Yesterday I came across a woman who was about to trash a wooden frame (formerly a closet, she said!).  What did I do?  Went home grabbed my skill saw, safety specs and some gloves and prepared to dismantle and relocate this potential treasure trove via my caruck (car masquerading as a truck)  to my --just cleaned and now clear --basement.

There was a very friendly old gentleman at home who was prepared to let me plug in and go at it.  Unfortunately I noticed that almost all of the otherwise pristine 2x4s had a multitude of small nails in it.  :(   The thought irritated me a bit, I mean who wants to spend 2 hours pulling nails...  not me.  I had to cease and desist... poo!

Not one willing to let go of a bone easily, I scoured his back yard looking for something else I could source to ease my need to acquire!  Nothing, nada, zip...  SO after a nice chat and a thorough look through his garden, shed and everything else,  I went home empty-handed.

Driving back I had to satisfy myself with the conversation I had had.  The old guy was just recovering from a stint in the hospital but was as perky as ever.  Lots of talk about repairing an old boat, and  an old punt and his forays to the government dump to source all sorts of items.  It occurred to me.... I could end up like that in my retirement too...  or maybe I'm already there :)  Will have to get my fix another time...

The dogs got game!

Happy birthday Jilly!  My mate Jill is the queen of animal rescue, she owns a bazillion pets and a bazillion dollars to the vet :( oh well.  Heart of absolute gold!

 Recently I adopted a dog from Cayman Islands Humane Society ( great people ).  My Great Dane Phoenix died and I needed another doggy to fill the extra large hole in my life and my heart.  Enter Banks... The Sheppard mix puppy!  So... new dog, new dog bed... And since I found these cute small pallets it seemed  great reason to make him a bed.

It was a simple project embellished a bit.  Hopefully you like it!

 Single pallet

 Sides added

 Foot board from an old wine rack

Back storage for growth potential, will be used now to store toys :)

Way to go Banks!  Woof!

I like to think of myself as 'green', earth friendly and all of that good stuff!  So I decided that I needed a backyard raised veggie garden.  And it seemed natural that I should make it out of HT pallets that seem to be everywhere.  So armed with a few friends and my trusty skillsaw, jig saw and a few nails I set to work.  Here is the pictorial...  SO now I can eat as clean and green as I imagine myself to be :)

Check it out! Complete with drawers, space for tools AND my composter below... one happy girl!