The Dumping Complex

That post will probably seem weird to most of you, or maybe I'll be lucky and I'll be read by people who like me, share the same feeling.

In the city near my village we have an "Ecocentre" I don't know what the English term for that, but all I know is that this is a place where people would dump stuff that can't be used anymore.
The stuff would then been classified in 8 categories; wood, green remains, waste, metal, plastic etc. You get the idea.

Each time I go to a dump I feel guilty. When I go to this one, it's even worst.
I feel guilty because I haven't been able to find a use to what I am bringing (this morning: three rusted metal barrels and a bunch of contaminated soil that has been kindly left by the former owner).

I also feel angry, angry to see what the others are bringing, I was watching them this morning and I would find used to most of what people would bring.

My heart also stopped when I saw this:

How can someone throw this away???? It was in the bin and sadly it would have been too dangerous for me to pick it up. It was probably too damaged now. But this is an antique, a piece of art.

I just don't get how people can put to waste tons of pretty stuff.

We found a place where we could have pallet wood for free for a long time. That's a great news. That would make us a lot of nice park for the animals to come.

Still, this was meant for the trash ...

Just imagine the amount of money and forests that would be safe if people would reuse or know how to reuse wood!!!

So sad.

The Secret Garden

We are planning the garden right now. Well, in fact we are planning more the "fruit garden" than anything else. 


We found a place that delivers trees, fruit trees that are rustic in Quebec and that were to a fair price. Hubby is going to order them next Monday and we plan to receive and plant them by the end of April! That will come fast.


We will also plan tons of oaks and maples in a part of the land around 1,5 acres in the middle we will place "a secret garden".


As for the kitchen and the ants, we think we had "visitors" from a nest that is far from us. It's not rare in Quebec. What a relief!


Yesterday we went to Trois-Rivières to buy an antique table that will be our kitchen Island .. for 100$ that's a steal!


Today we went to Granby area and found wallpaper for the kitchen for 1$ a roll ... a steal too.


That's about it for the news.


A bit of Loreena McKennitt to dream about my future garden!

My oh My ...

Oh boy!
People, my house is rented. When should I move? October 15th! :-O
What does it mean? It means that I have to speed things, cause like you know, the house had no toilet until last Monday ... so just imagine the rest (and it also mean that I might be crying all night out of fear/joy/anguish/confusion/stress/relief) So for the next days, I will have to pack stuf, to get rid of stuff, to sell stuff and to find stuff ...

On the bright side though, things are getting clearer for some part of the house.

We bought a cast iron sink for the kitchen that cost us 40$, then we found a cupboard for 25$, a great one. I just bought two ceiling lamps for 2$ (I am the queen!) those will go in the bathroom, most likely. I found a ceiling lamp for the dining room for 20$. I found some ceramic tiles for the kitchen. But today was the best. We found an oven ... that one:

Ok I know, the image is tiny winy but the stove is huge, and old and authentic and it works!!

So that will be a blast in my "old-new kitchen" More over, husband, the lovable one, bought me a cast iron sink for the bathroom that is ......... PINK ! Like that ! And a very nice antique vanity cupboard.

So it's going well, fast, but well ... I guess ... We start the work tomorrow officially.

Wish us luck !

We've just made some friends ...

Yesterday, my husband and I decided to hit the road to go to the antiques stores. That was great and we found heaven on the 20! :)

We found that place called : Antique 3A It's a marvelous place. The owner reproduces Quebec traditional furniture like a pro and he is around my age, which makes it cooler.

We will probably buy a lot of stuff from him, our kitchen cabinets, a kitchen counter. I am sooooo happy, 'cause the prices aren't that bad. That will be affordable for us.

That will make it easier for the kitchen 'cause we wanted to have it late 1800's early 1900's country style but the fact that americans (no offenses) Monique Shay leading them, took everything that was in the Quebec's barns 30 years or so ago, makes it so hard and so expensive to have antiques in a kitchen. I must confess I find this an outrage that part not to say all of our cultures have been taken away from us for probably pennies but that's how it went.

We will probably hire the same guy to make the floor covering. He can make them out of pine wood that he will then "make look old". So that will be great too.

That's a bit about it.

Still more to come! :)