The Rose's Grove

I hate how short weekends feel when I'm busy the whole time. That said, I got a lot done this weekend. Went to gaming night over at nightsinger's place and hung out with her and tavern_wench1 and the mini-Time-Lady (and others, and my Boy), and, well, drank probably too much. Then went out to the zoo and to Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. the next day, and Sunday... I bought all the stuff I needed to have Romana's outfit from "City of Death" for the con! I already had the straw boater and red shoes, so now I've got a black dress that I'll be fixing up, a white blouse, and a cute little red tie. I even learned how to tie the tie. ♥ I am stupidly excited about having this outfit - expect pictures as soon as the dress is finished being modified.

I also bought a new hat, a necklace, a new dress, some boots... yeah, I had a big shopping day. ;) Oh, and really really cute brown galoshes with orange and white flowers on them! They're adorable.

One other thing that happened - it appears that I have more snails. I now appear to have five, possibly six, trap-door snails. Which... is a bit of a rise from having two. The 3-4 (I still haven't gotten a good count, because they're little and they hide easily) new ones are itty-bitty, about the same size as the gravel... and they're going to need new homes, guys. I can't keep six trap-door snails in my one little tank, not once they've gotten bigger. And the first baby has been growing pretty damned fast. So, I'm going to check with the store where I got them from, but... does anybody want a pet baby snail? They're really cute, they eat algae off the inside of your tank, and they take minimal care!

Gacked from minerva_fan and many others...

1. Stop talking about politics for a moment or two.
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I couldn't pick which to post, so click on the images for larger versions. ;)



Far left are the dolls maymargaret made for me, of the Doctor and Romana from "City of Death" (aren't they gorgeous?). Middle is a picture I took in the mountains east of here a few weeks ago. And far right is my snail... he thinks he can climb the plants in the tank. He's such a brave little guy. ♥

Well, shit. I almost certainly have a dead snail, now. Last time I checked, snails were not in the habit of sort of slumping partway out of their shell and not moving or reacting when something (like a goldfish) bumps them.

Hell.

I haven't done anything with him because I was sort of afraid that I'd... I don't know, get rid of him and then find out that he wasn't really dead or something. So he's still in the tank at home, which I hope does not mean the fish will nibble on him, because that might not be healthy (I don't know how he died - snail old age? snail sickness?), but... that'll be something 'fun' to deal with tonight when I get home, I guess. Unless he's miraculously closed up or started moving around. Poor little guy.

At least the fish seem fine... but damn it, I was really fond of that snail.

So... I have my fish. Two medium-sized fancy goldfish, and one large snail. The snail was supposed to just be a way to help me keep the tank clean, but already he’s turning out to be just as entertaining as the fish - he’s biiiig, for one thing, and very pretty despite a very plain shell, and quite adventurous - he’s already trying to climb the glass checking out everything in the tank... oh, and he’s all black. Well, technically brown (his shell) and dark green (because of algae growing on his shell), but his skin is dark-dark grey. But before I put the light on in the tank he looked absolutely black. And Kendra joked we should call him the Master. And the I looked at the other two - a red-and-white, and a brilliantly colored calico with just slightly buggy eyes - and... it just sort of clicked. So... meet the Doctor, Romana, and the Master.

( Pictures of fish and snail! )