Butterflies

I am usually a garage sale shopper.  A person can find some great deals that way!  My job is a bonus, that it puts me in the path of many garage sales for months and months!

This summer I have exercised great self-control with not even stopping.  We have enough stuff in this house; too much stuff to be exact.  No matter what the deal, it isn’t something that we can’t live without.

This afternoon I had a listing appointment with a lovely couple.  They had a lovely home.  And they had a beautiful and peaceful piece of property!  I was just in a good mood when I left.  So I decided to follow a garage sale sign.

I’ll be honest, when I saw where the sign pointed, I was intrigued.  I had always wanted to see what was down that driveway!  Turns out there is a very lovely house and a beautiful pond!  Anyway, the garage sale had lots of stuff by the garage.  Over by the barn there was another pile of random stuff.  I meandered over there and saw a painted picture for one dollar.

I liked it immediately!  It could be one of my girls chasing a butterfly on a bright, summer’s day!  Of course my girls are bigger now than the girl in the picture.  But I can still see them that size, content to spend the afternoon just chasing butterflies 🙂

Tonight I am thankful for this $1 picture today.  I brought it home; although I’m not quite sure where I’m going to hang it.  I’ll find the perfect place for it this weekend.  And I think this is one that I’ll smile at, every time I walk by it!