August nearly over

There was another 1/10th of rain overnight. Prince is off north later today so it was a relaxing morning before he left starting with his favorite coffee in bed. This was followed up with cross word time in big brown with more coffee ;) He did however run the spent flowers to the pit later in the morning while taking the horses his watermelon rinds.

After marketing I hauled the new palm out to spray down as Shaina spotted spider mites like her had. I left it out there to blow in the wind while I got busy on the vanity wiping the oil spots with mineral spirits then scrubbing the base, mirror and stool well and left to dry. The plant was hauled back in after the wind blew it over! I found the fan coil still leaking a bit so S gave it a tighten and hope it is finally fixed.

this is why I scrub all pieces well. look at the color of the bubbles

Jacob arrived before 1 bringing the still in her room Shaina a hot mickey d's coffee. He visited with us till S headed off before 2 and Shaina was ready to ride. The 3 of us went out for a nice ride finished, hosed off and released before crappy weather rolled thru. They were off to town as it was now before 4 to work out and S to do her boot camp later.

A bit of rain sprinkled as I was outside sanding the cutting board but only a few drops. I hand sanded the table top and vanity top then got busy giving all 3 a coat of antique walnut stain. I was back in for chili and catch the end of the 6 o'clock news. Timer to write a blog tutorial for the ornate end table.

 all 3 are same stain color

Shaina and Jacob were back after 9 having toured the town after boot camp and training. They made up a salad and watched more of the Harry Potter series. I think they are finishing the last one #7!! I watched a few more Animal Kingdom.