Wandering around with my camera (when I should be at work)
I work in a second hand bookshop and when there's no-one in the shop, I like to take a walk and visit the local charity shop which also doubles as a cat shelter. People donate anything and everything to charity and it all makes its way to shops like this one, to be sold. The owner has a certain sense of humour, as do her staff and they price anything and everything and make eye-catching displays. Here is a selection of weird and wonderful objects, from vintage to kitsch.
Knitted pillows, an art deco teapot, a child's toy car and a painted portrait from 1965
Blinged-up shoes, knitted caps, a pissed-off crab in a football helmet and who knows what the plastic fish is for: a toast rack perhaps?
One of the many cats that live on the premises. Sometimes they also manage to find new homes.
My favourite: at the door as you enter, free government-issue condoms. Someone embroidered this funky sign. Except that they didn't do any layout and planning before they started stitching. So part pf the 'm' is missing.
Even better, someone at the government procurement centre thought that supplying banana-scented condoms would somehow be a good idea....
What a very interesting medley of "stuff." We quite enjoy roaming the local recycle shops precisely because people drop off almost anything, thinking it might be useful. And it often is. On occasion, you can even find something with "collectible value" we can put on eBay and make a little money on.
Happy Caturday!
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Very interesting shop full of strange things and curiosity objects! That silver spoon by the blue plastic fish is what I would buy.
That cat is having a good time watching over the shop.
So, you’ll have all kinds of books to read without the need to buy them! So good.
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Beautiful and very lovely second hand bookshop! love all photographs ❤😃❤ Amazing stuff...so detailed, really really gorgeous photograph my friend.
I agree with you that it is interesting to visit such shops!