My exchange student and I redid the dining room chairs this weekend. I bought the material from somewhere, I think, Nicole had recommended. Thank you! The hardest part was taking out all the staples. There were so many and so many broke when pulling them up. The chairs are all done now, legs tightened. They just have to last a couple more years. I'm going to replace the dining set when I replace my kitchen. I liked the set when I bought them but now I really don't like the distressed look, they just look dirty all the time.

My PA town hosted the International Station Wagon Club this week. Participants from as far as California. This one was actually manufactured here.

We had a few Monarchs pass through a couple of months back but they’ve only recently returned. It’s a good thing since this was a bad year for Milkweed. In fact, this year has been rough on many different plants we have.

@jrb451....Worst hail storm I've ever seen. We just found an Abert Squirrel, huddled on the side of our driveway. He's beat up pretty bad. Soaking wet....huddled in 4" of hail...probably has hypothermia. DH put on heavy gloves...put him in a cat carrier with a blow dryer blowing warm air over him and a heating pad set on low under the carrier. It's 7:11pm....getting dark...temp is dropping he wasn't going to make it on his own.