Farmers' Market Booths

For my Kingman friends, I hope your market grows. This was such a nice place to visit. Lots of fresh veggies and fruit, jams, jellies, pickles, and even a little honey.

Farmers' Market

The Angelina County Extension Service and the Master Gardeners built a Farmers' Market in Lufkin. The Master Gardeners maintain it. They are in the process of adding more plants. The area contains this gazebo, a walking bridge and a covered bridge to drive through. There are permanent booths and this time of the year, the market is open every day.

Beekeepers

Johnny and I have joined two beekeepers associations, one out of Tyler and the other out of Lufkin. Here Johnny (in the jeans and tan shirt) is giving a presentation to some of the Lufkin group, showing them how to split a hive. After the presentation we had a great picnic with excellent Texas BBQ brisket.

Bee Boxes

While the painting crew was at my house painting, I was at Kristin and Johnny's painting bee boxes. I painted 200+ boxes before it got too hot. They are all out in the bee yards now. There are plenty more to paint once it cools off. Don't you love the color? In the 60s we had kitchen appliances that were this color green!

And finally.......

....no more pink roses on the walls. We had sliding shower doors installed in both bathrooms.

The Sewing Room

This is the center of my spare time. A quilt in progress! There is usually more room in here - in this picture I have two craft tables set up so I could spread out the quilt while I'm working on it.

The Bed and Breakfast Room

The room is ready for guests. Even have a few empty drawers in case you want to stay for a while.

Another dining room view

The Dining Room

We are so happy with the dining room! So far everyone has had positive comments about the burgandy paint. And the wreath on the wall - I won it at a lovely little shop here in Palestine during the Dogwood Festival Days.

The Breakfast Nook and Kitchen

Standing in the living room, here is what we see!

The Island

The island is now home to three of my favorite pigs! The rest of the pig collection is still packed away.

The new white sink

This picture includes the new kitchen sink. It looks so much better than the stainless steel.

After all the work

The new Formica was applied right over the old stuff and we think it looks great. It is a "granite" pattern.

A work in progress

The tiles have had their acid bath and two coats of the special paint have been applied. Then it had to dry for 24 hours. After about 3 days the finish was very hard and it looks great.

The other side of the kitchen

In this picture you can see the tiles, the old counter top and the old stainless steel sink. I'm happy to say, they are all gone.

Before and After

Once the wallpaper was off the walls, the walls were textured and painted. Then we discovered we couldn't get these tiles off the backsplash. So the painter and his crew returned and used a special process where they applied acid to the tiles and then spray painted them. The result was wonderful. Here you see the tiles before they were painted.