200913 Lac Memphremagog et l'environs
Sept. 13
Lac Memphremagog. Water-plants.
Saturday morning was cold but it cleared up later and warmed. I like highways. Below, a baby cloud fell asleep on the mountain-side.
Below: It looks like I came to the right place! The charity shop has half-buried china plates for a garden border! I think they might love my mosaics. At right, Fig tries on his new (second-hand) spike collar. Wants to fit in with the other dogs, but his curly fur seems to give him away and hide his fierce spikes.
I spent Saturday and Sunday morning browsing charity shops with Rain. One sale was of jewelry donated to raise money for the youth centre (amazing place!), we attended both days! Such a treasure hunt and most things priced at 2 to 3 dollars - what fun and such nice people there. We went back to the farm to sit in the sun and have a gloat. A gloat is sharing your finds after a sale. The love of charity and church sales I learned from my mother. She taught me at my first church bazaar to pick it up first, examine it at leisure, because the person on your right will pick it up at any moment. And don't put it down until you're sure you don't want it, because as soon as you do, another person will pick it up. Second-hand shopping is wonderfully rewarding, but it requires practice and patience. You develop an eye for your favorite clothing brands and collectibles: you will begin to know a German porcelain from an English, be able to spot a ceramic armadillo or a 19th century Staffordshire dog on a table full of knick-knacks. There are such riches in our country! On Sunday I purchased an Italian designer purse (or a knock-off) for $3 that would cost (if authentic) over $3000 new! A "FENDI" dark green leather bag:
It rained yesterday afternoon and we had to do some nothing in the house. But after dinner the rain stopped and a warm wind was blowing from the south.
Below: This very interesting stone is shale from an ancient ocean. Note the indentations, as if something has fallen out. It is speculated that they are evidence of a base-metal alien life-form which deposited larvae on the ocean bed millions of years ago to wait out their life-cycle until such time as the planet brought them to the surface, when they would be mature and hatch into their adult form, leaving these small hollows in the stone. The indents are considered just as likely to be where a deposit of Foolsgold dropped out of the stone due to temperature changes which caused the uneven contraction and expansion of the two elements.*
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