Tried posting yesterday but had crappy service:
I had to meet her close to her home, at this church on the side of the road about 45 miles from my house. On the way, I stopped to put a turtle in the ditch & out of the road, in the same direction he/she was traveling. Too many people think its fun to run over themπ or they see them too late to avoid them. So if I see one I always try to help it along. I read somewhere that turtles live their whole lives in the same 1 or 2 mile area; that when people pick them up (even if they release them somewhere), they are always searching for their territory.
The lady gave me eggs from her chickens. As a kid growing up, my grandmother sometimes had chickens so dirty looking eggs aren't completely alien to me but I've spent so many years buying pretty clean white eggs that I have to admit, I was a little taken aback how 'fresh' these looked. What a reality check for people who would never think about breakfast coming from a chicken's buttπππ. We talked for a few minutes about wild animals & chickens. They have several different varieties & will be selling chicks soon. If I happen to get the coop redone, I'll see how much she's selling them for. My husband loved having chickens before, watching them & feeding them. We never gathered eggs from them So sometimes a hen went missing & would show up later with chicks. As long as he was the one taking care of them. Not like the situation with the dogs & the cat where I'm the one feeding, cleaning up after.
Once the rehabber got the baby opposums, I decided to go on to the next town where Home Depot is, another 15 or 20 minutes away. I wanted to get back home & mow, & its just so much easier to use a grabber instead of bending to pick up sticks. I also wanted to see if they had the attachments to the ego brand pole saw we already had. We had spent 20 minutes on the phone with someone trying to explain what we wanted. So I thought I would see if they had what we wanted & maybe explain it better in person, perhaps showing what I meant. We have the battery & the system or whatever it's called but need the weed eater attachment & we just discovered there's a cultivate attachment so wanted that (depending on price). But, we have to order them. I asked 3 different people & looked 3 different times for a grabber. I guess they were out because I never found one. As always, I tried to stay away from people but there were a lot more people than I was expecting. Maybe because they had shorter hours. However, these people were not just browsing, they were buying. I did buy a couple items. I've been wanting to try growing mushrooms so I've been looking for one of these grow kits to try. And I needed more soil to cover my potato plants & thought if I got it there I wouldn't have to go into Wal-Mart. As I'm making my way to the check out & then to my car, I'm smelling something. I finally realize its the soil I bought. Hoping that means its good soil for my plants.
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