Time Tables -

I love old tables.

Farm tables especially catch my eye and make me want to pull up a chair, 

sit down and run my hand over beautiful aged wood. 

Family histories have often been created around a table. 

A beautiful slab of wood supported on four legs, plain, turned or carved,

can hold history from several generations.

Tables age but seldom wear out, they stand solidly taking the daily knocks,

scratches and dings of life.

They may have been dressed elegantly on special occasions when

 the best ironed linens, china and silverware were used in celebration.

For everyday, a more rustic look with a linen tablecloth draped 

casually can turn the table into a surface for a casual meal, even a

 workspace for writing and creating.

This year I've used the farmhouse style table in my dining room much more
for projects than dining. Currently it's my desk and covered with folders, papers, 
lists, travel itineraries - we'll soon be on the move again to places far away.

The bounty at our favorite pumpkin farm. . . . captured on a lovely Autumn
 afternoon in early October last year.  I'll really miss our annual visit chatting to
 our farm friends and bringing home pumpkins, gourds and squash.