Writer's Block: Found Objects

[sereneorange]

[Error: unknown template qotd]Karen stopped her car in the middle of the road one day because she saw just a peak of wood in a dumpster. It was an awesome handmade solid wood rocking horse. I helped her pull it out of the dumpster and we brought it home. She whitewashed it and cleaned it up. Con really enjoyed it. When he outgrew it (read: rocked it so hard I thought he was going to kill himself) we gave it to someone else.

Also, I found a mighty fine Russian Blue Kitten trapped in a upholstered chair in the dumpster.  We named him Bodhi. That was a pretty good find. (Good think that tiny guy had such a loud meow- It was June and he wouldn't have made it another day in the Texas heat) He is a good cat.

We still have a neat big blue platter my sister found while dumpster diving in VA in the mid 70's.

Comments

[wakeupkent.livejournal.com]

I keep forgetting that you're a little older than I am; I was born in the mid 70s.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

I was born 71. Karen was born in 66. We spent a lot of our day wandering around in the summer. She is a dumpster diver from waaaaaaaaaaay back

[meowvatar.livejournal.com]

Wow! You have found some amazing things in dumpsters!

I was thinking back to your recent post about LJ friends who were asses. Hmmm, dumped two and one dumped me -- someone I had known for literally years who all of a sudden turned on me; it was freaky. But one was in part because he posted about getting rid of his cat by leaving it in a dumpster. Wow, that is beyond MASSIVELY uncool. He wasn't long for my f-list after that, sistah.

[antonchigurh.livejournal.com]

"But one was in part because he posted about getting rid of his cat by leaving it in a dumpster."

That is irresponsible and unacceptable.

[meowvatar.livejournal.com]

Oh, no kidding! I am a cat owner myself; I cannot imagine! He was a recent add through a friend and I had been wondering more about him as time went on, *sigh*