Good chair day
It’s taken three years, but I finally got my oak & cast iron chair properly finished with Danish Oil Stain (by Watco, “natural” ). The first two years were to allow for the cheap shellac finish to flake off and … Read More →
Tag Archives: Outside
Mowing neighbours and new goodies
After weeks of pampering and fussing over my sickly little purple daylily it finally had buds on it turning dark purple. It was going to bloom!! Then my well-intentioned neighbour mowed it. *sigh* It’s now an inch tall. No buds, needless to … Read More →
Vinegar, redux
I decided to give the vinegar another try, and I must say, it certainly works better on hot days than it does on comfortable ones!! This is the patch in the middle picture from before; growing happily, largely unaffected by … Read More →
Ah, gardening
The front flower bed, complete with my new rose and geraniums, courtesy of Dad. Thanks, Dad! It is now a thing of beauty. Well, at least more of a thing of beauty than when it was a thing of weeds.
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Well, now that the front has been tamed, I decided to move the dog ‘n’ pony show (i.e. me ‘n’ the lawnmower) into the back yard. The grrrlz were safely locked in the house for this, trust me. Mowed weeds, … Read More →