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Of Knights and Matches
Isn’t this a neat matchbook? I don’t remember where I came across it, but it was years ago. I held onto it because I found it pleasing and only recently rediscovered it when I was going through some stuff. It now has a place in a printers box hanging on the wall.
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Pickle!
I tried making refrigerator pickles this evening for the first time. I’m hoping they turn out crunchy and tasty!
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Mystery
I was examining the mystery terrarium this evening and spotted the first plant sprouting just above the soil. It’s very tiny and a little tough to see in this picture but it’s there!
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Mystery terrarium
My daughter and I made what we’re calling a mystery terrarium yesterday. It’s a mystery because we used dirt from the front yard and some decomposed organic material scooped out of a crevice in the bed of our pickup truck for the soil and didn’t add any seeds or plants. The decayed organic hodgepodge from…
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Corbiculae
The front yard is full of sunflowers and this bee has collected quite a load of pollen!
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Buttons
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Confession
It’s nice to dry dishes with something that actually absorbs water, rather than just pushes it around like so many cheap dishtowels do. I also like the “reduce, reuse, recycle” adage. Consequently, I have numerous rectangles of soft cotton that I use to dry my dishes and as napkins when eating, the origin of which…