Two stools

I got such a positive response from my last post (Pretty Red Stool) that I am going to show you the first stool, the one John made about a year ago.  The Pretty Red Stool is a modified version of the first stool.  Both are made from alder but they are stained differently.  John also rounded the edges more on the red stool and made the top a little larger and the hand slot a little smaller.

The round edges make a big difference, as does the color.

My new pretty stool

John made this for me out of alder and stained it red.  It's really pretty.  He did such a good job.

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Birthday season drive

My birthday season is underway.    So John took me for a drive out the gorge.

The first two photos are the camera's  different interpretations of the light, depending on where I focus.

 I didn't notice the trash when I was taking the photos.  Too bad I didn't pick it up first.

Garden in early October

Recommended Video: Back in Time for the Weekend

Not so long ago I recommended Back in Time for Dinner.  Now the BBC has another series called Back in Time for the Weekend.   The BBC site says:  For one summer the Ashby Hawkins family give up their 21st-century technology and travel back in time to discover the radical transformation of our leisure time since 1950.

 I can't find a decent copy on YouTube but I found this site.

Back in Time for the Weekend


Here is a review.  It was harder to be female in the 50's.

The BBC remodeled the house for each decade:

  "Every era we completely redecorated their house, even putting in extra walls, doors, garden fences and a shed. Our art department repainted, wallpapered, carpeted and re-furnished their house, often in just three days, whilst the family were living in a rented house nearby. The family moved out of their house before filming began for the 50s and before every decade, only saw the changes as they stepped through the door on the first day of filming for each episode."