We have a new door bell. Non-electric, manual bell. I braided the cord for it, and incorporated some i-ching coins that came attached to a book D processed for the library. (They don't circulate the tchotchkes that sometimes come with books.) Took only two trips to the hardware store to get all we needed.
I think he's rather proud of his new skills being handy.
The allium and green onions are budding. I wonder what the onion flowers will look like.
Eleanor watches us work.
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And Eleanor says, "I love hard work. I can sit and watch it all day."
I like the door-bell -- can you hear it all through the house?
Class,
A good and proper attitude for a cat.
I tried it out later, when D wasn't expecting it, and as softly as I could. Yes, works just fine. Better than pounding at the door, which is disturbing.
That's a lovely bell, and a proud workman. And a happy cat.
What a welcoming entrance to your home.
RR,
Oh, I do hope so, we want to be welcoming.
love the bell!
pc,
We were thinking of putting up a button, not connected to anything, since it's not practical to wire. Just to keep people from banging on the poor old door. Then we looked at wireless bells, but anything not annoying was going to be silly expensive and rather ugly.
Then we got really literal.
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With a bell like that, your neighbours will also know when you have visitors.
When we have friends over and they know that we know they are coming, they have permission to just come right in. This is normally how it is, so our doorbell doesn't get used much.
Phil,
Well, we do live pretty closely by.
The only folks who knock are not expected. We watch for those that are, and startle them opening the door just as they are about to....
YEah, we have fun with this.
Ding!
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