Vintage Skills and Style in the Modern World
Saturday was opening day at the Peterson Garden Project. Saturday was rainy and cold, and still, I was excited. The day began with a work day. I helped weed around the fence, and place welcome signs in the new gardeners’ plots (including mine!), and weeding and picking up trash around
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And we have plants! That’s right. My little seeds have sprouted, and are on their way to becoming real, live, vegetable plants!
Continue reading »I decided to start my cleaning mania with the bathroom, as it is the most annoying to clean. At least it is for me, personally. Our bathroom window opens up onto our dusty fire escape. Like many Chicagoans, our fire escape is actually more of a wooden porch structure, rather
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The fact is, my cleaning is already rather old-fashioned. It will come as no surprise to readers of this blog that if DIY is an option, I’m probably going to try it. Consequently, I use a lot of castille soap, and vinegar, and baking soda to get things clean. So
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Easter is over, Passover is coming to an end, and the forsythia down the street is blooming. You know what that means…time for me to have a horrible idea! Also, it’s spring. Things have been getting a little grimy here at home, and with spring comes a desire to clean
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