What Have I Done?

Well, It seemed like a good idea at the time....I hope I won't regret it.....I hope you will find it interesting? What am I talking about? The 31 Day of Change Challenge(and it's not to late to join in my pain journey....that's what!

I have committed to blogging for 31 days STRAIGHT on one topic! October 1st, that's Saturday for everyone who is as bad with dates as I am... What's my topic? I'm so glad you asked...

                                                         

I even made my own button. We know that Wednesday's will be easy, I will continue my on-line upholstery class. As for the rest, one day at a time....I guess.

Day 1 The Upholstery Gun
Day 2 Fabric Sources
Day 3 Foam
Day 4 Jute webbing Crafty Projects
Day 5 Making your frame sturdy
Day 6 Tying Springs
Day 7 Under the Springs
Day 8 I Can't do this
Day 9 Uncommon Supplies
Day 10 Crafty Upholstery
Day 11 Inspirational Upholstery
Day 12 Paint the frame
Day 13 Chic painted frames
Day 14 MacKenzie-Childs
Day 15 Plaids
Day 16 Stripes
Day 17 Upholster...Anything!
Day 18 How Much Fabric?
Day 19 Upholstery 101 (week4)
Day 20 Who did it?
Day 21 Go, Dog! Go.
Day 22 Making Piping
Day 23 Let's Nail this down
Day 24 Or, you can do this
Day 25 Just Sit on It
Day 26 Upholstery 101 (week 5)
Day 27 Transportation
Day 28 What's Your Little Secret?
Day 29 Got Paint
Day 30 Technical Difficulties
Day 31 They Entertained Me!

I hope I won't bore you...and please feel free to suggest ANYTHING about upholstery that you would like to know!

On another note...have you ever seen a white deer?

she is actually an albino...and apparently quite rare.

she lives across the street from my home, in the woods.

all her offspring are totaly normal in color. She is a bit crazy, or brave...she just stares at me and waits for me to go back in the house so she can continue eating her way through my garden.

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. . . What Wonderful Worlds

I have decided that I actually must do some cleaning
today, or OSHA will shut me down.

So today is mostly pictures.  From here at That Old House, and from

the East End of Long Island, where our family has a beach house.

This is a glimpse at our two worlds.

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It's September -- nearly Autumn.

Tell that to our tough New Jersey geraniums.

They are a little anemic -- their scarlet is fading -- but they soldier on.

Here, they cuddle up to some Autumn Joy Sedum, just beginning its blushing bloom,
and one of the world's truly unattractive plants.
It is only outclassed in that category by ornamental cabbage.

At That Old House, most of the summer flowers are now kaput.

Searing heat, roaring Irene, vicious weeds,

hungry deer, and cruel neglect heartlessly caused their grisly demise.
How many more adjectives could I have fit into that sentence?  Hey, they're free!

Not fading yet are the wax begonias around the sunroom foundation.
Wax begonias are either too stupid

or too stubborn to know that their day is done.

Disclaimer:  Alida and Josh planted these for me.  I went shopping.

I don't really like wax begonias, but I we plant them because, gosh darn it,

they are such plucky little plants.  No matter what, they live.

I like that.  And so do the bees.

Ladies and gents, I think we have been mooned.

 Behind the house, the old rambling rose
is the latest all-you-can-eat buffet for the deer.

I don't get the appeal, but then I'm not a deer.
Just a dear.
I can hear the groans right through my computer screen.

One final That Old House picture from today:

We still have the old de-commissioned shutters that were taken off the house when it was painted.
What do you think we should do with them?
Sadly, they are too big to use as Christmas Tree ornaments.


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In our other world . . . on the beautiful North Fork, Howard and I

took a picnic breakfast to a stretch of Long Island Sound beach in Southold.

 A seagull soared overhead.

 Ah.  Now we know why he (she?) was in such a hurry.  Whew!

So if it's Boys on the left and Girls on the right ... who uses that middle door?  Can't be the gulls; they use the roof.

Howard lusted in his heart for this sailboat.

Over on the Peconic Bay side of Southold, I lusted in my heart

for the beautiful big white houses across from Founders' Landing.

How cute is this one, with its own lighthouse?

In both northern New Jersey, and out on the Island,
the green of summer is beginning to get that early Fall gilding of gold.
Leaves are starting to turn.


But don't panic yet.
We still have one week and two days before Summer is officially over.


Like that bee on the begonia, let's make the most of it.  -- Cass

Link Parties!
Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer ... click here!
White Wednesday at Faded Charm ... click here!
Wednesday is Rednesday at It's A Very Cherry World ... click here!

P.S.  For those of you not in the USA, an explanation:  OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, one of our beloved, bloated and bullying Federal agencies.  In fact, I think that's on its letterhead.

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