Yard Sale

After watching numerous episodes of Clean House, we had this urge to clean out our own house. We went under the rule that if we haven't used it in a year, we're selling it. The crazy thing is I put out 17 bags (handbags, shoulder bags and purses) that I didn't want. That means, I still have more bags at home that I DO want. I'm not one of those addictive shoppers, but I just accumulated so much (birthdays, sales, etc). Today we sold: some clothes, purse, drafting table, model airplanes, roll and fold bike, my collection of furbies, winnie the pooh wall art, picture frames, keyboard, guiter books, bread maker, garden hose.

Here are some photos throughout the day.



I gardened and cleaned out the attic and basement during the day. My Sarah Bernhardt peony bloomed. It's so fragrant.



Keith's mom gave us pieces of cactus. I put it on the far side of the house where it's most dry and sunny. Just lay it on the soil and it will root.



I cut many of the blooms off the large peony. Don't they look like giant lollipops?



Keith's mom also gave me more of this firecracker plant which I threw in front of the air conditioner to camouflage it. Next year, it will fill out a great deal more.



Spiderwort - I dug these up from the side of my neighbor's shed. They grow like day lilies, but have small purple flowers. It doesn't look very good now, but next year when they come back they will look much nicer.



The yard is really coming along. I've been able to spread a lot of things around and hopefully it will fill in next year.