Upon-PRICE of a "THRIFTY-TREASURE" is *more* often than not, Achieved with My PROMISE that Said-OBJECT "...WILL be *LOVED*!" -- EVEN, if IT ends up being Packed-Away for DECADES!

AS usual, We didn't Leave until LATE! - [12:30!!] - There was that Large "Charity" YARD-SALE a few Streets over... I got a Few ITEMS. But, I'll save THEM for Tomorrow.

After, a Few Other Stops on Our Way to BEACON HILL around 2:30-ish, We got Lucky and found ONE *still* OPEN! -- A NICE-30s-SOMETHING-LADY and Her TEENAGED-DAUGHTERS...

Where, I picked up THIS "TOLL"-PAINTING for $2...

IT's been done on a WOOD-PLANK that was supposed to be atop of an UNfinished Bench... Since IT wasn't "attached", She KINDLY let Me have IT. - The PIECE, along with Several Other ONES had been Painted by Her MOTHER...

Personally, as Pleased as I am to *have* and Cherish IT, I find it Disconcerting that The-GIRLS wouldn't want to "Preserve" ANY of Their GRANDMOTHER's rather Skillful WORKS!? -- Doubtless, in a Couple of Decades from Now, They'll probably be Wishing that They HAD!

NEXT, We continued on a TRAIL of ORANGE "ESTATE SALE" SIGNS... And, the Day's "GOLD-MINE" of *TREASURES*!!

Although, the PLACE had been "picked-over", the Remaining Items still gave Evidence of a Home that had been - [mostly metaphorically] - RICH in ART and CULTURE. -- I came across a Formal NAVAL-OFFICER's Dinner Jacket in one of the open Closets. Which, explained the "Source" of many of the House's more "EXOTIC" Items and READING Material...

There were Lots and LOTS of BOOKS! And, SOMEONE was also a KNITTER - [I'll have "Stitchy"-Type Pics Tomorrow] - and a Lover of the NEEDLE ARTS...

As indicated by THIS *AWESOME* FOLIO BOX of *Actual Size* PATTERNS!! - IT's Dated from 1963. The Heavily-Papered Contents are in Excellent Condition! -- For ANYONE into Replicating AMERICAN "Historical" Needle and Textile Crafting, THIS is a MOTHER-LODE of INFO!

And, of course, MORE Additions to MY ART-"LIBRARY"!

Plus, THIS Addition to My "REFERENCE"-LIBRARY... The TOME literally contains a TON of Biological Knowledge, AND *WEIGHS* as much!!

So... And how MUCH was This STACK-of-STUFF..?? -- well... Along with MORE STUFF - [that I'll show Tomorrow] - IT *ALL* came to JUST "$5."!!

THEN, as I was Paying for IT, I noticed THIS PAINTING on the Wall...

Despite being Originally Priced at $18., and since the PLEASANT-ESTATE-AGENT-LADY Liked Me - [MOTHER had been Chatting Her up!] - an Offer of $9. was made... Which, "normally", I would have GLADLY Paid...

HOWEVER, I *REALLY* wanted to ADHERE to My LIMIT on My "$5.-and-Under"-THRIFTY-ORIGINAL-ART-COLLECTION... I "mentioned" Such, with the added Incentive, "...IT'll be LOVED..."

...By Me, and hopefully, ALL of YOU as well?!

Now, I just NEED to *FIND* some WALL "SPACE"... And/Or, PROGENY *willing* to Properly CONTINUE The LEGACY..?!

Speaking of My MUNCHKINS...

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEP-NEPH-PRETEEN**!!

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oh-kay...THAT *didn't* Work...

huh. YOU'D THINK WITH ALL OF THOSE EARLY EVENING "FLOODING" SHOWERS, that *SOME* of the HUMIDITY would have come off..?? -- The HUMIDEX is *still* 36C!? - what's that about?!

ANYHOO...

I had *more* GROCERY-GETTING to do during the Day -- seeing as the "Predicted" STORMS were holding OFF... Although, there was that "Spotting" going on as I entered One Store, which apparently turned into a DOWNPOUR *while* I was INside! Then, had ceased by the Time I Left...

Meanwhile, I think I've gotten ENOUGH Groceries so that, We can "Concentrate" on YARD-SALES Tomorrow. -- I saw SIGNS Today for ONE in Our NEIGHBOURHOOD... HOPE that IT turns out as *successful* as Their rather Well-Placed SIGNAGE!

Now, We just have to get UP *EARLY* enough!!

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hmm..."What" *IS* it with ME and Playing with *WOOL*...

...IN SWELTERING TEMPS..?!! -- Then again, it is rather Pleasantly COOL in My Basement!

It's LATE at Night and the HUMIDEX is 30C!! -- It was "SUPPOSE" to RAIN Today..? Not certain whether IF We'll get MISSED again Tomorrow. I just HOPE that I don't get CAUGHT in any DOWNPOURS while I'm doing My GROCERY-GETTING!

ANYHOO... To My AMERICAN READERS... *HOPE* that YOU had a...

**HAPPY 4TH of JULY**!!

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More of the Same...

ALTHOUGH, ONE ITEM WILL BE RETURNING...

It wasn't until LATER when I went over My RECEIPT from Yesterday's MICHAEL'S Purchases, that I had *noticed* that the Colourful MEMO-PAD-CUBE was NOT $1.50, but actually $4.99!?! -- It would "appear" that SOMEONE had put IT and the OTHER-PADS in the WRONG-SPOT... Or, had FORGOTTEN to Price-ADJUST the LOT..??

I will have to Remedy the Problem. -- Later...

MEANWHILE... The CANADA DAY STUFF was 70%-OFF! Plus, I had a "COUPON" that took *another* 20% OFF of THAT! -- The MAPLE-LEAF-BUNTING came in at 85-Cents and the TABLE-CLOTH at 74-Cents! - I Bought EXTRAS for SISTER, as She's obsessed with "THEME"-Decorating...

Got some more YARN, too... Apparently, I'm not the ONLY ONE Buying IT..?! -- BTW, I just started Another HAT using the GREENish BALL on the RIGHT. -- IT's sooooo SOFT!!

That PINKish ONE could be Next...

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oh! And, **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MADAME-Q**!!

The RESULT of Those Sparse Moments During the Past Month, From DAWN to...

"DUSK"

PATONS
"Classic Wool"
- 100% New WOOL
- [made in TURKEY]
- Colour: 77251-Light Grey Marle


LION BRAND YARNS
"MARTHA STEWART Crafts"
- 100% MERINO
- [made in the U.S.A.]
- Colour: 5300-506-IGLOO: softest blue




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Those MAPLE LEAVES just get *Everywhere*!

**HAPPY CANUCK DAY**!!

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