Sorry I didn’t respond to comments yesterday, but we were working outside most of the day, and when we weren’t working outside we were figuring out the logistics of the new sofa arrival/old loveseat removal. It was a day of a lot of talking and a lot of physical labor. A good day, but we were tuckered out by dinnertime.

The Star of Bethlehem’s blossoms only appear after the leaves have withered. I tend to forget about that, so I am surprised and delighted when I see them.

As to the old sofa: it’s in pretty bad shape. It’s usable, but I don’t know for how long. It’s over 30 years old and it wasn’t all that well made to begin with.

Placing anything out there with a free sign only works for us if the piece is on the small side. We don’t have a curb. We don’t have a strip of grass between the street and the sidewalk. We live in the country, but on a very busy county road. And between the street and our property is a deep culvert. You can see why leaving anything out there for any length of time is problematic. It would have to be on the driveway. And then we wouldn’t be able to get in and out.

Don spoke to the guy who runs our recycling transfer station, aka The Dump. He knows a guy who has very little money and needs some basic pieces to furnish an apartment. He might give it to him. That would work out perfectly. At any rate, it’s too big to fit in our CR-V, so Don’s friend is coming Saturday in his pickup truck and they’ll take it to the transfer station.

Speaking of ‘free’ signs, Don was driving down a local road yesterday and saw both this and a  red wagon. He brought them home. This rooster frieze is made out of Plaster of Paris, so I don’t know how long it will last out there in the elements, but I like it. The red wagon will eventually be planted with flowers.

I have to say: Don’s pretty darned cool.

I have to get going. I’m taking the car in for an oil change – something I had to delay when my back was troubling me. We’re in for a stormy day, as well.

Happy Thursday.