Author: doug

Continuing on the theme of re-painting patio furniture from last weekend: today I refurbished our old wooden patio chairs with a coat of solid-color deck stain. I can’t believe how much better they look.

I also melted a bunch of paraffin wax into the stump-table you see here, in an effort to protect it from the elements. I hope it does better than the epoxy I used for my last attempt.

We replaced our rotting garden bench with a used one from Craigslist, and today I gave it a fresh coat of paint.

The whole thing is aluminum, but I used a textured spray paint for the faux strapping to make it look more like fabric.

New cupcake stand in South Station

In the seats at one of the exhibits in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is an unexpected audience member.

(Yes, I know, it’s a chimpanzee not a monkey.)

 

Lis and Leah found a cat cafe in Georgetown, and of course we had to go in for a visit.

Here you see my 2nd crabcake meal of our trip to DC. Why is it impossible to find a decent crabcake in New England? Just say NO to bell pepper, celery, leafy herbs, and other extraneous ingredients! Crabcake should be crabmeat, cracker meal, mayonnaise, and from none to a ton of Old Bay seasoning (depending on what you’re going for), Fried in butter, please.

Fluorescent rocks at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

The woodland phlox is putting on quite a show this year.

Some idiot rammed their car into a telephone pole nearby, and police are directing the main road near our house down our street this evening. I took this shot of the police lights down the street with the big camera and with my phone. Let’s see which one you folks prefer:

A:

or B:

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