Today was the third day of our projects. We finished the Trustees series today, with plans to complete both the Financial and Properties series on Thursday. As we have to spend a good amount of our time removing staples, we pulled a few of the files for Thursday at the end of the day, and removed the staples back at the Cottage. You would be amazed at the damage metal can do to paper over time. So much rust! Not to mention the damage that actually pulling out the staples can do… It is fairly obvious that these documents have not been in climate controlled storage since they were removed from the Trust Advisor’s office.
Actually, the Secretary/Trust Advisor stopped by this morning, and I do believe he was horrified by our organized chaos. He did not seem convinced by my assurances that his filing system would not be lost as the Archive is expanded. I am sure that once we leave he will want to have a look at exactly what we did.
While waiting by the ferret pen for Rebecca this afternoon, I had the opportunity to hold one of the ferrets. One of the gardeners came over and started speaking to me about them, and at the sound of his voice they all darted out of their enclosures and looked up at us expectantly. He promptly picked one up and handed it over to me (no biting!). He was kind of cute, but not as cute as the kittens in the house across the courtyard. I guess one of the ferrets died last week, and as they are all very old they will slowly continue to die off within the next couple of years.
Speaking of farm animal deaths, Lily, Dawn’s cocker spaniel, managed to kill one of the hens today. It was actually quite a valuable hen, and the only one of that species Kiplin has. Needless to say, she was in the doghouse the rest of the day (ie, the car). Haley and Anjuli, who were meeting with a landscape architecture in regards to the conservatory, witnessed the whole thing. It was evidently quite horrifying...
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