Monday, March 19, 2012

Some Great Junk




Recently, my Dad gave up living on the farm to move to town.

Having been inspired by reading Donna's blog at

http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.ca/

I was fortunate to be able to pick up some cool

junk from Dad's outbuildings before the move.

Most of this stuff had probably been hanging

around the farm for at least 50 years or longer.

Here are some of my finds in this and the next

couple of posts. If anyone has great creative

ideas of what to do with this dirty old stuff,

please let me know.

They say that "one man's junk is another man's treasure"








This is an old wooden pulley that used to pull hay bales up into the hay loft.




A very old ceramic chicken waterer/feeder.

I have never seen a ceramic one so must be quite old.
We found it in the rafters of the old shop garage.




A cog that has become a paper weight on my desk.


A grease gun.



An old brass fire extinguisher.




Some More Junk





Horse shoes



Large Clamp



An Odd Type of Wrench



Very interesting metal drill bit holders.
They are about the size of a business card.



One of my favourites - a cast iron lifter for a wood stove.
I love the shapes.



A leather horse lead.



Old wood planer.



Another old wood planer.


That's right even more Junk





A Pulley


Drill Bits



Cast Iron Door Lock



Cool Old Oil Can



Wrench




A ruler for figuring out angles




Old tractor hub cap. I think it is red paint under the dirt.



Beatty Brothers Barn Book
published in 1931
Lots of barn building ideas etc.
Lots of diagrams too.


Once again, if anyone has any great creative
ideas, let me know. Thank you.



Mini Art Gallery





Just one of the many mini galleries around our house.


All Boy and Miss Crafty




My son and his friend acting out hostage games.
I am so proud?



Hard at work.
So many projects, so little time.

March 16 - Lost a Tooth




To be six years old and lose your first tooth,
it doesn't get much better than that!
And... she got a loonie from the tooth fairy
= EXCITEMENT!!


March 18







Outdoor Fun - March 17, 2012






It is hard to believe it is still winter.