A cool and rainy day. Excellent time to go on errands. Stopped off first to pick up my mail at the post office. Had a sweet card from a niece thanking me for her high school graduation gift. A nice start for the day. Was going to stop off at Toad House and eat breakfast but all of their parking spots were in use. While they don't have a lot of parking area, they aren't usually filled up. Maybe some group meets there on Wednesday mornings. Instead I went on to Ace Hardware. All this precipitation has filled up my rain barrel and I thought yesterday I might use the rain gutter diverter to fill up some other containers. As I extended the hose it cracked off. In fact every time I tried to extend the hose another piece would crack off. I bought it last year and during the winter months it's been inside a heated building. Didn't think it would deteriorate this quickly but such is life. I stopped in the store's aisle to try and figure out where to find hoses - plumbing? outdoor equipment? gardening hoses? I like this ACE store because their staff actively try to help customers. Within a moment of my stopping, a lady w/ an ACE vest asked what I was looking for. I brought out of my purse an example of a piece of the broken hose and she said to follow her. She took me into a back room (wouldn't have ever thought of going there). A wall of coiled hoses of every style and type were mounted on a wall inside along w/ a man in fishing gear practicing casting w/ a pole. I ignored the man (who, in turn, ignored us). Instantly found a hose that looked like what I needed and she cut off the length I required. Next was grocery shopping. Picked up some warm things to eat since the rest of the week will remain cool and rainy. That's actually a good thing. I can spend time reading books for the Summer Reading Program.
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