A few good finds ...?

Aquisition! Nothing like it for a rainy day, eh? And it's been blah and disgusting here for weeks. Spring where are you?

Some folks shop for therapy. While I never buy retail and was last seen in a mall 5 years ago, I cannot deny the hand-rubbing Ferengi delight that comes with getting STUFF.

Part of my talent for thift is my ability to scavenge. I learnt this skill from my Mum. I'm shameless about recycling. No one can tell me that it's a bad thing. In today's world too many things get thrown away. Everyone's about convenience and the average family mindlessly tosses plastic drink and water bottles, glass jars, tubs that held everything from margerine to yoghurt, reams of paper, perfectly sound cardboard boxes, and of course hundreds of disposable nappies filled with human waste. Why? Because it's so easy. Because they can't be bothered.

Recycling is the art of reusing what you have.

Scavenging is recycling what others have. I have a talent for it and find that there's nothing in the world like getting something cool ... for free. Bonus!

My Darling ex-suburbanite Hubby has applied himself diligently to the lifestyle (money saved by recycling means more trips to the Best Buy!) and so if he comes accross an item that we can use - that someone is tossing - he nabs it for me.

Last Saturday he came home with 2 treated wooden gates (I was ecstatic) ... and this:




(I was not so thrilled)

Meet the newest addition to the crowd: Molly. My guess is that she's a lab cross and Hubby found her dumped on the side of a busy road. I now own 5 dogs. FIVE. So much for thrift. *sigh*

I keep telling Hubby that we should cook and eat the Psycho Dog, Reggie, but he keeps rolling his eyes at me. That would be like recycling, though, right?

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I was picking up some old lumber that a neighbour had given me and noticed this leaned up against his barn:




It's a vintage chicken crate and I got it from him for a song. I am so pleased! It will look perfect in my house ... erm ... somewhere.

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And last but not least, I've been tending this bunch of cuties:




About a half dozen each of ducklings and chicks. The chicks are sex-links but I had to guess on the ducks. I'm thinking Cayugas (the dark ones) and Khaki Campbells (the light brown ones). If you have a better guess, leave a comment, please! I've had both breeds but it was several years ago. I'll be keeping any little hen ducks to cross with my Muscovys (my preferred breed). Can you tell I have a fondness for ducks?

So everyone's doing quite well and with all the new additions I've exhausted my supply of dog-crates. Man, those things come in handy.

OK, well, that's my boring post for today. Must run take the puppy out.