T Stands for Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)

I realize this sounds like a terrible scary way to start a T Stands for Tuesday post.   In fact, I had considered posting something patriotic because Monday (September 1) is/was Labor Day in the US.   However, with overnight guests, I simply didn't have time. 

Back to the HHW, here's how the story goes.

A week ago Saturday, I visited my friend Scott, who asked me to stop by and pick up some paint to take to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility (HHW).  There's no way I'm ever going to say no to Scott, since he's been so good to me over the years.  His parents, he, and I had a wonderful time reminiscing and enjoying the afternoon.  However, the time got away from me, and I had to take the paint home with me.  Since HHW is closed Sunday and Monday, the earliest I could take it to HHW was last Tuesday.

See those three carts filled with rusty paint cans, a 5 gallon container of paint, and various smaller cans and containers that were not rusty?  That all came out of the trunk (or boot for those of you who live across the pond) of my car.  Thankfully, Scott loaded the paint into the trunk

and the HHW folks unloaded it. 

All I had to do was watch.  Sally wanted to join me because she had old medication she wanted to take to them.  They will take anything that won't go in your trash, including expired medications.
 
See Sally hiding among the items in the Swap and Shop area?  At least there were a lot more items available to take home since the last time I was here back on March 31, the actual day I started my annual 22 Days of April Recycling leading up to Earth Day, or as I call it, bEARTHday.

However, just as I was going to take a few photos of the old containers lining the shelves along the top of the two rooms, one of the HHW employees came up to me and told me I could NOT take photos in the facility without prior written approval from someone in the County.  I didn't tell him how many times I've taken photos there before.  Sally and I both found items to take home.  She was very happy that she found something she needed and didn't have to spend money on it.  Free is always good in my world.

Next, it was off to Derby, a small town just south of Wichita.  When we got to town, I looked for the address Sally had given me, but we got all the way from one end to the other and didn't see the street.  There's only ONE main street in Derby.  Yes, it's that small.  Unlike Sally, I'm not going to drive around all day.  I stopped at a gas station and got directions.  When you don't own a cell phone or a GPS navigation thingy, you know how to ask for help.  But when we got there, the place was closed.  And it had been in business over 35 years.  Sad, but true.  Another restaurant had closed its doors forever.

I was so frustrated, I stopped at the first restaurant I knew we had eaten at before.

Note how I used one of the brick pillars to hide behind in order to take a photo of the front and its reflective glass.

Inside isn't too appealing, or maybe I was just ready to eat.

Even the food didn't appeal to me. 

I did manage to get this photo of our waters Sally ordered while I took photos of the restaurant.  When I paid the bill, I was shocked.  It was $22.88 for the two of us, which didn't include tax and tip.  $11.44 per person is dinner prices in my town, not lunch prices.  And the food wasn't even that good, especially since Sally was ready to leave after I finished this one plate.  She'd had three plates, which included her dessert that I never got.  But I had no intention of complaining, because it was a fun day out and about, and the car and I both had a chance to get a bit of much needed exercise.

Now it's your turn.  Show anything drink related, be it art, your garden, scrapbook pages, dyed fabric, or a trip across town.  Somehow I doubt you visited a household hazardous waste facility, but hopefully you have something similar where you live.  Photos can be taken any time, no need to limit them to Tuesday.  Be sure to share your link below so Bleubeard (who did NOT get any exercise last Tuesday) and I can visit.  He'll be glad you did, since he's been busy sleeping and staying cool next to the AC.