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I'm actually ENJOYING the fact that the plumber has now taken care of the running in both toilets. He was pleasant in the way so many New Mexico folk are -- easy-going but attentive.

Tomorrow the jacuzzi repair guy comes, and Hank, the handyman, is picking up ladybugs for me at the nursery (for eating the aphids off my rose bushes). I'd do it myself but he called and said he'd seen them there and it's on his way.

Who knew getting things fixed could be so SATISFYING?
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posted by [personal profile] brightfame at 11:28pm on 21/05/2010
Wow. You mean, home repair doesn't have to be purgatory? A good plumber is a blessing ... around here, a blessing and a miracle.

*is jealous*


Ooh, the ladybugs sound so cute!
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posted by [personal profile] devohoneybee at 11:33pm on 21/05/2010
I know! Apparently you get 2000 bugs, refrigerated (kind of dormant) for ten dollars. Not sure I NEED 2000 bugs, but perhaps to allow for *covers ears of ladybugs* bird attrition.

Apparently they must be released at the proper time of day, or like the old verse, they will "Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home."

Haven't found out yet what the proper time is...
 
posted by [personal profile] brightfame at 11:40pm on 21/05/2010
TWO THOUSAND?!

Take pictures! Take many pictures! :D

Funnily enough, I could use a thousand ladybugs. Not for aphids (though I did have some earlier this year, but I soap-watered them out). I'm trying to put together a book trailer, and we don't have the CGI savvy to create flying insects on screen. I was seriously contemplating snagging some dragonflies, butterflies or ladybirds (bees would be easy to come by, but not sensible to use) and seeing if I could get them to fly through the camera frame in the right way.
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posted by [personal profile] devohoneybee at 11:41pm on 21/05/2010
what's your phone number? country code, all that?
 
posted by [personal profile] brightfame at 11:43pm on 21/05/2010
Sent by mail!
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posted by [personal profile] devohoneybee at 11:43pm on 21/05/2010
email it to my gmail account, which is my firstname.lastname@gmail.com !

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