fully restore my century house

Boxing Day sales enticed; we now have a lovely big hurricane that will house a pillar candle. This, atop a simple runner, will be one of the few decorations for the large, spare, arts and crafts dining-room table.
I am not fond of those “dripless candles” that are really just table lamps.

I finished painting the porch posts and rails, only hours before “the gales of November came early”. We’ve had heavy rain, then snow, and now sleet. But the painting is done for the year.