Really Rocking now

This is the chair, an American Rocking Chair, that I got for a song on EBay. Thanks to the kindness of one friend who fetched it for me (he said he would not have given a tenner for it) and another who mended the very damaged arm absolutely beautifully.


I spent one Sunday stripping off the very goopy varnish in the garden (with a Red Kite whistling so close overhead) and a sense of something nasty in the woodshed - very Cold Comfort Farm (and there was) - and a long time taking out all the tacks - the carpet became a no-go-area as they scattered far and wide.

And now, waxed and covered in a plain chenille with a linen cushion it looks much cheerier.

I am quite pleased she said, taking another tack out of the soles of her shoes..........