A Busy (And Expensive) Monday

I drove to the Tractor Supply Company in Potsdam to buy a stock tank, but first I had to stop and admire the baby chicks they had for sale:

The stock tank I'd had in mind turned out to be too big (I already had a big one), so I opted for a smaller model. And it was cheap enough that I bought two of them:

I stopped at Walmart to get bags of compost for planting fruit trees. I was impressed that they had a collection of canoes out front. This part of the country is rife with rivers, streams, bogs, lakes and waterways of every description. I found it fitting that even the local Walmart would have canoes on display:

Potsdam was a busy city, with lots of traffic, freight trains and people. The man with the sign was advertising a furniture sale up the road:

And then I drove to the Kubota Tractor dealer and arranged to purchase this beauty:

And on the way home, I stopped at Potsdam's infamous "Toilet House." They'd replaced some of the toilets with a couple of bathtubs and scarecrow type figures, but it was still an eye catcher:

Here's a close up. It seemed odd that a nice town with so many fine homes would have such a silly display. But then I remembered the several universities in town and figured that might explain a lot. Well, it's all good, clean fun - especially now that there are bathtubs in the mix:

I arrived home and let the dogs out into the sun. They were very happy:

I'd also been to a local tree nursery and picked up my order (nursery tour posts are coming up soon). I began by digging a big hole and admiring the quality of soil here:

I got out my four young trees and unpackaged them:

I added compost, planted, staked and watered them. I purchased super cold hardy plums (two varieties required for cross-pollination), an apricot and a bush cherry: