Critters and Crafts and Electricity, oh my!

A toad, "Toady" has moved into the faerie garden. He's made a little trek from said garden across the moss and into the azaleas next door each morning (coffee time seems like when all the critters are busy) for the last few days. Little Turtle slept in, being a holiday weekend, so she missed seeing him, but her comment was "Aw, I didn't even get to kiss him!" Little Turtle is apparently getting an early start on the old adage that you must kiss alot of toads before you find your prince. They start 'em young these days, *sigh!*

I mentioned the chipmunk vaccuum cleaners earlier. Well, let me tell you, they are making themselves at home. I was regaling my dad with stories of my War with Squirrels and one was busy cleaning up spilled seed, oblivious to me yakking away just feet from it. Next thing I knew it was creeping along the wood border and paused about 6 inches from my foot. All I could think was that old Chip wasn't as cute and benevolent as I had made him out to be, and that he was about to bite me on the ankle in a retaliatory maneuver on behalf of his cousin the squirrel I have been blasting regularly with the jet setting on my hose.

Other than watering and tending to my plantses, no new additions of the floral variety came to Two Turtles Garden this weekend. Instead, time was devoted to projects of crafty and home improvementy natures. I have had a new light fixture for beside my door very helpfully sitting in my hall closet for approximately a year. I decided it was time to actually put it up. After consulting with my handy-dandy brother to confirm that I understood the installation instructions and to ensure I would not electrocute myself or catch my house on fire, I located the circuit breaker, flipped it off and proceeded to set about hanging that baby up. After removing the old fixture, I realized that the new one would not cover the mismatch of paint shades resulting from weathering on the exposed area vs. being covered up by the base of the light.

Out I go to the back shed, drag out the paint, a roller and a brush to touch it up. Then, inspiration struck. If I was going to touch up one spot, I might as well paint the whole thing. The benefit of living in a very small abode is that you can paint the entire front of it in 30 minutes or less, just like Dominoes used to promise. Of course, I lacked the accompanying trim paint, so that looks decidedly more shabby now in comparison to the freshly painted wall. That'll be a project for another weekend, I suppose.

Back to the light-fixture-hanging. It went smoothly, it looks ever so much better than the old one (and surprise, surprise!) it works. Who knew I could mess with electrical thingys?! Now, I want to put some more up, heh.

Lastly, I will leave you with a look at Two Turtles Garden in The Gloaming, my very favorite time of day.