Birthday party for a secretary!

     Tim Puro invited us over to see a beautiful secretary he's been working on, the one Bill worked on the locks for.  I say Birthday because someone gave "birth" to it nearly 200 years ago and Tim restored it for another long segment of time.  A rebirth, if you will.  I had seen it before but never in so polished and beautified condition.  While I was there he showed me a chair wholly decorated with faux graining to look like rosewood.  A comb was used on the legs but the back was done with brushes by hand and a lovely job they did too!

I can't wait to try this out on something, as soon as it gets warm enough to work in the garage.


While we were out running errands Thursdays we accidentally stopped at Blue Moon Consignment Shop.  There I found a quarter size dresser just right for Ma in the long winter.  We brought it home and found that the backsplash was loose.  So great was my enthusiasm that we commenced to fix it right on the breakfast table, even in the kitchen amongst the dirty dishes.  A few tense moments when the tiny clamps slipped and we resorted to giant rubber bands.  Whew!  There's never a dull moment around here!

It's just the right size for Ma and I am already thinking of the things I need to make to put in the drawers.  Red flannel long underwear, bloomers, stockings, night gowns and bed caps, for starters.

Here is an item from my able assistant:
     "Today me and Ana went to Spring Mill Park and walked in the woods. It was a very lovely day and the birds were out and we walked all the way to the road on trail number three which was a long way for Ana to walk.  Then we walked back to the car to have a little snack before heading into the village.  We noticed a cave that was not mentioned in the map so we thought maybe it had not been discovered yet.  Or it might have been a small crack, (sigh).  This is my report, Eliyah"

     Last thing, I want to show you the orchid, which has four flowers open now and three more to go!

This has cheered me up no end!