Nothing to Show For it But a New Chair
Despite my absence I haven't been up to a whole lot. The chair above has been sitting in the kitchen for about five months, patiently waiting for its moment to sparkle. I found it at an antique store. It had already been painted cream but was re-upholstered in a material not quite like oilcloth but a step up from contact paper. Undeneath this was the original fabric, avocado green, cranberry, and gold stripes, with the paper label dating the chair itself from 1924. Old pieces of mattress were used for padding and the wood for the back was mint green with tire tread marks across it.
Now how good it looks! New cushions wrapped in simple linen. Just quiet and good. The chair has found a new home in our bedroom, next to the window.
And now on to the garden. It has just been spectacular these past few weeks. The tomatoes have been abundant thus far but the peppers were a little slow, despite the plants themselves being four and a half feet tall. Now they are fruiting but the tomatoes are about gone. So much for having a coordinating salsa garden. We had a nice watermelon, too, that was very good. Olive can assure you it was. Now there three more that have grown to large softballs in the past two weeks but I don't think they'll make it until frost.
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But this is what I'm most excited for! Can you tell what it is? They are peanuts! I bought this little plant on a whim, or an experiment I suppose, and sort of forgot about it. Then I saw this guy peeking out the other day. If they turn out well. I may have to get some more next spring.
So this is what I have to show for the last two weeks, but I have been tired. I'm staring at a counter full of dirty dishes and Scott is probably cutting off some digits with the new mitre saw we got today. Not to mention I have two paper bags full of apples from Momma's that need to be addressed. I'm wondering how many food items one can make out of apples before they detest them. Over a thousand? Let's experiment and I'll get back to you when I have more exciting things to share. And after I take a nap.
