Whilst I was at a job site talking to one of the trades today, I heard the smallest little quackery-cheep sound and discovered a very baby ducklet walking about at the entry. It was soooooooo cute and it obviously had misplaced its little self because the closest body of water--an irrigation canal was about 300 feet away. The painter (a neat lady who used to do bird rescues, mostly ducks, in Alaska) and I capture it after a mini-chase of sorts and she said she would take it home and put it with her duck hen that had just hatched some eggs. Adoption in the animal kingdom! It works!! We did search for the mother duck, but could not find any other ducks in the area. I'm so glad we found this little fluffy creature and that Wanda was able to care for it. Baby animals are the cutest, well, except for the wart hog, the hyena and perhaps a hippo.
Tonight I went to a BBQ at a new hardware/lumber yard. Yep, I know all of you are jealous because you don't get to have this much fun. You probably go to dinner parties, or dances, or concerts, or out to fancy dinners, but I wander amongst the hammers, drill presses and ladders of life. I know a good deal when I find it... Anyhoo, I was invited as a customer of the company and I met some neat people (who also like construction materials and hardware items), had good eats and won two prizes in the drawing--a brand new 8' ladder (now my life is complete!) and a $50 gift card to ACE Hardware (the sponsoring company). I gave away the ladder to two of the ladies (sisters) at my table, but I kept the gift card because I'll find something fun for my garden or house at the store. Food and gifts. Two of my favorites.
So that is why my day was ducky and lucky, and I'm counting my blessings!
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You should have kept the ladder. Easier climb to heaven. Wait... did someone try that already?
It was an 8' ladder and I think that Heaven is a tad higher than that. Besides, in my Mitsubishi sedan, I would have had to remove all the seat and shoved it into the trunk and through to the dashboard or driven home with it overhanging the windows on both sides. Probably would have meant a traffic ticket worth more than the ladder...
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