The kiddo and I went to the flower show yesterday. Masses of people, not that many flowers and lots of overpriced vendors. Bus loads of garden club and senior center tours – very few people below the age of ….let’s say 50 years. When it was time to eat we found a square of unoccupied floor. Yes, floor…they set up about 10 tables near an overpriced cafe — – – for hundreds of people…. “older” people in wheelchairs and walkers. We’re young enough that we could camp out on the floor with our bagged lunch. We camped out right near the trash bins.
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Today, if you walked into my bathroom, you might have thought I had left a salad in there. But no, it was a cloth saturated with white vinegar wrapped around my faucets making you crave a green salad with vinegrette dressing.
From the time I learned what toxic chemicals were toiling to our climate, I immediately started using up my old commercial products and looking for a way to go green. For anyone who lives alone and isn’t a clean-freak, this is not a fast process, but I’m trying. As one product is used up, it is replaced with a non-toxic product like white vinegar and baking soda. To see just what I had, I took all my cleaning products and placed them in boxes on a shelf in my utility room. This was also to keep them out of reach of a curious toddler.
