Still I have an awful lot of things stuffed into our poor old garage beyond tools, cars, and sports equipment. I am wholly to blame for this problem. When things break for other people, they simply throw the offending object away. But for me, if I cannot fix something, I like to hold on to it and let it season like fine wine. Since there is NO SUCH THING as fine wine (sorry), I eventually will strip the junk of any potentially useful parts and finally, though begrudgingly, throw the rest away.
My wife puts up with this strange ritual because at times in that melee of spare power cords, motors, plastic, and bolts she finds something useful or maybe a nut that she might need (that being me of course). Recently I crossed the line however as she discovered my trash can full of broken glass and expected an explanation. Like the Grinch of ‘Suess-ian’ legend, I had to think up a lie and quick, so I told her I was going to melt the stuff so in 60 minutes I would have an hour glass. She said my protests reminded her more of a ‘WHINE’ glass than the truth, so I knew I had better change my trashy ways or else.
So during my glassy-eyed effort to organize, classify or dispose of the surplus garage materials into appropriate food groups, I decided to actually melt that glass for my wife as promised. It took about an hour but with the addition of an aluminum nail, a lot of heat, and oh yeah my TWO CENTS, I made a delightful uh … bird thing, chicken WHATEVER sculpture. Now most of you won’t appreciate my ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ effort, but I felt truly empowered! Not only had I made my wife a delightfully quirky recycled love gift with a ‘glassy soul’, but just like the Federal government, I had the pleasure of making money EVAPORATE into thin air.
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Hahahahahaha! Love it! That's a sweet little gift. Maybe you could make money off creations like that. :O)
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure you could sell that on Etsy. Or a redneck version of Etsy.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely piece of abstract glass. I hope your wife doesn't accidentally break it.
ReplyDeleteI expect I should be looking for you on an upcoming episode of "Extreme Hoarders" any day now, eh?
ReplyDeleteI'm actually impressed you not only recycle glass, you know how to sculpt it. Your wife should be proud!
ReplyDeleteYour creation would make a lovely jewelry object.
ReplyDeleteBut it has a lot of jagged edges. Don't make it into a necklace however. If it came loose and fell down in her blouse it might feel like a shirt full of fighting cats!