Off my rocker

In junking, sometimes just being in the right place at the right time results in a great find. Friday’s trash-to-treasure find was one of those cases.

Of course, it always pays to pay attention to possibilities.

When I went to work, I saw a rocking chair standing outside the door, in the area where items destined for the landfill are placed. I asked if this chair was intended for the dump.

Yes, it was. “And if someone wants to remove that chair at the end of the hall, take it away. I think the chair still has life.”

I don’t need to be told twice to take away something useful, since useful items do not go to the landfill when this girl is present.

One chair has some cracked slats. I will study how to mend them. The other one has no problems so far as I can tell. It had just been replaced by a new chair and was no longer wanted.

These chairs are destined for our front porch.

A few days ago, I went to work and saw another rocking chair by the Dumpsters. This chair (not pictured because it is now in storage) was very pretty with beautiful spindles for the back. Unfortunately, one of the rocker runners had broken off just behind one of the legs, rendering the chair dangerous to use. Still, those beautiful spindles called to me. I put it into the back of my pickup.

If I couldn’t use the chair as a rocker, perhaps I could use it or its parts for something else. I didn’t know what else, but generally items that call to me are just waiting to tell me what to do with them.

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something useful this way comes!”

Before I could get it out of the truck, Hubby asked, “What are you doing with (X’s) chair?”

I didn’t know that had been his chair, but, sure enough, his name was engraved on the back.

This man had recently died. Our friend Tonya was quite close to him. I will try to get replacement rocker runners for the chair and we will give it to her in his memory.