Remember when you were in grade school and one of the kids would get to the drinking fountain and drink while everyone else waited? Finally someone would yell, “Hey! Leave some for the fishes!” I thought of that today because a few weeks ago I stopped by Lowe’s to check out their marked-down plants. They mark down the plants at the end of the season or the ones that are drooping and past their prime. This particular day there was nothing on the shelves, but a basket behind the cash register was stuffed with droopy green plants with a few faded flowers hanging off the ends. “What are those?” I asked the nursery-man. “Oh,” he said giving a quick glance, “those are Gerbera daisies. Or at least they were.” “Are you marking them down?” “Yeah, they’ll be a dollar.” I picked out two plants that weren’t all that droopy and set… Read More »
Ye Cats !!
We love our pets, don’t we? Sometimes more than others, but you’d do a lot to make your fur friend happy, wouldn’t you? I now have four cats (two were strays who just sort of moved in) and I love them. If you have cats, dogs, parakeets or ferrets, you know what I’m talking about. Goldfish, eh, maybe not so much. But once in awhile you stop at that display of toys and (yikes!) clothes for your pup or kitty and might even shell out a few bucks for something goofy you think they’d like. So today I was at PetSmart stocking up on food (sure wish I could figure out a way to make those animals earn their keep) when I came across a new product: appetizers for cats. Appetizers. They come in their own little tray — all you do is peel off the top. Because this is a new product, it… Read More »
