There is a popular Sunday Night sport here in Ottawa On Tundra – strolling the neighbourhood in search of treasures at the curb before the garbageman hauls them away on Monday morning! The stuff at the curb absolutely amazes me! Obviously in another lifetime I must have been a second
Recycling
I like to reuse and re-purpose things others would rather just throw away. The idea here is NOT to blow my own horn but give you ideas for ‘stuff’ before you throw it away.
In a Lather Over Leather
Hmmm… that title looks bad, but I love leather especially making things out of discarded bits of leather or hide that I come across in my travels. And talking about travels, it was a sad day indeed to find that someone had pilfered my leather tools (including a moose and
When You Are A Little Strapped
Ok, I admit it, I like recycling / upcycling / finding new purposes for old or discarded items! Recently my company asked that I start carrying my business phone with me after hours. A simple request that goes with my position within the company (server SME assisting on-call engineers). The
Besp-Oak Recycling
I am a collector, though not quite a hoarder (my wife might disagree) with a penchant for seeing discarded ‘things’ as some ‘thing’ else that could be quite useful. Perhaps this is a result of growing up a fair jaunt from the hardware store without the economic means to buy