Views of the Neighborhood – City Wide Garage Sale

~ John W. Howell

Views of the Neighborhood

Here we are back to the Activity Center In Lakeway for the City-Wide Garage Sale last weekend. I decided to cover the sale held here since this may be the last gathering of people for a while. I know I have done the sale before, but given the uncertainties of Covid-19, I didn’t think you would mind another go.

Views of the Neighborhood

“Can you take a quarter for this blanket?”  The vendor looks like he might say, “No.”

I have a fascination with dishes that look like food. I’m wondering when someone will come up with food that looks like dishes.

Hey, Marylyn, you are beautiful, but a 2019 calendar may not work for me. Lots of other stuff, though. I like that bag of soap. Might come in handy, given all the handwashing that will go on.

There is a doll dress dummy that is interesting. I noticed that the red paper towel roll holder is empty. Pretty typical, I would say.

The vendor tried to run out of the photo. Trapped like a rat. That wine bucket caught my eye. Reminded me of a large restaurant where the waiter rushed out with the wine on ice. In times like these, the wine doesn’t stay around long enough to get warm. (“Sure, bring another bottle.”)

Lots of art here. “Can we really live without that pink lamp?” Don’t even mention the Emelda Marcus shoe collection. That fern needs water or a dusting. Such treasures.

Ah, the dress dummy. Every home should have one. My eye also went to the basket of phony tomatoes wrapped in cellophane. A must-have for sure.

Thanks for going along with me today. Here take this Purell. You can never be too careful. Next time we will do an outside tour.

104 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – City Wide Garage Sale”

  2. For someone who enjoys flea market that looks like the place to be. I’ve never been a fan of other people’s stuff…but that’s just me. Thanks for taking us along, John. Enjoy your Sunday!

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  6. Don’t worry, John. I cleaned my keyboard before typing this comment. I appreciate the leisurely pace today. It’s good to see people not in a hurry and not under stress. I hope you have an easy day.

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  13. Got a good giggle over your comment about the wine, John. Yesterday, I braved WalMart for stock-up groceries, and, with toilet paper flying off the shelves, the second-highest item of priority seemed to be HUGE cases of beer! I guess that’s one way of handling the fear of coronavirus contagion, huh?!

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    1. The Producer was at the story and some guy was buying eight cases of beer. I mention to her that I had a month’s supply so no need to buy more. (Four cans. is a month’s supply for me) You have to wonder. Surely the guy isn’t throwing a Coronavirus party.

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  14. What a difference a week makes. Folks are happy and leisurely walk around, so good to see. Soon, I hope, we’ll be doing this again. 🙂

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  19. Well that was a fun break!!! I must have those watermelon plates!!! I love them! Good thing I wasn’t there in person, else I’d be coming home with several things that I don’t need! Thanks, John!

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      1. Heh heh … I get rid of my junk and you increase yours. A year later, you sell the same junk at a yard sale, and player #3 buys it. A year later … well, you get the picture. 😉

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  20. Someone already beat to me to the comment that one person’s junk is another person’s treasure. I’m in the process of clearing out my loft and could probably have filled that entire venue!

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  28. My mother-in-law moved into an assisted living home in the last year, John. We are renting out her home to help pay for her care. Quite naturally, she had accumulated a lot of stuff after 90+ years. We ended up having a type of estate sale at her house to prepare for the renters, and then either gave away or threw away the rest. What struck me the most were the shoppers who wouldn’t pay $2.00 for something and offered $1.00 instead. It’s crazy to think that our lives come down to that.

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    1. I know wht you mean. We participated in this sale last year and we actualy marked all the items taht were $2.00 or less double so we could say “sure” when someone asked if we would take half of the price. Sold everything. Thanks for sharing, Pete.

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  30. I have a black paper towel holder exactly like that red one you pointed out. I must say, you have higher-quality “stuff” at these sales than we have around here. Of course, in my neighborhood, you’re as likely to find an old anchor or a length of galvanized chain as anything else. You don’t need a half-dozen cans of Rustoleum, by any chance?

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  34. It never fails to amaze me what people will sell and buy! If the TV antique programmes are anything to go by, old, battered enamel signs are the thing that sells. Also battered old suitcases, too. I went to an auction once where there were some really nice things. What sold? Old wooden boxes! (Not nice ones, all varnished and ready for some trinkets, but ones that had evidently been used for deliveries of something or other.

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