Things done
Dec. 9th, 2006 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithToday was the day for doing all those things that didn't get done last week due to the blizzard.
Went to the hardware Big Box for furnace filters, walnut woodstain, and garbage bags, and wound up with a lighted leaping stag for the front yard, as well as a reflector for alongside the driveway with a housing in the shape of a snowman. Brought that all home, then it was off to the feed store for two bales of bedding straw, which should see King into next winter. Wrestled one bale into the bale bag, then dumped the other into the appliance box that serves quite well as a storage bin for the mix of straw and cedar chips that serves as King's bedding.
Made some new acquaintances at the feed store. First there was Anastasia, the shop cat, who sat so still and quiet on the counter that I didn't notice her until I was ready to leave. I don't know cat breeds, but she was a lovely medium grey with moss green eyes, and accepted chin skritches with quiet dignity.
Then I looked into a cage beside the counter, and saw a tiny face poking out from beneath a muddle of exercise ball and bundled blanket. It proved to be a small ferret, which the storekeeper was caring for until she found it a new home. It was a sweet looking little thing, and according to the storekeeper likes to be hugged and petted. But I'm a pretty basic person, pet-wise. Dogs, cats ifIweren'tallergic. Horses, if I rode. The more exotic animals just don't float my boat, which is my way of saying that no, I wasn't in the least tempted.
Hope the little sucker finds a good home soon.
So, it's after 4pm and the sky is dulling--hate these short days. The stag has been installed next to the other lawn ornaments, the two Christmas trees and the penguin. The furnace filter has been changed. King has fresh bedding.
Tired now. Should write for a few hours, really.
Went to the hardware Big Box for furnace filters, walnut woodstain, and garbage bags, and wound up with a lighted leaping stag for the front yard, as well as a reflector for alongside the driveway with a housing in the shape of a snowman. Brought that all home, then it was off to the feed store for two bales of bedding straw, which should see King into next winter. Wrestled one bale into the bale bag, then dumped the other into the appliance box that serves quite well as a storage bin for the mix of straw and cedar chips that serves as King's bedding.
Made some new acquaintances at the feed store. First there was Anastasia, the shop cat, who sat so still and quiet on the counter that I didn't notice her until I was ready to leave. I don't know cat breeds, but she was a lovely medium grey with moss green eyes, and accepted chin skritches with quiet dignity.
Then I looked into a cage beside the counter, and saw a tiny face poking out from beneath a muddle of exercise ball and bundled blanket. It proved to be a small ferret, which the storekeeper was caring for until she found it a new home. It was a sweet looking little thing, and according to the storekeeper likes to be hugged and petted. But I'm a pretty basic person, pet-wise. Dogs, cats ifIweren'tallergic. Horses, if I rode. The more exotic animals just don't float my boat, which is my way of saying that no, I wasn't in the least tempted.
Hope the little sucker finds a good home soon.
So, it's after 4pm and the sky is dulling--hate these short days. The stag has been installed next to the other lawn ornaments, the two Christmas trees and the penguin. The furnace filter has been changed. King has fresh bedding.
Tired now. Should write for a few hours, really.
