The Adlington Post

Last night was busy down at the skip - I hauled home some $200 worth of groceries, and had to make two trips....most of the packets were before their "buy by" date, and one of the 4 trays of eggs had been dumped because ONE egg was broken! I noticed that someone has taken up after-dark occupation in one of the paper cages nearby - under the eaves and so out of the winter rain...he was munching on a bagel from the skip as I went past....hopefully he  will not draw the attention of the supermarket jocks & lead to them putting a lock on the skip....

Here's last night's find while out dumpsterdiving & trash trawling. A rounded meal, as my friend Laurie says: "Gotcha protein, gotcha carbs, gotcha greens" - & a piece of fruit for desert!

One of the doctor's offices in the Bay is closing, and they have a skip for the trash. I found this compressor last night. It was a bit wet from the rain, so I stood it in front of the electric heater I bought at the market on Sunday for .50c and dried it out. It works perfectly - now I can finally hook-up my airbrush and do some graffiti stencilling.

How's this for a great idea for a bike rack! I will look into making one for the Men's Shed North Shore.... For info on the Shed see: www.mensshednorthshore.org.nz And/or read my Shed blog: www.shedyarns.blogspot.co.nz

With winter here the skip at the back of the local supermarket is easier to approach unseen. I picked out these six packets of fetta cheese last night, still cool from the chiller - expiry date tomorrow! Delicious in salads....

Overseas pupils from the local language school dump their old phones etc into the bin. I found this phone today - complete with charger & sim card.

With some help I produced my first car-tyre swan. Thanks to Kevin & Laurie for their assistance & advice. Now it's off to the Men's Shed North Shore to make a head.