We decided to work all day on the 4th of July.  We got a fair amount accomplished.   The dining room, while not finished, is much closer.  Needs another coat but here it is.  This lighting makes the room look bright red, and it’s not.  It’s terracotta.

It has become the paint job that will never end.

In addition to the dining room, I painted all the trim in the guesthouse bedroom and Mike made the toe moulding that will go around the baseboard.  That doesn’t sound like much but it took us all day.   By late evening we were pretty tired, but I decided to pick some greenbeans in the garden.   I didn’t find too many greenbeans.  The 100 degree temperatures have slowed the production.  I’m going to replant in the raised beds.

It wasn’t a total loss.   Here’s some gourds that planted themselves.  While greenbeans might not be growing, apparently gourds love scalding hot temperatures and little rain.   I picked about 25 and there are probably over 100 more waiting.  I’m washing them and spraying with polyeurathane and using them in as decorations around the house.   If you are reading this and know of a better way to preserve them, please leave me a comment.

While I was in the garden, Betty Butterbutt, our neighbor’s dog, showed up.  It was her second visit of the day.  She is a very friendly dog. 

Sam the Sinister Cat hates Betty Butterbutt.   Sam hates everyone but especially Betty.    After I took the picture below,  Mike came out and intervened and Betty caught her second ride home for the day.  He’d already taken her home earlier.

We opened the truck door and she hopped right in.  She has some real push in those short little legs.

Here she is ready to roll!

So that was all that happened here yesterday.

Today, my sister, niece and a friend and I with to the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia.  I got home and found a pal had returned home.  Here she is…just peaking out from her bed…one eye closed.