Fence Mending.

8-14-11 VERMONT: Yesterday was another beauty, I finished the re-do of the cutting board that had been in the kitchen for years, but had developed a bad case of mold growing between loosened wood strips. I took it apart, sliced off the edges and bottoms of the strips with the table saw, re-glued it together using a biscuit cutter and clamps to make three pieces and then one piece. Then came a lot of sanding and new bread board ends again using the biscuit cutter and the clamps. Then more sanding and finally oiling.

Friday Lily called from camp. She and her friend Jesse had the evening off from counselor duties so we brought them here for pasta dinner with crepes for dessert. We all had a good time.

Yesterday evening, Judy and I gave a dinner party for Anna and Dylan, Ken and Jane, Steve and Diana, John and Gretchen, and Ann and Roger. We were all outside on the deck before dinner watching the day darken and then had buffet dinner inside.

Today I was back in the pasture and replaced five broken fence rails.

New blooms: globe thistle, late phlox, early aster.


Full Moon rising behind our barn.

Moon and Lake Fairlee.