Happy garage sale finds

I like garage sales. The really good garage sales, where you find cool old stuff for fifty cents. But the truth is, at least in my neighborhood, those kinds of garage sales are what I hope for more than what I really come across.

But the last time I went looking, we lucked on an elderly couple cleaning out their garage in the dense fog. They were in a chatty mood, and going all out to convince us to buy some stepping stones the husband made himself with gravel and concrete.

I settled on taking home a large blue picture frame and an old yoke for $10, humming a happy I-found-a-good-garage-sale tune.

I scrubbed the frame to clean it off and distress the painted parts a little more. Now all I need is a piece of glass and cardboard backing!

I'm going to hang two flower pots from the rings of the yoke, outside on the patio. It must be really old - I can't even fathom how long ago it has been since livestock would have been walking around with yokes where I live - but it is in very sturdy shape all the same.

At first I thought geraniums, but now I think something trailing would be more interesting. It isn't a huge yoke, so I'll have to find smallish plants.

Those are my happy garage sale finds! It happens so rarely, I just had to share, because I still feel like humming a tune every time I see them!