#and yes I was so annoyed to set up my nice San Sequoia picnic for the trio

[victorluvsalice]

While poor Victor was busy getting stung by bees, Alice and Smiler were busy with Moory and the chickens! Tending to the animals is an important part of running a farm, after all. Alice gave Moory a thorough brushing, told her a joke, and milked her, while Smiler collected both the eggs from the coop (which were mostly just hatchable ones -- methinks it's time to get rid of some of these roosters) and some fire ants that were milling around in the chicken pen. Hey, those might be handy for herbalism one day! They also attempted to continue work on their mechanisms, only to be zapped again. *sigh* Game plz.

Anyway -- Victor eventually made good with his bees, giving them their mite treatment and collecting their honey while they pollinated the nearby plants. And with that, he was pretty much done in the greenhouse (with Elmer attending to the actual weeding and watering and such), so it was off to the grill to fulfill the BBQ tradition and make some chicken chimichurri skewers for himself and Alice for later! I had him take two plates and pack them in the picnic basket along with a plasma fruit for Smiler (while the pets gamboled nearby -- seriously, look at them, they're so cute together :D), and then, once I was sure the others were in good spirits and all done with their chores and whatnot, had the trio head out to the Celebration Center in Gilbert Gardens in new world San Sequoia for a day of picnicking and playing in the splash pads!

THEY ARRIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREAKING THUNDERSTORM. *facepalm* Like, SERIOUSLY game?! Seriously?! *sigh* Unsure what to do at first, I decided to try waiting out the bad weather and sent the trio inside the rec center to see how they could occupy themselves on the new lot type. . .