Great pictures, Rick!
I'm on your side of this discussion, ixamnis, even though that doesn't amount to much. We bought our first (and only purchased) dining table set when our kids were a mere 18 months old. I wanted a real wood top. Himself wanted Formica. "Wood will scratch". Well, yeah, but it's one of the ingredients of memories....my wife wants to put something over it to protect the wood from scratching. As far as I'm concerned, it's made to be used and if it scratches, it will just add character.
Nice. My succulent garden is getting drowned today with all the rain. This is from last weekend.I haven't checked here in a while, and I'm loving all the pictures of the sunsets, kids and projects!
Our house faces our 2,000 ft. South Mountain, and when the sun sets over the Pacific, it turns South Mountain pink. I've tried to capture the moment without luck, so here's a picture of my pretty succulent garden on the front porch.
I'm on your side of this discussion, ixamnis, even though that doesn't amount to much. We bought our first (and only purchased) dining table set when our kids were a mere 18 months old. I wanted a real wood top. Himself wanted Formica. "Wood will scratch". Well, yeah, but it's one of the ingredients of memories.
We ended up with Formica...and after the first scratch, the table has worn some type of protective table covering ever since. *sigh* Wish I had argued my point more strongly. You could always start with no cushion...and add it if the top gets scratched too much.
If you went from Pierce to Iowa you were within 20 miles of my place.Some photos from last week's camping trip to Iowa. My wife wanted to search out some of the barn quilts of Grundy County. Using the map from their website and the GPS in the F-150, we found 22 there, plus a few more the next couple of days in areas outside of Grundy County.
What they are is quilt patterns painted on barns - I'd never heard of them until Kendra started talking about wanting to see them. The idea began in Ohio, and has been repeated in several farming regions through the midwest.
Our first stop was in NE Nebraska at Willow Creek State Rec Area:
Then a few of the barns:
If you went from Pierce to Iowa you were within 20 miles of my place.
From my cousin's backyard. Aren't they adorable? She used a really good camera.
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Incredible photo. They are most definitely adorable [emoji813]From my cousin's backyard. Aren't they adorable? She used a really good camera.
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From my cousin's backyard. Aren't they adorable? She used a really good camera.
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From my cousin's backyard. Aren't they adorable? She used a really good camera.
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We had the field of rye by my house cut the other day. The boys enjoyed running around in it. A year ago Jasper would have broke out all over. Its makes me so happy most all his allergies are gone. View attachment 26977View attachment 26978