Good Friday Free Boxes

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Today was a lovely day in Portland, Oregon.  I'm sure you know what that means:  free boxes!!

My first free box surprise was on SE 156th and just a little north of Powell.  I was totally surprised because I had never encountered a free box past, say, 60th.  I had to take a picture.  There were some really sweet things, actually:

It just so happened that I ran out of this issue of the zine last weekend and so I thought with the nice weather we have been having I had better print out some more.  I headed down to the IPRC and printed out a more copies.  It's a good thing I did because on my ride home up SE Madison, I saw five free boxes or items ranging from furniture to clothing to household items. 

I couldn't help but noticing that the labeling was quite superb on this little stretch.  Here are some examples:

Wall-Mount, Knives

Actually, I grabbed this knife organizer because I thought maybe I could use it as a display in my little vintage store for handkerchiefs and belts and things like that.  It was really funny because there was a little lamp in there, the kind that turns and has images and it was labeled, too, with the kind of lamp and the images it projects.  I think it was jellyfish.

Library Free Box

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Today as I was walking up to the library materials drop box, I saw these boxes of National Geographics with a free sign.  I don't think the library put them there, so maybe someone "dumped" them thinking literary minded folks would take some.  I don't know, but I thought it was pretty cool.

Free Box Boats

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My dear friend, Meghan, who contributes quite a bit to Free Box the Magazine had been telling me all of the nautical themed free boxes she has come across.  In fact, I randomly bumped into her today and the topic came up in conversation, so I thought it was very amusing when I espied this miniature boats in a free box today.