Monday, April 9, 2012

Hidden treasures

Great weather here in the PNW for all those Easter egg hunts - sunny and warm! I spent most of the daylight hours out of doors, working in the yard and garden, admiring the hens, gathering eggs, and soaking up the rays...

Reluctantly headed down to the basement this afternoon to do a little work on our project - today it was demo on a dark, dirty closet that's tucked away in a corner. Dusty and cobwebby, and nailed together as if it were a tornado shelter - but hidden in the framing I found this delightful object:

Diarrhoea Remedy for Canaries - what will they think of next? Alas, the bottle is empty, but it will certainly have a place in our cabinet of curiosities...

Then there was this hidden treasure in our lilac bush: