monkeybox: June 2021

What is a monkeybox?

When I was a little girl, we had a pet monkey named Amanda. My Dad worked in the produce business, so each night he brought home that days culls in a big box - spotty cucumbers, pithy apples, limp celery, moldy oranges and the like. We called it a monkeybox. It was really just trash, but my Mom would take each piece of fruit and trim it, pare it and cut it up to make a beautiful fruit platter for Amanda. Even though it was deemed trash by one, it still had life left in it and was good for the purpose we needed it. That's how I live my life - thrifting, yard saling, looking for another's trash to be my treasure.

Sunday, June 13, 2021

Thank you & The Spring Junk Ranch 2021

I wanted to pop in say thankyou for the nice words about my sweet Mom. I miss her more than I can tell you. I always thought I would just curl up in a ball on the floor and cease to function when I lost her. But, I have been so calm through it. I feel her hand on my shoulder. I know how incredibly lucky I was to have her my whole life. I just feel blessed to have had her and her never ending love. I have received cards and gifts from you sweet blog readers and IG friends. More than I did from my own family. Isn't that interesting to think that people that feel like they know you are compelled to send you a card, but people that actually DO know you and are related don't? It's weird. But, I thank all of you so much.

The Junk Ranch was last week. I thought about not doing it, but I really needed something to focus on. So, I did it. I swear to you, I do not remember really doing it. I mean, I remember it, but I guess I was on autopilot, because it just flew by and wasn't the big deal setting up and tearing down like I usually think it is. I guess everything else has been so hard, that is seemed easy. I don't know how to explain it.

My patriotic/Americana area

I took Christmas. In June. It sold!

I like to make displays front back and side to side.

I have service for 86 of this beautiful vintage dinnerware. I sold TWO PLATES. And I only did that to make one persistent lady happy.

I sold a lot off this display and ended up donating the pink hutch. It's currently at Goodwill for twice what I had it priced!

I bought that bench for $20 and thought it would sell. It's made of landscape timbers and is heavy as hell. It didn't sell, so I brought it home and put it in the yard. I've never been good with selling big stuff. I don't know why I try! I should just stick to the smalls.