Do You See What I See? « Cherry Menlove

Do You See What I See?

So, Robert the Husband and I were taking green waste to the tip/dumpster on Monday. Anyone reading my ramblings for any length of time will know how much I love to find things destined for a landfill and bring them home with me to be restored. On Monday we pulled in to the tip and I saw a man walking to the dumpster with the candelabra in the pictures in his hand. It was at this point that the whole thing went in to slow-mo.
I got out of the car WHILE IT WAS MOVING and began hearing myself yell “Excuse me!!!! Excuse me!!!!!”
The man holding the candelabra was holding it OVER THE DUMPSTER when he finally turned around to see me running, red of face, towards him.

“Can I have that???” I said, rather hysterically.
“Er, of course” said man.
“Can I give you some money for it?” I said still red faced and perspiring a wee bit.
“No, I was just about to chuck it!!”
‘Thank you SO much” I managed, bent over with an oncoming stitch but holding the candelabra.

I put it on the back seat of the car and turned around to look at it several times on the way home. Chuffed to bits with my beady eye. I see one heck of a restoration coming on.

I also saw Robert the Husband shaking his head in a rather desperate way.

See you tomorrow.
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