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Free: Many empty CD cases (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) 23d - Two large shoe-boxes full of the narrow, single-CD plastic cases. All in fine condition, for anyone who needs then. Claim one or both boxes. Please provide a 4-hr window (at least 12 hours after you email) when you will come for pickup, and I will send the address.

Free: Toddler sippy cup (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) 23d - Cute Italian sippy cup in great shape for a baby/toddler who is starting to drink from a cup. Has a lid with a few small holes that allows the child to learn to drink from a recular cup, and is weighted on the bottom so that it rights itself if it is put down sideways. Please provide day and a 4-hour time window, no sooner than 24 hrs after you email, when you will come for it, and I will provide the address. I can leave it out by the front door. Please use email for communication; I don't live my life on a phone, and hate texting.

Free: stuffed animals (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) 23d - One bunny with hat (about 7"), and one bear (about 10"). The bear has a growl-maker inside that no longer works. Please provide a 4-hr window, no sooner than 24 hrs after you email, when you will come for them if you are selected, and I will send you the address. I can leave them for you by the front door, but need time to see and respond to your email. Please use email for communication and do not text; I do not live on my phone.

Free: Jade plant clippings (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 41d - Many handfuls of Jade plant clippings for making starts. Ruler to provide scale. There is enough here for a bunch of people. If you ask for some, let me know approximately how much you want. It is ok to ask for all, if you are really going to make that many plant starts. Give me a 4-hour window when you will come for them, with this window at least 24 hours after you email. I will give you the address if you are selected. Please use email for communication - I do not live my life on a phone, and particularly do not like to text.

Free: Magnetic poetry words (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 128d - Box of magnetic words for composing poems or sentences on, say, a refrigerator or similar. In excellent condition (box is about 3" x 5" for scale). It was fun for awhile, but we don't use them any more. Give me a day and time window (no earlier than 12 hours after you email me) that you will come for them, and I will send you the address if you are chosen. I can leave them outside in a bag with your name on it. Please use email for communication. I am not "on" a phone at all times.

Free: Tall Yarrow plants, yellow flowers (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 199d - Sun-loving yarrow plants, 4 pots plus 2 larger plants, unpotted. Individual pots have 1-3 smaller plants per pot. Blooms are large (about 5-6 inches across), bright yellow, and long lasting. Plants with flower spikes will grow to 3-4 feet tall. I dug them up because I misjudged their size when I planted them. The plants were considerably taller than I expected, and do not fit the garden section that I had for them. For the right garden, they are good plants. Now is the time to transplant for next year's garden.

Free: Big jade plant & pothos starts (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 214d - Note: the jade has been picked up. Still available: additional pothos 4 pots of golden pothos starts (one 6" pot, three 4" pots) 1 bundle of rooted golden pothos starts, ready to plant (it will make a very full plant in about a year) All are healthy. The pothos are from a plant at the office that is being trimmed after the drought of the pandemic. Tell me which plant(s) you want, and give me two 2-hr slots that you could come from them. These slots can be no earlier than 12 hrs after you send your request, can be no earlier than Sunday morning 10:00 AM (Sept 24), and cannot include Sept. 27. Please use email, and not phone texting to communicate.

Free: Children's books (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 294d - Paperbacks, good condition, middle to upper-elementary school level (or parent/teacher read-aloud). Select one, several, or all. Give me a 2-hour window when you will come for them. If you put in your request in the early morning, that time slot should not be before noon on the same day. But given sufficient lead time, I can leave then outside for you if you want an early pickup.

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Free: Houseplants (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 294d - Various plants, NE Seattle, not far from Children's Hospital. Provide a 2-hr window when you will come for them, if you are selected, and please use email, and not text, for communication. Also, use the doorbell or knock to announce your arrival if you are not picking up plants left outside for you. If you place your request early in the morning, make sure that time window is no earlier than noon that same day. If I know when you are coming in advance and I will not be able to give you a hand-off, I will put the plant(s) outside by our front door with your name on it/them. Take only what is marked for you. You may ask for some or all of the plants. Cuttings are rooted and ready to plant. Most have been picked up. Still available: Pothos: one set of rooted cuttings (which will make a lovely, full, plant after they have grown out in about a year). Thanksgiving/Xmas cactus: two small reddish (ready to pot up to slightly larger pots).

Free: Children's books (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 294d - Hardback books, in excellent condition. Read-aloud, or mid-to-upper grade elementary school level. Give me a 2-hour window when you will come for one or both of these (preference for both to one requestor). If you place your request early in the morning, make sure that time period is no earlier than noon that same day (if on another day - it can be earlier because I can leave the books out for you by the front door.).

Free: Capsella, children's building toy (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 294d - One box full of Capsella parts. This is a mechanical, battery-operated building toy for children from the early 1990's - ages about 5-10 or so. There are parts for making both water-base and land-based vehicles. Instructions can be found online. Give me a 2-hour time slot when you will come for the box, and if you place your request early in the morning for the same day, make sure that time slot is not before noon that day. I can leave the box outside with your name on it if I will not be around when you say that you are coming.

Free: Extra houseplants & cuttings (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 347d - Edit: The African violets are promised. The rest of the plants are still available. Jade plant start. Bundle of rooted golden pothos cuttings ready to plant. This will become a great looking plant. Tradescantia purple princess - one in a 4" pot, plus a bunch of cuttings rooted and ready to plant - replant together in a larger pot. 2 Xmas cactus, reddish color blooms - one larger (pictured), and one smaller (not pictured) I am happy to give them all to one person, but if you only want a subset - tell me which. Read the instructions. I do not check email every second of the day, and I also need some lead time to arrange a pickup. Give me a 2-hour window when you can come get the plant(s), no earlier than 11:00 AM on Sunday May 14. If you want to come on M,W, or F, I need to know by 10:00 PM the night before. I will give you the address if you are chosen. If you miss your pickup and I have backups, you lose your priority. If you are coming by public transit - make sure you are willing to come to Hawthorne Hills before you put in your request. If you are coming when I can't be here - I will put them outside right next to the front door. But then make sure you take ONLY the plants with your name on them.

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Free: Tradescantia Purple Princess (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Expired 356d - Purple Princess plant starting to vine (needs a new, larger, pot), plus more well-rooted cuttings. Plant them together in a bigger pot. Easy to grow; needs plenty of light. I have plenty of this plant already and don't need more. Cache pot NOT included. Give me a 2-hr. window of time when you will come for it if chosen. This window must be no earlier than 7PM on May 5.

Free: Audio book: Tale of 2 cities (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Expired 1y - This is a pair of cassette-recorder tapes with"Tale of two cities" by Charles Dickens, read by Tom Baker. Does anyone still have a tape recorder any more that might want this? If so - tell me when you can come get it (at least 12 hrs. after you email!), and I will give you the address. Free: Capsela - young geek building toy (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Expired 1y - A box of Capsela parts from ~1990: Educational toy, of interest to children who like mechanical and electrical things. There are probably 2-3 sets here, jumbled together (a few specific parts on the second photo). No broken parts. Gears, motors, battery holders, floats, etc. These were land and water mechanical modules, no robotics or computer controled modules. The age range suggested by the original manufacturer was 7-12, but in our house it was more like 5-8. You can find many manuals at: . Give me a day and 2-hour time block that is at least 24 hours later when you can come for this. If you post your request in the evening - factor in that I will likely not see or respond to your email between ~10 PM and noon the next day.

Free: Zaks: construction toy (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - Two stuffed bags (plus two empty bags), and instruction/ideas booklet and lots of pieces to build things. Good for approx ages 4-10 or maybe a bit older. Give me a 2-4 hour time window when you can come from them (needs to be after 9:00 AM on Feb. 21) and I will give you the address.

Free: Electricity stuff for kids (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - Box of various things that allow a kid to explore battery-operated electricity. Includes battery holders, a switch, motors, a sound maker, light bulbs, diodes, transistors, wires, clips, brads, and other things. Warning: exposure to these ideas at a young age may turn a child towards physics or engineering (as happened in our family - this stuff was his). Give me a couple of 2-4 hour windows of time after 9:00 AM onFebruary 21 when you can come for this, and I will give you the address. I can put it in a plastic bag in a location that is semi-protected from rain for easy pickup.

Free: magnets etc (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - A box with a cubical magnet with 5 steel "guys" to try to stack (there is a chip out of red base see photo 2), some donut-shaped magents (good for making refrigerator magnets), some small square magnets in the little box (not a full 100 any more - but maybe 75), a strong magnet with a handle (orange plastic), plus a few ball berings etc. and a booklet with things to do to explore magnetism. Kid friendly. Give me at least one 2-4 hour time frame after 9:00 AM on Feb. 21 when you can come for these. I can put the box in a plastic bag and leave it in a semi-protected location for you for pickup. If you are selected I will send you the address.

Free: wooden boxes (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - 28 5-inch and 6 4-inch wooden boxes, used by our local grocery store to sell summer fruits. I was collecting them to make decorative baskets, but just don't think I will get to this any time in the near future. Anyone want them? Leave me a 2-4 hour window of time after 9:00 AM on Tuesday Feb. 21 when you will come for them, and I will send you the address. I can leave them outside for you in a moderately protected location.

Free: Childrens' activity books (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - Zap: scientific playground in a book; Magnetic magic tricks; Knots (all about tying knots); Explorabook (more science activities) - all suitable for kids of ages ~8 to 12 or thereabouts. All in excellent shape. Claim one or all. Give me a 4 hour window (that is after 10:00 AM Saturday morning) when you can come and I will give you the address.

Free: flour & cardamon (fresh) (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - Two unused and unopened grocery items that we accidentally ended up purchasing, but don't need and won't use: 5-pound bag of Gold Medal self rising flour, best if used by June 2023 (I did not mean to buy the self-rising kind - good for making biscuits, cookies, quick-breads, pancakes, etc.) 2-oz ground cardamon, best if used by July 2024 (Husband thought we needed some, and we already have plenty) claim one or both. Give me a 2-hr window of time that you can come, with that time after 10:00 AM on Thursday. I will give you the address. Please note: email communication is best, but I will only see your email if I am on my computer, which isn't all the time.

Free: Houseplants: Jade & African violets (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - One jade plant (~12" tall) and 3 African violets (2 red, 1 magenta with white edges - frilly). One red violet still has some flowers, but mostly these are in a winter dormant phase. All violets are young, from recent propagation, and still in fairly small pots. Jade plant is from propagation a couple of years ago. All plants are healthy, but I have too many. Give me a couple of 2-hr blocks of time when you are able to come get them. It is too cold to put them outside, so I have to be home.

Free: Kids' books: science, tech., etc (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - Any elementary teachers out there who want books for their classrooms? Or parents of curious children? We have grown out of these books, but they are in great shape. I removed the photos of the books that are promised, but there are still 16 more available. Dino babies is a pop-up - one panel has a tear, but that is all. Tell me which books you are interested in and give me a couple of 2-hr blocks of time for possible pickup, preferably evening or weekend when I can be sure to be home since books don't take kindly to rain outside.

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Request: Empty wine bottles (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Received 1y - I am looking for a few (whole) empty wine bottles - full size or even larger (1 liter or magnum). I don't need more than 6, and can wash them if they are just rinsed and sitting in your recycle bin. I am playing with sound. Do you have any that I could have? I would prefer not to have to drive (far) to get them - I live in NE Seattle in the Ravenna/Sandpoint/Bryant area. Free: Two small Xmas cactus (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - I have two baby Xmas (or maybe Thanksgiving) cactus plants from cuttings made last year. They are blooming (one plant) or budding and about to bloom (the other plant). They don't like being relocated when they are blooming. But I can try to put them in a container that will keep out the winter cold to transport them. This is a standard color, and these plants can easily live 50 years or more. Must get them over the weekend when I can give them to you - after 10:00 AM. Give me a 2-hour window when you will come for them.

Free: crocosmia & Lysimachia punctata (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - Approximately 2 gallons of orange crocosmia tubers (enough for several square feet planted), & one gallon bag of yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) roots mostly with tops still attached. Both are dug up from thinning parts of the garden. The photo with the bags is their current status; photo with blooms shows you what they look like in July. Now is an excellent time to plant. Both are robust garden plants, wanting at least some sun. Claim one or both. The loosestrife is best planted where it is naturally contained (e.g., between a rockery and sidewalk, or similar). Give me a date and 4-hr window when you will come get them, and I will give you the address. I don't easily text - email communication, please, or give me a phone number for me to call you back.

Free: Quaker State 10-40 Automobile oil (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - 10W-40 quarts of engine oil: 4 unopened quarts of the green bottles, 1 unopened quart of the white (delux) bottle, plus one of each that are partly used. Give me a 4-hour window that is at least 12 hours after you email to let me know when you will come get them. I can put them outside for pickup. If you miss your pickup, and someone else is waiting as a backup, I will go right to them.

Free: Houseplants (NE Seattle) (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - Various houseplants, starts, and young plants: Dracaena (one ~2 feet tall, one trio of starts), 1 spider plant, 1 hoya, 2 baby pileas - moneyplant, 3 Xmas or Thanksgiving cacti, 1 bunch of rooted golden pothos (not pictured). Tell me which you are interested in, and give me a 2-hour slot on a day on or after Wednesday Sept. 21 after 1:00 PM when you come for them. Note: I don't text. Email, or an actual phone call for any actual communication, please.

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Free: Brick pavers (NE Seattle) (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - At least 20 (can dig up more if necessary) but not more than 36. Ends are essentially square (photos #2). Some have a bit of cement on them. Give me a 4-hour window when you can come for them no earlier than Sept. 20. If you want them, but want more than ~26, we may need to discuss the schedule.

Free: Downspout extenders (NE Seattle) (Hawthorne Hills in NE Seattle) Gifted 1y - These pull out (and can curve) to help direct rain water away from your foundation when it rains. These are lightly used, still in excellent condition. Claim between 1 and 3 of them. Give me a day (on or after Sept. 20) and 4 hour window when you will come get them, and I will provide an address. Porch pickup is fine.