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February 18, 2006
rummage sale
Summer time can't come soon enough for me. Every summer we supplement our income with rummage sales. My wife snapped this photo of me during one of our rummage sales just at the peak of customer traffic. As you can see, I was working my little behind off.
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At noon, my 82 year-old Mother came over with some things she wanted to sell. In the other photo to the left you can see a snap of her demonstrating the exceptional quality of a twin bed to a customer. Unfornately, the customer left 15 minutes before I took the photo.
At five o'clock she rolled a little too close to the edge and I had to roll her back. At six o'clock, she was sleeping on her back and I had to shoo some flies away from her open mouth. At dusk, she was still sleeping and it was starting to sprinkle so we carried her and the bed into the garage. We left some cookies on a table beside her bed in case she woke up in the night and wanted a snack. At midnight, I went to check on her and she was snoring. I did not have the heart to wake her.
At daybreak, I found her and the cookies gone.
Posted by roadapples at February 18, 2006 02:33 PM
Great combo shots! You just don't hear the word "rummage" sale anymore. At least no one uses it down this way.
Posted by: colleen at February 18, 2006 04:10 PM
That reminds me...I've got a bunch of stuff to get rid of. Your mom looks like a young 82 ;)
Posted by: poopie at February 18, 2006 06:36 PM
If she slept that well on that bed, perhaps she should have taken it home with her.
Around here, if one slept outside for that long they would need a transfusion due to blood loss from being feasted upon by mosquitoes.
I believe we call them "Garage Sales" in these parts.
Posted by: Clarence at February 19, 2006 01:11 AM
