Took a large load of household recycling to my usual depot today - they were closed a couple of weeks ago and last week I was busy with a funeral. Today I pulled in and the drop off stuff (fridges, stoves, equipment, tools, etc) that people don't want was next to the bin. In the past they've let people pick up items if they could use them. I have a very nice metal set of shelves in my closet from there.

Today when I pulled a heavy restaurant aluminum stock pot out, the guy at the gate waved and said "no." Hmmmm. This was next to a stack of restaurant steam trays and stands. And then a guy brought by a 7 gallon air tank. It comes and goes very quickly there. I was on my phone to my friend who cooks a lot to describe the stuff when the "no" came. They're busy at the gate, did I mention that? I mentioned the tank, and he asked if it had a valve - his tank was missing one. So in the end I quickly slid the tank into the truck - I wasn't going to stand there and try to unscrew a valve - and one of the sets of steamer pans. These will go to my friend, who should be a chef somewhere. I recently saw a blog where a woman runs cooking classes in her home, limit of six, $50 each. He could do this no problem. If he gets the house into shape to have people in.

Other than a touch of larceny (recycling!), I have been working on the listing of this antique hearing aid. I have an advertising pamphlet for it also that had been tucked into the case. I'll list these together, but I'll make a big point that there are two important items in the auction, the device and the ad. It really can be quite interesting (and time consuming) to do this research, but when I look at this art deco piece, I can easily see it going in the twentieth-century decorative arts exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. I love to go look at that exhibit of household items that all have a function but the form is so creative and original. I'll link to the auction once I have it up.

Making bread, roasting a chicken today. Cooking for a few days ahead. I'm making enough to have leftovers to use for a few days (but no so much that I can't stand to eat it all just to finish it. Chicken can go into lots of things, for example. But a large casserole is basically a large casserole. All. Week. Long.)

I'll set up the bread machine, then go mow. I've left it till it cooled a little but before the mosquitoes are out. They're awful this year.

SRS