Thank You

I don't know why I did it, but I bought a new birdfeeder today. 

The old one was pretty raggedy, but it was still usable, which is why it was so odd that I'd buy a new one and toss the old one, but I did.   While I was hanging it, I noticed the little rubber cap was missing from my shepherd's hook.  

It's not essential, but does keep the rain out of the tube and prevents it from rusting from the inside out.  I have no idea how it could have come off.  I thought maybe I'd pulled it off when I was taking the old birdfeeder down, so it should be on the ground, shouldn't it?  I looked all over for it, but never found any sign of a black cap.  Naturally, I did what any red blooded American would do.  I grabbed my electrical tape and taped the sucker up. 

It may not win any beauty contests, but it'll keep the rain out.  

Speaking of beauty contests, look what I found on my Cactus!  Buds!

I've got a couple of them that are starting to bud.  It wasn't that long ago that I didn't even think they'd survive, so I'm pretty stoked about this. 

In other news, a few years ago I bought some shutters for my house.  Strictly decorative, but I felt they'd increase the curb appeal.  I'd tried a couple of times to hire someone to paint and hang them for me, but the one...one... person who showed up gave me a quote that I thought was outrageously high but I wanted the job done so I agreed to it.  But then, that guy never came back to do it.   

Ever since then, I've said I was going to get them out and at least paint them, then maybe I could find someone to hang them for me.  I'd do it myself, but I don't feel comfortable drilling into brick.  Alas, it's been one of those things that I just couldn't seem to motivate myself to do, so they sat in the shed...until yesterday.  

Somehow, someway, motivation found me and finally, at long last, dug the shutters out and primed them.  

Amazingly enough, the primer still sprayed, and I had just enough to do all six shutters.  It's on the list to get them actually painted tomorrow.  

I'll let you know how that goes. 

And finally, I'd like to thank the two of you who still read the blog without me shoving the link into your feed on the book of faces every time I post.  It really means a lot to me.

I'd also like to point out that there is a comment box below each post, if you'd like to ....you know...leave a comment or something. 

Because I do miss the conversations...