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Category icon Tawny is Missing - Fri Oct 30 12:13:46 2009
Tawny shortly after she started being comfortable being inside the house.

Tawny shortly after she started being comfortable being inside the house.

Tawny has been missing for some time now, and we fear the worst. She seemed to be having some difficulty, so we took her to the vet to get checked out and get her first vaccinations done. The vet told us they might make her sick, and she seemed to be OK. A few days later she started slowing down and not eating. At that point we made another appointment with the vet for the next day and couldn’t find Tawny after we let her out. It has been a few days and there has been no sign of her. Or fear is that she either died somewhere in the woods or that the fox or coyotes found here.

Hopefully one of the neighbors may found here and took her to the vet.

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Category icon Copper Roasting Pan - Fri Oct 23 11:45:36 2009
A 10.5 x 15 inch copper roasting pan found at the local Goodwill.

A 10.5 x 15 inch copper roasting pan found at the local Goodwill.

This is one of the best items I managed to find at the local Goodwill yet - a brand new 10.5 x 15 inch copper roasting pan. Sure it needs a bit of cleaning, but for all of $9.99, how can you complain?

For those wondering why I bother going to Goodwill in the first place, I’ll tell you that it is a has been great source of cheap brass, silver and pewter pieces - far cheaper than what you pay for similar items from Townsend or Godwin, though they tend to require a bit of dent removal. Most of the pewter you’ve seen melted down in previous posts, but a few of the more interesting pieces have been repaired and are used at Rev War reenactment events.

So, if you are looking for a source cheap pewter or brass items, check out yous local Goodwill or equivalent thrift store. You never know what you might find.

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Category icon Annual Ladybug Invasion Begins - Thu Oct 22 11:40:26 2009
Ladybugs - they are everywhere in the house.

Ladybugs - they are everywhere in the house.

Every year the house gets invaded by ladybugs, and this year is no exception. Though, for some reason there seems to be more ladybugs inside the house than last year. I know the picture does a poor job of showing this, but there are EVERWHERE inside the house. On the windows, the walls, the floor, the counters - everywhere. Sweeping them up seems to do no good since more keep arriving. All we can do is wait a few more days they until they begin to go dormant so that we can begin to clean them up.

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Category icon New Window Seat - Sun Oct 18 11:19:54 2009
First day of window seat construction.

First day of window seat construction.

Construction began a few days ago on a new window seat. The old one was both too tall and to narrow to to be comfortable. After mentioning this to a buddy of mine, he offered to rip out the old one and install a new window seat in its place. The price he quoted was REALLY cheap, so we agreed. A few days later, Jason showed up to begin the work, with future work to be done as he had time.

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Category icon Two more Dragoon events - Mon Oct 12 09:12:05 2009
Placeholder for the Saratoga National Historic Park event and the Old Stone Fort event.

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