Garage Sale Finds

Today, Be and I went to some garage sales. At one we found a serger sewing machine. The people selling it go to our church, and they are preparing to become missionaries, so they will not be needing the machine any more. We did not "need" it either, but I was considering buying it because it was a good price, and was such a cool machine. Then Be had the idea that Sharla might like to have it, so we called her right then. Cell phones are so nice! The short end of the story is that we bought it for her, and you can see two views of it here.

We also bought a new exercise machine. Be calls it a "glider" so I will also. You do a sort of walking motion on it, and it keeps up with calories used, distance travelled, carbohydrates burned, time, heart rate, and some other stuff. We both used it this afternoon. My excuse for wanting to buy it is that I am committing to exercise more, and this seemed to be something I could and would do while I watch TV, or whatever. I hope it keeps me going with the exercise.

Bird Feeder Add-on

When the doves would come to our bird feeder, they would sling food out of the tray and onto the ground like crazy. We were having to fill the feeder every day. Be learned that birds like "tray" feeders also, so she bought one that could be both a feeder and a bird bath. You can see the one she bought in the back of this photo. We started using it for a bath, but it gave me an idea.

So one Saturday, I got out my saw and some cedar that I had saved (for probably 30 years), and constructed a tray that could hang under our feeder. Now much of the sprayed food lands in the tray, and we do not have to fill the feeder nearly as much. We are really enjoying watching the birds feed outside our window.