In Tallahassee estate sales are often nothing more than glorified yard sales. I never get my hopes up that I’ll find something that will make my heart smile. But occasionally I come away with a perfect purchase.
Saturday morning I followed my GPS directions to a home in an older part of Tallahassee. Parking was interesting. The street adjacent to the house was narrow and curvy and the home sat atop a hill with a driveway right out of the Alps. One had to walk up the hill to access the home, and I felt like yodeling when I crested the rise. The reward for that climb was a nondescript home surrounded by overgrown shrubbery.
I considered just walking back down the steep incline and going to brunch, but my heart was still thumping from the walk up to the house, so I decided to go inside and just meander around until I could catch my breath.
So glad I did. If ever there was a truth behind “don’t judge a book by its cover” this was it. My only problem was not having enough money to buy every piece of art in the home.
Two professionally framed prints by artist Ted DeGrazia came home with me.
They look beautiful in my Texas-themed bedroom, replacing a goofy painting of a sunflower that I did years ago. I’m a lousy artist, so the sunflower will likely go to Goodwill or into a dumpster. I’m not sure Goodwill will accept it.
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Obvi you were meant to have these prints.
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I climbed a mountain for them…
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Faaaaaaaaaaaar better than those other “things” lol
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Oh yes. Far far better.
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Thank you!
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Great choices
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Thanks!
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So much better than those little red ‘birds’ you left behind. 😆 These are beautiful!
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Right??? Thank you!
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I guess that’s why you should never give up too soon. How sad if you had missed the perfect items.
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I know! Of course I wouldn’t need to pinch pennies for the remainder of the month if I’d turned around and gone home.
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Beautiful paintings, Leslie. Good choice.
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Thanks!
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Great finds! You make me want to go to estate sales again.
Btw, a friend of mine was recently traveling through the southern U.S. and, when he returned (to San Diego), he wondered on his Facebook page about the origins of the name of the Old and Lost River in Texas. Someone linked to your post from back in 2018 to answer his question. Pretty neat, I thought!
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Wow!!! That’s so cool. Thanks for sharing that with me.
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I love a good estate sale. And a good yard sale. And a good garage sale.
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Tallahassee seems to be lacking in the “good” department where these sales are concerned. When I visit my son in Dallas we see really good ones.
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