I spent Friday and Saturday pretty much just sleeping, drinking water, and bitching about my sinuses, but I did manage to get in a decent house cleaning. Today, dad and I were supposed to go to Boscov’s (they have the best sales on curtains) and buy some curtains and valences for some of the rooms that have not been touched, but we got all the way to Wheeling and I realized I had forgotten my wallet. So we turned around, came home, and are just going to try again tomorrow.
This afternoon I traveled to several neighborhoods in Pittsburgh and picked up a wicker love seat, chest, and rocking chair to put on my front porch. All came from estate sales and were almost new and dirt cheap, and I only spent 100 bucks for the three of them.
Side note- what kind of paint should I use to touch those up next spring?
At any rate, what all of this means is I have spent very little time keeping up with the news, and that is a good thing. I’ve just been kind of blah all week. I don’t know if it is the overcast weather and the cool temperatures combined with the sinus infection, but everything this week has just felt dull and left me feeling sort of “is this all there is?” I’ve started about 50 shows on netflix and last about ten minutes before saying “meh,” I’ve read a chapter of several books and quit, no movies are interesting me, no video games, etc. I guess I’m just in a funk.
Don’t get me wrong, I know how great I have it, and I’m not depressed or having anxiety attacks like I had a decade or so ago. I don’t know how to describe it other than where everything before felt like it was in color, not it is in black and white- like going from West to East Germany in the 1980’s.
The good news is that I have worked my way out of that funk, but the news is still depressing and California is on fire and Texas is under water and we have an ignoramus in the White House who is pissing off all our allies while another crazy trust fund douchebag dictator test nukes.
Glad I got that off my chest.
Raven
Gave up football huh?
John Cole
@Raven: I have the WVU game on in the background- I’m looking at it over my laptop as we speak. I’ve just really lost interest in the NFL.
Zelma
It’s good that you can disengage, John. I find it pretty impossible to do so even if I understand that it is bad for me. I talk to my son who works on Capitol Hill and I just get more depressed. It really looks like they are going to revoke DACA. I ask my son why, and his only response is that they are evil people. And since all the DACA kids have registered, ICE should be able to find them and round them up and deport them. This is an issue that I will go into the streets for, but I don’t even know what street to go into!
planetpundit
JC: The diagnosis is advanced middle age complicated by too few new experiences. In your case the remedy may well be found on the far side of the Hudson River.
Raven
@John Cole: yea, if the Falcons hadn’t done so well last year I probably would have as well. I’m in a Hokie family so I’m interested.
Major Major Major Major
I think I’ll move to New York next year.
efgoldman
@Raven:
Speaking of which: UCLA has turned it over twice way deep in their own territory. Fortunate to be behind A&M only 17-3. That’s it for this game.
Zelma
Also, go WVU. I spent 4 decades in Pittsburgh and became very fond of WVU while I was there. Any one except Penn State. Pitt I still root for unless they are playing WVU. I don’t know why I became a Mountaineers fan. Perversity, I guess.
Mary G
You are a magnet for great deals! My mom had a set that looked very much like the rocking chair and she just used a plastic brush and soap to clean off the bug shit and other dirt, then just plain white spray paint to make it look good. Trying to paint wickerwork with a brush is a nightmare, or at least it was for me.
This Wicker Woman site seems to know the ropes. Like all the painting, the proof is in the prep.
Raven
@efgoldman: whoa
SiubhanDuinne
Those are very handsome wicker pieces.
“Make your garden grow,” says Voltaire in Candide.
You’re doing fine, John. I am so glad to have you as a (virtual) friend.
MzRAD
Build a small greenhouse off your kitchen for the winter! Our greenhouse is a super happy place as are the desert plants including eggplants, melons, lemon cucumbers, and padron peppers. Put a chair in there and a little side table for whatever.
xo
– Advice Fairy : )
Zelma
John, you haven’t given up on the Steelers, have you? Tell me it isn’t so! Although I have to admit that with the info on concussions, it becomes harder to watch football of any sort.
Gin & Tonic
@Major Major Major Major: Good plan.
enplaned
I’ll take a wild swing and say you miss ABC.
Major Major Major Major
Anhedonia is a major warning sign for depression though.
Adam L Silverman
@John Cole: If you’re going East German, you’ll need this.
OzarkHillbilly
I suggest lighter fluid. Really, wicker needs protection from weather.
Mnemosyne
You’re going to need a weather-resistant cushion for the loveseat — it’s not meant to be sat on without one. I’m not sure who sells them these days, though — World Market (aka Cost Plus) doesn’t seem to anymore. Probably Amazon.
gene108
@Major Major Major Major:
That’s a big decision to make. Is it from your recent trip or in the works for sometime?
On a personal note, I lost about 15 pounds over the past year, but haven’t lost weight recently. This is frustrating because I am still really fat, and it is discouraging that after a year I feel like I have very little to show for it.
Part of me is like “yay, I lost some weight and am finally below 200 pounds (197-199 lbs now, but it is still below 200)” and the other part of me is like “you still need to lose 40-50 pounds fattie”.
Wish I had never gotten fat in the first place.
Raven
@OzarkHillbilly: wow, at night!
Mnemosyne
I just bought a couple of pet-proof covers for the couch in my craft room to try and prevent a repeat of The Poop Incident. I still need to do some severe decluttering in here because it’s kind of a disaster area.
Raven
@Mnemosyne: Aldi has them this week.
Mnemosyne
@Major Major Major Major:
I assume the husband is on board with this?
And before you make the final decision, I would recommend making a visit in the dead of winter. Not at Christmastime, when it’s all pretty and sparkly, but in the middle of February, when it’s gross and slushy and everyone is surly because it seems like spring is never going to happen. If you still like the city then, then you’re good to go.
Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)
I guess I should feel lucky to be in Honduras right now. I haven’t heard much news in the last few days, and sometimes there’s something to be said for that. I’m sitting under a thatched gazebo watching my lovely wife eat her fish and platanos, and we can hear the Caribbean Sea 300 feet from where we’re sitting, and right now I almost don’t even give a shit about Czar Manbaby. On the other hand, we’re getting eaten alive by mosquitoes right now…
Major Major Major Major
@gene108: a move has been in the works for a while, timeline 10-22 months. NYC has been on the list but is now the only city on it that makes sense.
@Mnemosyne: we’ve spent two weeks in New York in February and March, and I’m from Colorado.
schrodingers_cat
@gene108: What’s your workout routine? Add some intense weight training with lighter weights and lots of reps. Also change your aerobic activity.
I have been a bit sick the last 3 weeks and I can’t seem to shake off my cold,
Raven
@Mnemosyne: reminds me of the Outer Banks fishing blog. Whenever someone says they are going to move there people say “you need to spend a month here in February “!!!
Mike in NC
I’ve been watching a good German series on Netflix called “The Same Sky”, about East German agents operating in West Berlin during the 70s and 80s trying to score intel on NATO.
Odie Hugh Manatee
Hey John, just an FYI: Southern Oregon is on fire too. I know, we’re not glamorous as far as potential disaster pron compared to more populated areas with more expensive properties going up in flames. Still, having a 215+ square mile fire only five miles from your mile wide town is rather unnerving. The air quality across much of southern Oregon and northern California has been unhealthy (as Humboldt Blue has stated), and it looks like it’s going to be that way for some time. Today is slightly better for us here because of a gentle onshore flow this afternoon, which will unfortunately end too early this evening. We’re going to be a mess until rainy season kicks in, which is usually mid-late October.
Still, smoke beats the heck out of watching your town burn. :)
Mnemosyne
@Raven:
Huh. I had no idea that Aldi carried such things.
I already ordered a couple from Amazon, though. I’m not sure I feel like schlepping out to Arcadia, especially since traffic on this side of town is still disastrous from the fire.
lamh36
I had great couple of days. Thursday night, picked up my baby sister and my niece Layla from the airport for their short visit from Dallas to introduce Layla to her BIG OLE NOLA family. ICYMI: Layla and sis on Thursday before heading to NOLA
On Friday, we headed over to my mom’s house so she could hang with Layla and my baby sis and Layla could meet the newest addition to the family, baby Noah. While I was out there, I also picked up Godbaby Maddie (who’s no longer a baby, she’s 6 and in 1st grade), who spent the night with baby sis, Layla and I.
On Saturday morning, me and Maddie watched some Power Rangers in Space on Netflix, before heading out to start the day!
Saturday afternoon we all headed to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate Layla’s birthday (belatedly, her actual bday was the 23rd). Layla met all her cousins an a few more aunts (not nearly all of them though, I have a REALLY big NOLA family) and we had cake and pizza and wings, and fun.
Layla’s belated birthday party, NOLA edition
It was also the first time, me and all 4 of my sisters had been in the same place at the same time in about 7 years, so my mom asked for a picture.
Me and my sisters
#SisterSelfie
Finally today, I dropped Layla and baby sis off at the airport, but not before I finally got a pic with just me and Layla before bringing them to the airport.
Me and Layla
Now the house is quiet again, but now I can’t wait to go to Dallas again to see Layla
dlwchico
BBC mysteries are about all I can watch these days. Or mysteries made even further north.
Iowa Old Lady
We just got home from visiting our son and DIL in Chicagoland where the only news I heard was in the car. It’s very calming to do that once in a while.
We’re looking for a place to move to in that area now that Mr IOL is retired. We’re considering these senior living communities that have independent living but also facilities for assisted living and memory care. It’s a big decision and we’re in no hurry.
Gin & Tonic
@Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): I may have mentioned that a close friend is a career Foreign Service officer. She’s done tours in Kabul and Baghdad (twice), but the place she hated more than any other was Tegucigalpa. IIRC she left early.
Raven
@Mnemosyne: It’s their “weekly buys” aisle. They have pet stuff from time-to-time. I bought a year supply of poop bags for less than half what I pay elsewhere. I resisted going there for years but I’m hooked. Rice cooker, floor fan, bike carrier. . . It’s nuts!
JPL
Twitter is mentioning that Trump is going to delay a decision on DACA for six months. Oh goody, that will alleviate their fears of being deported.
I’ve been watching Luther on Netflix for the last few weeks, and I’m just now on Season 4. Is something wrong with me, that I find Alice Morgan the most compelling character.
debbie
@Mnemosyne:
He’s also going to need a bazillion dollars.
Mnemosyne
@Major Major Major Major:
My brother and I are from Illinois, and yet I don’t think he’s going to be happy with his first winter in Indiana when he moves there after spending 30+ years in Southern California. But if you’ve already been there during the yucky part of the winter and you were okay with it, you’ll probably survive.
Raven
@Iowa Old Lady: How far out? I’m going to my 50th hs reunion next week in Villa Park. It’s grown so much!,,
Raven
@JPL: she the one with the giant mouth?
Iowa Old Lady
@Raven: They live in Crystal Lake, which is NW. You get off 90 at Randall Road.
Major Major Major Major
@Mnemosyne: tbh it’s only ever been heat that gets to me. Yes, I know they have that here. The Bay Area has some of the best weather in the world, which we would be leaving behind. But I really don’t like living there, which is more important to me than weather.
Mnemosyne
@Iowa Old Lady:
My great-aunt (dad’s aunt) lived in a place like that in Evanston. She absolutely loved it, especially the fact that they brought her meals to her. She grew up in a big Italian family and had a big Italian family of her own, so she loved not having to cook anymore.
She made it past her 100th birthday, so they must have been doing something right there.
debbie
@JPL:
I think Trump has warped your perceptions. She’s a horror.
debbie
@Major Major Major Major:
NYC can get pretty unbearable in the summer. I still remember those heatwaves, 20+ years later.
MomSense
@lamh36:
Such happy photos!
Mnemosyne
@debbie:
He lives in San Francisco right now, so I think he’ll be able to manage the housing prices. NYC and SF are neck-and-neck when it comes to unaffordable housing.
Iowa Old Lady
@Mnemosyne: Wow. I’d love to cook less. I think with independent living, you usually get some sort of credit to use in the dining room, but you also have a kitchen and can cook if you want. Some of these facilities have 2 or three bedroom duplexes for independent living.
WaterGirl
@Major Major Major Major: Does your husband get a say in the matter?
edit: I see that this has been asked and answered.
Raven
@Iowa Old Lady: oh yea, my dad and
I went up there to help when a tornado hit in 65. There was no 90 then.
Major Major Major Major
@Mnemosyne: NYC is actually cheaper than SF in terms of rent/earnings. It has roughly the same ratio as Denver.
Raven
@lamh36: awwwwww
Mnemosyne
@Major Major Major Major:
Yeah, it’s hard to explain, but you gotta like the “vibe” of where it is you end up. G and I once spent a day in Carpenteria (just south of Santa Barbara) and he’s very resistant to going back because he just felt weird there.
Iowa Old Lady
@Raven: I don’t know Chicago well at all. My son took a job there and his wife grew up in Hammond, so that’s why they’re there.
Major Major Major Major
@WaterGirl: it was originally his idea.
Cermet
Made some moderate progress in Tensor Calculus; still, a lot to do and I haven’t gotten to General Relativity – oh, well. Getting there slowly. Still convinced my idea works and will give me the results to explain away dark matter but only the math can prove it. Does keep me from getting depressed with all the news of late and is (ok, pushing it) kinda fun. I see where my previous education failed to tie all these subjects together long ago when I first took the basics (Calculus & junior level physics.)
That all said, I still notice the real world and worry that the orange fart cloud will order something rash and cause untold death for so many all in the name of stupidly and racism (aka – the average amerikan stooge living in rural amerika mistakenly called the heart land.)
NoraLenderbee
We did a long hike today in the Santa Cruz mountains. It was hot, but not as bad as yesterday. The smoky haze in the air softened the edges of the mountains and made for lovely views. It would be better not to have the damn fires, though.
I would love to move back to the East Coast for many reasons, including the weather, but after so many years out in CA, I don’t think I could stand the crowding. It’s like one giant city/suburb from Boston to DC, and the parks and mountains are so heavily worn and busy. I never felt like I could get away from everybody.
But man, bagels and pickles and Italian food made by Italians.
Iowa Old Lady
@Major Major Major Major: You’re talking about the city, right? That sounds exciting.
lamh36
@JPL: I love Luther, course ya know why, but also too, it’s a pretty darn good show. Idris and Ruth Wilson’s Alice are large parts of that!
She’s a perfect foil to Idris’ Luther
frosty
@John Cole:
If the Ravens are too stupid to pick up Kaepernick, I may be done as well. Maybe their fan base doesn’t like him, but he’s a good QB and his political statement would mean something to the residents of the City.
Major Major Major Major
@Iowa Old Lady: yeah, although you seem to be the only person here who wants to tell me that :P
schrodingers_cat
I has porch envy. If I did have a porch I would put an old wood swing, that you find in verandahs of old Indian houses.
frosty
That’s a really beautiful porch to hang out on.
PS We painted our wicker with outdoor latex and it seems to be holding up fine. We take it in (to the garage) over winter … most of the time.
Raven
@Iowa Old Lady: Well, I left 51 years ago and it has exploded. Aurora and Elgin were separate cities but they’ve been swallowed.
JPL
@debbie: You sound like my son! When I told him, he said about the same thing you did, but she really is an interesting contrast to Luther.
also what Lamb said at 60
Steeplejack
Are we not watching Endeavour any more? New episode starting right now (at least here).
Rant to follow.
O. Felix Culpa
Endeavour starting now. I don’t have much stomach for football anymore.
Another Scott
@Steeplejack: J just stated the recording box – she’s watching the women’s tennis at the moment…
You are not alone!
Cheers,
Scott.
Raven
@Steeplejack: “We”. Hahahaha!
JPL
Gwen (Rose Leslie) from Downton Abbey is on Luther. In the last episode, her typing skills came in handy.
frosty
@lamh36: Wow, looks like it was a great reunion and great time.
mainmata
Which Pittsburgh neighborhoods did you find the furniture (just curious)? Oh and BTW, Irma looks like it could become a Cat 5 heading straight for the Carolinas and points North. Still early but not that early (week from now it could be here).
Raven
@mainmata: he’s on his second consecutive post, I’d be surprised if he comes back here.
frosty
@Iowa Old Lady:
My parents moved to one when my Dad turned 70 after his Parkinson’s diagnosis. It was a good choice for them. They moved within the complex from a duplex, to an apartment, then my Mom went on to an apartment with assistance when dementia kicked in, and then finally to what I’d call nursing care.
Not a bad choice.
debbie
@Major Major Major Major:
Not so. I still miss it, 22 years after leaving it. I’d just need to win the lottery to get back there.
Gin & Tonic
@Major Major Major Major:
I’ve been to San Francisco in December. You won’t fool me.
frosty
@Iowa Old Lady: that was the layout of my parents’ duplex and apartment. They ended up cooking less over time. They’d go to the cafeteria, pick up a meal to go, and eat at home.
Major Major Major Major
@Gin & Tonic: San Francisco ∈ Bay Area, not the whole place.
JAFD
Last two weeks of August, was out of sorts, sleeping poorly, off my feed, out of synch with the world, Major Projects and Things I Gotta Do being held up by minor problems. Personally, I blame the eclipse.
Was great BJ Dinner on Friday at Shakespeare’s on 39th Street, a pic – maybe more – to follow.
If you have an Android smartphone, and take pictures often, you may want to checkout the ‘Open Camera’ app, and if you do you should read thru the directions on the developer’s web page – http://opencamera.sourceforge.net/help.html – before you need to.
Happy Labor Day and a great Autumn, to everyone
rikyrah
The wicker looks great?
Iowa Old Lady
@frosty: I think we’re going to do this. We’re just looking around for a plausible space. We toured one place that had terrific services, but they had only one apartment available and it was too small for us. We’ll keep looking.
Gin & Tonic
@Major Major Major Major: I know, just yankin’ your chain a little.
chris
@Steeplejack: What now? Never heard of it… huh. Gonna watch the pilot now, thanks.
frosty
@NoraLenderbee: I’m 30 miles from Baltimore and I can see cornfields from my front porch. That NE Corridor thing is a corridor. A little ways to the left and right and you’re in the rural areas, which have some nice small towns here and there
Ruckus
@John Cole:
Docs were testing a med on me for 2 months. Started out nice and it sorta somewhat solved the problem but then I just sort of felt blah. So I stopped it. And low and behold the world had color again. The world going gray didn’t happen all at once or it would have been noticeable. My world was slowly but relentlessly turning blah. All color was softened, edges were softened. By the second day after I stopped I found out that the world wasn’t the problem, the med was. The world isn’t our problem, drumpf and his supporters are. We think they are trying to turn the world all bright white. But they aren’t, they are turning the world to shit. Of course they see it as green. But that’s because they have been wallowing in it so much that they don’t recognize their own shit. And it’s enough to make anyone depressed.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
Rant:
I feel like I’m in a bit of a strange time warp. Endeavour was appointment TV here at Balloon Juice last fall or maybe early winter. Nice little short season (2½ episodes) in the British tradition. Lately my PBS stations have lapsed into summer pledge mode (“Tonight—lesser doo-wop stars you might have forgotten!”). Ugh.
A few weeks ago I was talking to a friend on the phone, and she said, “Okay, I have to go watch Endeavour.”
I said, “It’s a rerun. I thought you saw them all.”
She said, “No, it’s a new episode.”
So I tuned in and did a full Alastair Cook spit-take when I saw that it was a new episode. WTF? So I’ve been watching, and I guess tonight is the fourth of four episodes. (The one last week, “Canticle,” was particularly good.) But nary a peep that I’ve seen on Balloon Juice. And no promotion from my local PBS stations. They just ran the episodes among all the pledge bullshit.
Same thing with The Tunnel. We all watched that here last fall/early winter/whenever. A month or two ago I saw that WETA2, my lesser PBS station that is all Brit stuff all the time, was running The Tunnel. I thought I’d check out the reruns. No, a new, second season! WTF? Straight to the lesser PBS station with no fanfare and no run on the flagship stations.
All of this makes me feel more clueless and out of it than I think is actually true. But I could be wrong—that’s part of being clueless, I guess.
In a related matter, MHz, the third-tier Eurotrash network, is showing an episode of Montalbano tonight. Couldn’t tell from the channel guide whether it’s a rerun, but—hope against hope—there are two episodes that haven’t aired yet in the States and that I haven’t picked up on DVD. This is the one European series I wish I could get people interested in. Contemporary cop show (starting about 2000) set in Sicily, based on Andrea Camilleri’s novels. Great scenery, cinematography, acting, pretty good plots. But a “cop show” only in the sense that Foyle’s War is a cop show. Now there are about 28 episodes, each basically a full-length movie (90-100 minutes). Worth checking out.
frosty
@Iowa Old Lady: My P’s made their choice partly based on financial strength of the complex. My sibs and I would have preferred it if they’d stayed closer to us, but they didn’t like the financial stability and ended up 360 miles from me, 400 from my sis, and a plane flight from my bro. OTOH, they didn’t have any money problems, so there’s that.
Mnemosyne
Whoa. It’s raining. In the San Fernando Valley. In September.
The firefighters trying to extinguish the La Tuna Canyon fire must be happy right about now.
Steeplejack
@chris:
In case you weren’t being snarky: Endeavour is a prequel to Inspector Morse, set in the ’60s, when Endeavour Morse joins the police as a constable. It has been very good, and in the last few episodes we’re up to 1967. Definitely worth watching in order for continuity, subtext, etc.
Steeplejack
@Raven:
I don’t have a spouse, so I have to rely on Balloon Juice to tell me what to watch.
The housecat doesn’t care what shit we watch, as long as her heating pad stays lit up.
debbie
@Steeplejack:
Same here. I think PBS has been too busy promoting the upcoming Vietnam. I had no idea the Sunday dramas were new.
chris
@Steeplejack: No snark, I don’t remember this at all from last year but my brain was a little busy back then. I love Inspector Morse. Searching for a safe place to watch now. Thanks again.
ETA found it!
Raven
@Steeplejack: my bride basically watches what i put on. We’ve got pretty similar tastes and, since I’m a movie nut, she’s happy.
NoraLenderbee
@frosty: 30 miles in which direction?
Ruckus
@Major Major Major Major:
Everybody has places they like and places they don’t. It doesn’t have be logical it just is. I think a lot of people get used to where they are and can’t fathom moving to someplace a lot different. We all get in ruts, or comfortable. Or in a comfortable rut….. I think what a lot of people are saying is don’t go into this with your eyes half shut. But hey, that’s half the fun some times. I moved from LA to Columbus, OH. It was great for the first couple of years, then it slowly started to rub me the wrong way. I have good friends that still live there but it just isn’t for me. I’m back in LA and it feels, well normal. Move where you want and enjoy life. Good luck.
Steeplejack
@chris:
If you like Inspector Morse, you’ll definitely like Endeavour. Does a great job of plausibly filling in Morse’s early life and career. It started before last fall, though. There are 17 episodes now, starting with the pilot, which was sort of a one-off, in 2012. Typical British approach: tiny little seasons with long gaps in between. Grr.
Well, you said you found the pilot, so I guess you’re on the right track. Enjoy!
Steeplejack
@Raven:
How are you liking that Criterion subscription—FilmStruck, is that it? Is it the whole collection or just a selection?
frosty
@NoraLenderbee: North, up I-83 to York County. Actually, it’s rural much closer than that, in northern Baltimore County, around Parkton, but it’s getting suburbanized. Elsewhere around Charm City, there’s parts of Anne Arundel that are still rural, all of western Howard County, a good part of Carroll and Frederick, etc.
The DC suburbs (Montgomery, PG, Fairfax, Arlington) not so much. And they’re considerably more expensive too.
But I’d argue it’s similar for the rest of the northeast. Lots of open space, even in New Jersey. :-)
Steeplejack
Okay, I gotta start watching Endeavour The DVR is full and the one-hour buffer is catching up to me. Eek!
Major Major Major Major
@Ruckus: yeah, I get all that, and I guess I sounded cavalier about something I’ve carefully considered, not that any of y’all would be privy to that.
sacrablue
@Iowa Old Lady: My mom and her SO lived in one of those retirement communities. They did not regret the decision at all. It made so much sense and they formed some great friendships that really helped the SO after my mom died.
Steeplejack (phone)
Damn, the Montalbano is a new one: “A Nest of Vipers.” Fortunately, it comes on again at midnight (EDT).
Mnemosyne
G is watching the “Twin Peaks” revival in the other room. Lots of screaming tonight, for some reason.
Jay
White epoxy Appliance paint in the spray cans.
You need to spray the wicker to get everywhere and avoid drips.
Linear Two Part Polyurethanes are better, but they are expensive, and you need pro gear, including a full helmet with positive air supply, as they are moisture cured, form microfilms, and if you get even a tiny amount in your lungs, it will quickly form an oxygen impermiable barrier in your lungs and you will fall over dead. There is no first aid for that.
stinger
@lamh36: Fantastic photos!
Steeplejack
Okay, that was another good episode of Endeavour. I see that there’s one more next week.
Now resting up for Montalbano at midnight. Tough shift.
stinger
@Iowa Old Lady: We need to have an Iowa BJ meetup while you’re still here!
Steeplejack
@lamh36:
Beautiful pictures and beautiful people!
LaNonna
Acrylic spray paint for the wicker, nice light coat maybe do it 2 times, don’t forget to tip each piece upside down and do the undersides/reverses as well. We had 100 year + wicker at our Adirondack place, and it survived every kind of weather.
Joshua Norton
I only turn on the news to catch the local weather. And since I live in Northern California, sometimes even that is too much to deal with!
Tenar Arha
@lamh36: You have a lovely family (& a good selfie arm). Your nieces are adorable. (SWTG my Great Aunts invaded my body for a moment there & made me long to break out a few knuckle cheek pinches).