Photos: Yard Sales Flourish in Summer Heat

By Kate Medley

A.J. Hamill hauls a refrigerator into the front yard for his garage sale Saturday morning. Hamill, his wife, Meghan, and 3-month-old daughter, Aja, woke up at sunrise to prepare for this sale.

A.J. Hamill moves the stacks from his garage into his front yard Saturday morning as the sun rises over St. Petersburg. Hamill is preparing for his first garage sale since moving into his home two months ago.

Meghan Hamill sets up for her first garage sale Saturday morning. Hamill chose to put arrows on the signs directing people to her garage sale and not her address, so as to avoid the early shoppers.

Michelle Aaron displays jewelry for sale on top of her old GE dryer. Aaron is having her second garage sale this month in preparation for her upcoming move to Houston, Texas.

A crowd looks around the garage sale Saturday afternoon at the Church of Christ. Hair ties are for sale, mullet cooks in the background and Minister J.L. Daniels (right) greets members of the church's youth group.

Ten-year-old Javonta McLarin (right) sits with his cousin Greg Cleare, 15, in the noon sun waiting for customers to walk by and see their jersey sale. McLaurin says they generally sell five or six jean/shirt combos each day.

Gertrude Keys browses through the leftover clothes at her neighbor's garage sale Saturday afternoon. Keys is filling garbage bags full of children’s clothes to donate to New Covenant Baptist Church.

Joan Botvinik (left) purchases a VHS tape for a quarter Saturday morning from Lee Hall's garage sale. Hall's father habitually recorded every show that he watched on TV and now Hall has hundreds of videos that she'd like to sell.

Richard Stevens passes by his neighbor's garage sale Saturday while on his morning walk. Stevens' neighbor, Guy Pettingill, is having his second garage sale of the year.

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