Spent the morning working
in our stash of vintage paper items and old books! We've been opening boxes and sorting for months. Finding some “treasured goodies” hidden among the thousands of books,
magazines, catalogs, toys, games, etc., in the “Old Kentucky
Gentleman's” estate. So fortunate to have stumbled across this
wonderful lot. His farm had been sold and bulldozers
were going to level everything the next week. What was deemed
valuable had been removed. Nothing was to be hauled to the
County Dump...just intended to knock all the buildings (and any
contents!) down and set fire to the pile of debris. Not able to
stand the thought of so many useful items being wasted, we made an
offer for what was left and were thrilled when they accepted and told
us we had 2 days to haul it off! It was backbreaking, dirty,
exhausting, exhilarating work!
We felt we were doing
really good the first day until realizing we were still working in the first
of five buildings. Seems we were spending too much
time in the excitement of sharing our finds! From that point on it
was simply box it up, haul it in the little red wagon and load it in
the Uhaul truck. Forgot to mention the place was so overgrown with
small trees and heavy brush that we couldn't get a vehicle anywhere
close to four of the buildings.
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