The product is Seafin teak oil, made by Daly’s. Locally, it’s available at McClendon’s Hardware. The directions for use include the most puzzling step I have ever seen for a product designed to beautify and protect wood.
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Pittsboro’s Finest

Pittsboro storefront
I just bought a painting—a watercolor titled “Pittsboro’s Finest.” The artist is one of my cousins, G.K. of Sandy, UT. She and her sister, who also paints, plus their husbands, were in San Diego last weekend to attend the 2009 Western Federation Art Show. I flew down from Seattle to visit my dad and sister in Del Mar and to attend the family reunion triggered by their trip. My cousin had some note cards displaying renditions of her work. After looking through them, I decided, on the spot, to buy one of her watercolors.
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How Did It Get There?

Cactus Fern
Ferns thrive in the Pacific Northwest. Take a walk in Bremerton’s NAD Park and you will find an astonishing variety of ferns growing in the park’s moist shady areas. Prolific as they are, I had no idea ferns can germinate without human intervention in a houseplant pot that has never been outside. Apparently they can (see photo). The answer to how this occurs may lie in the fern’s reproductive cycle.
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