Garage Sale Day.

The first neon pink 'HUGE Garage Sale' sign we saw after picking up our coffee and bagels yesterday, looked promising... we followed the arrows. Up this street, down that... around the bend, over the hill... it started to look like a wild goose chase. Just as we were about to give up and look for another, we saw it... a whole block of laden tables. "STOP the CAR" I yelled!

Treasures, oh treasures!

A Good Man found this 'Man Bag'... he's been looking for one to carry all his papers and laptop to work.

It cost him $3. But look what came inside it... 

They are called 'Ladie and Friends'. They were made in Dublin. They are all wooden, with woolen hair and the cutest little clothes you've ever seen. Does anyone know more about them as I've been looking on the internet and haven't been able to find anything about them? K played with them for about 4 hours yesterday. They now sit on her bookshelf in her room.

And now for the best part... you won't believe it, look what we found for the Fairy Garden! Look how full of treasures it is...

Miniature outdoor fairy furniture. Here is the tiny copper arbor. It has delicate leaf filigree, opens and shuts and has a copper spiral on top.

The little path we found leads through the Filigree Gate to the garden table and chair. We think high-tea will be served here in the afternoons. Behind, is the marble bench, where fairies can sit, a' courting. 
Then, there is a gorgeous little bird house for our new resident Lime Sparrows. Look at the intricate gates behind the birdhouse. 

There are gardening tools for the fairies now... a rake and two shovels.

And a watering can.
Two things have alerted us to the fact that we think there were fairies in our garden last night, enjoying their new treasures...

First, the watering can was empty last night and this morning it is full!

And, second, someone left a flower in the coconut pond again!

Thank you to the lovely lady who's garage sale it was. She was a little sad yesterday. She and her husband had moved from their big family home into a smaller, easier to keep, townhouse. Their children had all flown the coop and they no longer needed their rambling property or all the 'cargo' they had collected over 25 years. She was 'down-sizing' and it was clearly hard for her to move into this next stage. I hope our genuine excitement at finding her keepsakes, made the transition a little easier for her. We will treasure them always.