For the exercise room

Professional phootographer Nikki T

The aforementioned chiquita sends in this super-fab shot of our new home entertainment system. Bring your old Dave Brubeck records and let's start swingin'! A case of Oktoberfest Pumpkin Brew goes out to her in appreciation.

I'm almost done furnishing my imaginary home

The missus had the idea of furnishing an imaginary home with the free stuff we see. I haven't taken a complete inventory, but I think we're pretty close to having an entire house furnished so far.

OMMFG! What happened to the birds?

Hall of famer Kim C. sends in this fab find from the front yard of some very hungry locals. A big box of Kitten Chow to Kim C. for her keen eye and generous diligence.

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign.

Reminds me of that song: "Signs signs, everywhere a sign" by the Five Man Electrical Band. See a version of it here.

Is that a coffee maker? We need a new coffee maker.

A big Brooklyn shout out to artist C.A. who sent this in. Also, an enormous bag of the very best Colombian as a small token.

Labor day = banner day

A banner day for free stuff and a little wiki-what on the idiom:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_idiom_it's_a_banner_day_mean

The missus hits one outta the park

New contributor and old wife o'mine Andrea M. sends in this pic (okay, she borrowed my iPhone to take it and I sent it to myself) of an exuberant "FREE!" with exclamation point and explanatory text. (That's 4 "ex" words in one sentence for those of you keeping score at home) And speaking of dynamic reading, how about the cool art direction of that book below?

Kim C. enters the hall of fame!

With this, her 500th submission. A gift certificate for a new Volvo SC90 awaits her as our little way of saying congratulations!

How to choose

Soooooo much good stuff in this busy pic from loyal reader/first-time contributor Daisy M. Hmmmmm, should I grab that piece of paper tape in the foreground or the gently used latex glove in the middle. You choose for me.

"To child or not to child"

Local artist C.A. sends in this artfully arranged quartet of photos with the mysterious title above. A bottle of The Macallan 1926 is on its way to C.A. to help him come up with even more mysterious titles.

Swings both ways

Thanks to loyal reader Kim C., who has just been made an honorary co-captain of Team Free Signs with this, her umpteenth submission since the collection began. Also, it turns out that reader Kim actually took the bi-fold doors, and left her own little note on their little note: