Day 327

I spotted this broach at the second hand store in their jewellery case and I had to have it. I was instantly drawn to the beautiful green colour. It's missing one or 2 gems, but nothing crucial. I'm not sure what to do with it yet. I'll definitely keep it as one piece because I think it's antique, but I'm thinking of maybe attaching it to a hair comb or something.

Day 236

Today I had permission to do some metal detecting on the grounds of Ryan's school. It has been around since the early 1900's so I was really hoping to find something nice and old to give to the school and have them display, something to represent it's heritage. Unfortunately all I found was a bunch of junk, and some change. The only good find was this silver ring and an older American penny from I think 1956. The date has corroded and is hard to read.

Day 158

In the summer, the flea market in Lachute, Qc is open every Tuesday. We cruised up there today hoping to find some treasures. Mainly, we were looking for an old victorian doorbell for the house, and some Where's Waldo books for Ryan. I managed to score four new Peterson's guides on mammal, fish, bird, and reptile identification for $15, and Wally picked up a few old books as well. No luck on the doorbell and Waldo books though.

Where's Wally?

Day 149

More garage sales today. I love that even Ryan has started to enjoy the garage sale hunt. His comments from the back seat are hilarious when we scope out a sale.."That's just old people stuff...", "It's all baby stuff, no big boy toys, keep driving!"

I picked up this vintage Spirograph for $2. Though it has been used, everything is still inside. I priced it online and it's worth about $40. Score!

I also got this train set out of a free pile. The styrofoam part inside was put in backwards so all you could see in the windows were tracks. I didn't think it was complete, and figured I'd just let the kids use the tracks for their trains at home. To my surprise, when I opened it up at home, it was totally complete and unused. The trains were heavy too, not plastic junk, so I packed it up properly and put it in the closet out of reach of little hands, and there it will stay, until December, when I will set it up under our Christmas tree. :)