Some years ago when our friend Waco Joe sold the farm and moved to what seemed to be a much smaller place, I felt bad---it pained me to see someone who obviously had such pride in their home to be leaving it to a new owner.
Now we are approaching the same thing---and strangely I do not have those same feelings, at least not yet.
Forty years ago when I began making this house our own home I began alterations and our main level turned out to be three levels---all negotiated with steps. We are now challenged by steps that I never even considered back then. So---we are in search of a more "friendly" house to become our home.
I have engaged an auction company to sell my entire gun collection, plus reloading equipment, ammo, powder, bullets, primers as well as my gun smith tools including my lathe, mill, drill press, grinder and related tooling.
That process will begin next week when they will pickup everything and take it to their location where it will be cataloged, photographed and prepared for auction in July.
That will be followed by the contents of the barn, garage and another shed which will include my motorcycle, all but two cars (plus one that will go to my SIL and the Packard to my youngest son. We will be left with the MB S-550 and one Explorer. All the tractors will go as well as the engines (hit and miss et al).
The last to go will be the household items, including many antiques and Knoll pieces. They include our long admired granite coffee table that is far to large for most homes and presents structural concerns since it weighs north of a 1000 lbs. It bravely survived unscathed, three sons and four grand children who played at it for hours on end since it was just the right height for them to sit or kneel on the floor.
A few of the smaller pieces will go to the next abode with us.
We are also beginning the process of selling the cottage and liquidating most of the things up there---which includes more Knoll pieces.
Maybe this will hit me at some point but at the moment I'm Okay with it.
I will miss our deer
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Originally Posted by Sandman
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