Well..... It Would Be Rude Not To!

When you're Eric, having a bit of a toddle round the estate to help work off a rather large lunch, simply minding your own business .......

...... and you just happen upon a large plastic box on the side of the pavement ......

...... well, it would be rude not to take a closer look ........

....... especially if some of the contents look quite interesting! 

However, at first, he was a little reluctant to actually take the lid off and have a cheeky delve inside, but after looking around, he quickly worked out that it was nothing of a nefarious type nature, just our neighbours having a chuck out and leaving it for passers by to rootle and help themselves (he hoped) thus saving all the bother of hauling it up to the nearest charity shop.  

Let's just say, that for the little fella there was indeed treasure within and he returned to The Towers brandishing a few choice items, to wit a very nice quality, unused baking tray for Darrell, who's motto is, spookily, "one can never have too many baking trays in one's kitchen cupboards" ...... 

..... a bee brooch for Alice, but unfortunately the pin broke off before he could even proffer it to the ever fragrant Alice ......

..... and finally, two, iridescent, skull glasses (leaving behind a saucepan, pumpkin carving set, a couple of plates and a pink water bottle). Darrell looked a little askance when he first saw them, however with Eric's irrefutable gift of persecution persuasion .......

...... he convinced Darrell, somehow, that they could be something quite artistic to add to our usual Halloween decor, especially if we could find some suitably unusual and creepy plants to trail from them, like, I kid you not, curio rowleyanus!  Where on earth did we get him from, but there again, where would we be without him? Curio rowleyanus, I ask you!