Porch Table and 55 Chevy

Hello, welcome!  Pull up a rocker and sit a spell.  Now that I've added a table between the rockers we'll have a place to put a platter of warm cookies and some hot tea, perhaps a book or a ball of yarn.  :-)

Feel free to pet the big fluffy German Shepherd, Meeka.

I found the funky little wooden table on Facebook Marketplace - for just $20!  Do you like it this color or would you put a whitewash over it?  Yes, I have to fix the seat cushions, they are different on each side and the ones on the right are upside down.  LOL!

I've never seen a table quite like this, it's got little carvings on each corner.  I would call it's color teal.

Dayle pulled his 1955 Chevy Bel Air out of the barn and gave her a good bath on Saturday and then he took me and Hayden out for a ride.  :-)

Off we go for a ride.

How long has it been since you've seen a dashboard that looks like this?  Dayle is going to find a replacement radio, apparently it was stolen out of the car when it was fairly new.

Hayden totally enjoyed his ride with his grandparents in the old Chevy.  Caleb wasn't here or he would have joined us.

When I arose this morning I looked out into the forest and noticed that the vine Maple was turning colors so I went out to snap a photo for this blog post.

It should get even more colorful in the next week.

Kristi inherited her Dad's cedar chest and it's near the back door ready to be brought into their bedroom upstairs.  I've never seen such a pretty one.  

I wanted to show you the "After" photo of the deck.  They power washed it then applied an oil finish and then returned all the tables and chairs and plants.  It looks so much nicer out there now.

I was talking to a photographer while volunteering at Multnomah Falls and I complained about the clarity of my moon photos.  He suggested that I take photos when the moon was going in or out of totality and it would show the craters better.  So, here is my attempt, what do you think?

Thanks for all the nice comments about my Mom's afghan to those of you who searched for the name of the pattern.  It's called "Apache's Tears".  I remembered that's what my mother called it when she showed it to me.  The patterns you shared all used a double crochet drop down to the lower row, but on the one Mom made it's a long single crochet down.  I might do some experimenting to replicate my Mom's design.

Swimming is on the docket today.  Then I have to put the finishing touches on the Friends of Multnomah Falls Fall Issue of the newsletter for which I'm editor.  Then to get it printed and distributed.  

Life is busy, isn't it?  Have a wonderful week!  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)