Nothing more needs to be said

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/north-woods-law/     Newport and Jamestown has their mansions, Hamilton has Patton Park and Myopia, Atlanta has The Housewives of Atlanta and Maine has this.

Some of my favorite things at the good table

Let me explain the following post.  No, it isn't an ad for the store.  No it's not a wish list for things I want.  Someone asked me about some of the things the good table carries and I took my camera to work and just took pictures of things I like but don't really need to own.  Then I posted the pictures.

Next post will get back to what life is really like in Waldo, not pictues of things most people can see in the mall or their favorite store.  In fact, tomorrow is back to work on the patio day unless the weather isn't good and then it will be workday Sunday.

So, if I could have whatever I wanted at the good table, what would I like?  Let's see...  Here are some of my current favorites.  Good grief, I could use this as the good table newsletter but I'd need work on the pictures.

The shape of this casserole is great.

This is a Tart Tatin pan  and it has the most graceful design for its handles.  The Tart Tartin pan is used to make an upside down apple tart that is absolutely delicious.  You can use almost any fruit to make it and they are great.



Staub also makes a line of wonderful pans.  We carry the really cool tea pot/kettle.  The handles lock the lid on and the lid is the top half of the kettle.  The color isn't good in this picture because the actual color is a bright red. The kettles also come in other colors.

This is the Staub Bouillabaisse pot.  Love the color, shape and knob.

Staub cocotte with the rooster knob

Staub has many wonderful things that we don't carry.  Check them
out sometime on line, but this is very nice and comes in lots of really nice colors.







And now to Match.  Check out an earlier post (one of the very early ones) to see just how nice any meal (including Sat night homemade pizza) looks on Match plates.

A very nice set of candlesticks

Pitcher and salt cellars.

                                          Plate and platter which are wonderful.

Emile Henry salad bowl.  Reasonable and really nice.



Emile Henry Bread Plate with recipe on back (got me)




A table setting


I set this table using these placemats because they don't look good on the shelf but paired up with some napkins and other things they look nice.

Sme really cute relatively inexpensive bags Vicki got at the show for the summer.

Snapshots of life in Waldo County

the good table

the good table in the heart of downtown Belfast on a wonderful summer day.  The door to the left the left window is actually closed.  It's a faux painting that the people in the office on the third floor (in the back) had done so people would be able to find their entrance.









the Rockster

 My motorcycle which is up for sale and as of right now it maybe moving to Conn.  which is fine by me.  I would rather it be gone out of state than to see it on the road around here and know if the new owner is taking care of it or not.








The scarf/shawl that no one can wear because it's so scratchy.

My favorite Maine truck and friend.  I go by them everyday on my way to work and on my way home.  I saw the truck for the first time last winter when the owner moved it out of the garage and it sat by itself till this fall when it was moved over to the field and left with a friend.

And the work continues...

Finally the sheep are out.  Spring is here and when we get a frost it will be mild and not deep so they will be safe.










The front walk is finished for the summer, the bench is in and the birds have come out so the front of the house is just waiting for the flowers to grow and bloom.





Now for the back of the house. What we're doing here is leveling the pavers and moving them closer together.  Nothing major-yet.

So this is the first round of pavers moved for the back of the house. 

I'm actually kind of glad that it's going to rain tomorrow and Sunday.  The rain will give us time to decide what else we want to do.  Then I'll go to work for 3 days and Bob can plan it all. 

I did manage to get the salad garden in .  Spinach, lettuce,kale and a salad mix in one of the raised beds.

I really did have all the tools (minus the string to make sure the rows were straight, I mean come on) to make this a raised bed for the books.

I had the rows all laid out exactly 12" apart, 1/4 inch deep with markers for each row and then I decided that I would put in more rows since I had seeds left over.  I lost track of what was where and how many rows of what I planted. Some members of the household were a tad dismayed with the lack of precision shown.  So, we will be surprised and I kind of figure that we will be able to tell kale from lettuce, but then again, maybe not.  Carrots, beets and tomatoes go in the end of May when the threat of frost is over-I hope.







Day 3 of the new walk project

It's another beautiful day here and I'm glad it's the last heavy work day for  the former Awful Walk Project because it's now 2 in the afternoon and it's warm.  Very warm for here this time of year.

This morning we started where we left off yesterday afternoon.

Looking better and better.

Now it's just about done and we're going to paint.  After al the work we've put into it, I'm not sure they need to be painted. 



Not really sure about this



Still undecided about painting the pavers.  Not sure if it's the color of the paint or just that they are painted.We decided.  The color is too dark so back to the store and try something lighter.

What we need to do in the back for thenext project is level all the pavers and put them next to each other like we did in the front.



The next project



Finally, this will probably be the last year for the bench.  It's in 3 pieces but each one is so heavy that it' too much for the 2 of us to carry. 

The little bench that weighs a ton-at least.

Day 2 of the new walk

Day 2 is over and we're watching the hockey game on TV.  If only someone would come over, come down the almost finished walk and cook dinner. 

This morning we finished laying out the big pavers.

This morning

Then we stopped for lunch

Feeling strong

Walk before the extra cement stones



At that point we were still fine.  No arguments, smashed fingers or anything bad.  The walk looked better but still wasn't quite right.  The pavers are too big in some ways and too small in others so we decided to make parts of the walk double wide and add some cement stones we saw at the hardware store here and there along the way.



Walk with the stones adding additional width which makes all the difference.

Day 3 will be finishing the steps, getting more small blocks and painting the big blocks gray so they will blend in more with the rest of the walk.

And by the way, all the stones I brought over from across the street?  Nope.  Not being used in the walk so I guess the wall at the end of the driveway will grow a little higher which is fine.

OK, here we go.  The awful front walk with the gravel on either side.  In the summer the flowers along the sides make it look a little better, but not much.





These are the pavers that are to light color and too big, but we have a bunch of them so we are going to use them.  There is cement paint which we are going to get and either do them a darker gray or a dark green gray.

the ugly pavers to be painted





This is my pile of rocks that I've brought over from across the street.  There's another pile that size on the driveway too-on our property.

This is across the street where I'm getting them all



My supply



Stay tuned for tomorrow when we go to work on the walk and move the pavers in the walk and put them closer together.  Then I want to put the stones I've gathered along the outside of the pavers to make it look a little nicer.  We'll see.  If I don't use them there I'll use them in my stone wall.