7th January 2023
Kelli finished the small red cabinet, I helped to strip the top in between scraping chairs.
It turned out good, we took pictures outside and Kelli posted it straight away, within a short time someone was on to it and will be round tomorrow morning to look it over.
I finished the second chair, but didn’t feel like starting another, also Kelli had other plans anyway.
A free dresser had come up, and anything free will get her attention.
This piece was in Hamilton, a short distance away and is known as a bit of a “hick”place.
Every town or city has its dodgy area, and this was one of those.
We climbed aboard the truck and headed off.
You know when you are close because the tarmac stops and dirt begins.
We drove carefully down this narrow track. Houses were set back from the track and in between trees.
As were arrived at the address there were the collection of vehicles parked in various positions off the driveway. The dresser was set outside with the drawers stacked on top. A dog was barking loudly and probably tearing furniture apart.
The house looked in a worst state than the furniture with a tarpaulin wrapped around the chimney. There was a metal goal post set in the front garden, but there was no sign of any grass instead the surface was covered in moss, the result of living in a wood where the sun doesn’t get through.
We hurriedly loaded the dresser into the truck, just in case someone came out. I suggested that we make our getaway quickly, and reset the GPS somewhere else.
By now it was getting dark, not as dark as it was a week ago, a sign that spring was just behind the thick band of snow that will hit us again when we least expect it.
Another Lifetime to go 