Make a Felt Board

I’ve been meaning to make a felt/flannel board for years and never got around to it. Nosing around I heard that glueing the fabric to the board is supposed to interfere with the static that helps the figures stick to the board.  I’m not sure how true this...

Purpose-Challenged Plants 2

This is the second installment in an effort to put a name to the “weeds” in my yard. I took several pictures this summer and am trying to identify them one at a time. I’m not sure we ever satisfactorily identified the first of the P-CP’s, but I...

Homemade Board & Batten Shutters

My louvered shutters were beginning to give the place that haunted house look– peeling paint and a few cockeyed slats. First I thought I would strip and repaint them myself. Problem was, they’re 70 years old and layered with so many coats of lead paint it...

First Eggs

Settling the gender debate in decisive fashion, the suspected rooster produced at least one of these gems, after much understandable squawking and pacing about the coop. Yay! First eggs! Good girl!

Double Peg Rack

Does this look familiar? Do you, too, have two or three garments per peg, straining to remain in place? Have you ever done “the coat mash” to get juust one more jacket up there? (It works until someone walks by and brushes up against a sleeve,...