“What is that?” is the most common question the kids have asked while cleaning? This is the fourth installment and is the first photo edition. You can read the first three here and here, and here.
These pictures are from all over the house (Great Room, garage, basement, and main living area).
What Is That?
A mouse skeleton we found in some old insulation
A really old pair of snow shoes (possibly made by my Mom’s Dad?)
Two sets of deer horns from deer my Dad killed
Some type of shell my mother kept
Two old large pipe cutters
An old oil lantern (antique?) of unknown functionality
The Kawasaki motorcycle that I jumped into the canal behind my house
A bathroom sink of unknown origin
The Husqvarna motorcycle my Dad used to race up Widowmaker
A big pile of staples we found on the garage floor in a mess of spiderwebs
Three broken weed eaters (we threw others away before I can grab pics)
The tire from my Dad’s first car?
The watering jug that time forgot
An elk horn that my sons want to turn into a weapon (like a Klingon Bat’ leth)
A pair of chest waders that I wouldn’t trust to cross a rain gutter
A box of glass jars (this was repeated ad nauseam)
Roller skates that (hopefully) belonged to my sister
A gallon jar of brown sugar from the 20th century (does it ever go bad?)
A Kerosene heater we (only occasionally) used while I was growing up
A can green paint (I think 1963 is a code for the color, but could the purchase date)
A Garbage Can that is just happy that it can be helpful (unlike the kids)
a SMALL sampling of various tools
A canteen I’m going to pretend was Grandpa’s WWII companion (possible!)
A ceramic chicken that now greets us at the door each day
A really old fire extinguisher that I think Mom wants to turn into a lamp
And finally, my favorite find to date, a Yahtzee score card used by my good friend Darby Golub (circa 1985-88?). There was a time we spent every waking moment together. Darby was killed just a week after I got home from my mission and I never got to see him. I still have the program from his funeral in my personal hymnal. This find is special to me. RIP my friend!
At this point we really have transitioned from cleaning/organizing to construction. So don’t expect another installment of What Is That? anytime soon… but more will come at some point. We WILL finish cleaning out the basement AND the garage… And I’m sure that there are a ton of gems to be found in those places!
