Use nine: Try softening brushes that are hardened with old, dried-in paint by boiling them in vinegar and let them stand for one hour. Then heat the vinegar and brushes come to a gentle boil. Simmer for 20 minutes. Rinse well, working the softened paint out of the bristles. For extremely heavy paint encrustations, you may need to repeat the process...or head to the hardware store.

Use ten: A little vinegar and salt added to the water you wash leafy green vegetables will float out bugs and kill germs.

Use eleven: Soak or simmer stuck-on food in 2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of vinegar. The food will soften and lift off in a few minutes.

Use twelve: Clean and freshen the garbage disposal by running a tray of ice cubes, with 1/2 cup of vinegar poured over them, through it once a week.

Use thirteen: In a pinch, you can use equal parts of lemon juice and vinegar to clean brass and copper. On difficult areas add a little salt to the mix for some abrasive action.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

78. Does Any One Have a Calendar?

Sunday was exquisite and just a little bit...interesting. The sun shone and life was fine!  Any where we go with Polly and Phil is always sure to be fun.  The Halcyon store fair was much larger than usual and boasted twenty or more booths complete with Tarot card readers and an Angel Channel-er.  Crystals, organic cosmetics, bird feeders, bat boxes and dark chocolate covered tiny pieces of brandy cheesecake!  That's right even down to the graham cracker crust.  Talk about labor intensive!  We ate hot dogs and drank lemonade that reminded me of my daddy's.  The lemonade was a mixture of lemon, orange and grapefruit juices they called a Twister. My daddy always added the juice of a couple of oranges when he made his summer pitcher full of lemonade on bar-b-que Sundays.  It makes a little sweeter, more like lemon-orangeade.  Very refreshing. 

Two artists really caught my interest.  Cynthia's larger framed pieces that aren't on her web site were particularly impressive. Her work is done in Femo clay.  She makes wonder buttons, too!
Crimson Heart Studios












Tuscan Road Designs
Holly had some nice designs in her
booth.  Her web site has a nice and
reasonable selection.




 After lunch we headed to Tiber Canyon to be wowed by truly fine glass blowing demonstrations and  artisans of a different variety and, of course, warm hugs and kisses from Will and Chris.  As we pulled into the canyon we began to be just a little nervous because we were able to get front row parking.  NEVER possible.  We parked and ventured out to the barn when Will met us in his grungies.  Lucy and Ethel burst out laughing!  Excitement had sucked us into it's vortex!  The classy affair is next weekend!!  One bad thing about being retired is you're never really sure what the date is and don't really care for the most part. The good part is that we will meet up with Fred and Ethel there next week end for more fun, food and friendship!  I was able to get my olive oil bottle refilled with the fabulous elixir from  the Lemon Olive Oil Goddess! 

Don't forget to check out Tiber Canyon !
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