A trip to Orscheln

Since Cliff and I were in Higginsville anyway, we went to Orscheln.  There's a bigger, bettter Orscheln store at Richmond, across the river.  But that isn't where we found ourselves, so we shopped the crowded aisles of the one that was handy.

These farm-and-home type stores fascinate both of us; we just split up and find something to suit our own interests.  

We parked beside this truck.  The dog wasn't tied in there.  When I got out of our pickup, she got as close as she possibly could, wagging her tail.  So I patted her on the head and told her she was a good dog.  She smiled and stayed in the truck bed.

Can spring be far behind?  In a month or so, they'll have baby chicks in stock, too.

Garden seeds!  There IS hope!

I told you the store was crowded.  In this area, you can get food for whatever animal you own.  We get sweet feed for horses to feed Bonnie-the-Jersey-cow.  It's cheap, and she loves it; I'm not feeding for production.  

At the price of five for a dollar; I picked out ten packets.  Those others I showed you earlier were $1.59 a package.  Of course, there are more seeds in those, but I get these cheap ones to play with in early spring.

I've always wanted a Purple Martin house; these were on sale, so I got one.  I'll still need to buy a pole.

This metal bench was $99; I sat on it to rest my knees and decided I really, really wanted it.  After all, the pickup was sitting out there; all we had to do was load it up and take it home. 

After some thought, though, I realized we really didn't need it, and sadly, we left it behind.

Cliff tried on a coat from the clearance rack, but it didn't fit him.

I'm playing with the new Blogger format here, so forgive me if the pictures look all helter-skelter on the page.  The first time I posted the entry, there were big spaces between pictures and it was a total mess; we'll see what happens this time.  I won't blame Blogger, though; I'm just too lazy to read the directions.  I'd probably do better going back to the old way, with all the pictures in the middle and the words beneath them.