The summers in coastal Oregon definitely make up for the rather dreary winters. The weather is beyond perfect, during a summer in which the rest of the country is suffering historic heat waves.

It's a little dull, with Tom out of town, but his absence has given me a lot of crafting time. I'm 2/3 done with the border on the mat; if I work on it all day, I may finish tomorrow.

Of course, then I'll have no excuse not to recover the chair seats. Wouldn't it be funny, if I were to completely fall in love with upholstering, considering how long I've been putting this job off?