Sunday 23 March 2014

Buried Treasure

'The Girls' are always unearthing things. Sifting over the soil, looking for
tasty live morsels.

A couple of days ago I found an encrusted coin. I cleaned it off - it was
a 1956  Australian halfpenny. That's a few owners ago.

The house dates back to 1930, because they placed a coin under all the
layers, of old newspapers and carpets, in the oldest section of this house.

Another 10 feet or so from the hen enclosure, is a domestic midden we
have been digging up.

Lots of interesting things dating back through the decades, when rubbish
removal wasn't formalised. There still existed an outdoor concrete block
incinerator on the property when we arrived 32 years ago.

Otherwise before that, just take your rubbish to the edge of the reserve
and dump.

Some family china, which was older from England, childhood cups etc.
was found and very charming.





  

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