Miscellaneous

 

During one of those week with guests, the neighbor lady who always gave us cookies and who died last winter, had an estate auction. Since it was right next door to our house, it was convenient as we could walk back and forth without feeling obligated to stay there all day. We bid on a few things and one of the items I bid on was a Christmas Santa that one of our guests had been eying. But lumped with it was a small cardboard box full of brass parts in plastic bags.

Not knowing if it was valuable or not, I picked up the box along with the Santa and carried them both home and deposited them before returning. It was a few days later before I was able to look at the box to identify what was in it. I took the pieces out and after a bit, created an assembly that you see above. Still, I wasn't sure what I was looking at. It obviously attaches to the wall but with no electrical accommodations, I just wasn't sure what it was. I did a few google picture searches that turned up nothing and then forgot about it for a few more days. Then as I happened to walk by it one afternoon sitting on my workbench, it hit me, they were curtain rod ends. 

I tried finding a good home for them via the Face of Book but got no takers. For now they just sit on my workbench and perhaps someday, I'll find a good place for them so that they don't end up in the landfill.

Finally, catching up on my photo collection on my phone, I thought I would post one picture of the 4th of July celebration that our town had on the 5th of July. The 4th of July had been forecasted to be rainy from passing thunderstorms. It turned out to be a sunny, mild, beautiful day. But I suppose due to the nature of setting up timed explosives, they have to make the call a day in advance when we didn't know any better and so it was postponed a day. Fortunately, the 5th of July was every bit as nice as the 4th of July and I actually had to don a light jacket to stay comfortable while watching our small, humble display being shot off.