Remote Watering!

Remote watering

Hey, folks! Sorry I've been away so much! I was dealing with a nasty situation here! Now, I'm going to take a little time to tell you what I've been doing. I found this idea from a fellow blogger about watering your plants when you can't do it! It not only waters, but also recycles wine bottles and corks! What a great idea!  Although you may only use it when you go on holiday, I'd say it could be a permanent addition to your plant pots. The wine bottles will look lovely and be a talking point for guests! You could also decorate the bottles and give your creative juices an outlet!

http://diy-vintage-chic.blogspot.com/2012/08/upcycling-wine-bottle-to-plant-nanny.html

As far as greening my week is concerned I washed my shower curtains using vinegar and water! They look lovely! I put about half a gallon of vinegar into about 3 inches of hot water and immersed the curtains. I left them for about three hours until all the grime had loosened. I took a scrubbing brush to the more stubborn bits and did have to carefully scrub along the seam and around the magnets. This work too me only about half an hour! I smelled like vinegar for a little while, but I find this quite pleasant.
     I found some scarves and a pair of leather clogs in the park and took them to Goodwill. The other day I saw a lovely wooden kitchen chair dumped in the park and would have taken it home, but there was a rather formidable woman with a child sitting on a stump and thought she had her eye on it. Sure enough, when I went back later woman and chair were gone. I like to think of her getting the same pleasure I'd have had from it and wonder would she have washed it thoroughly with Murphy's Oil Soap, let it dry, sanded it to a silky smoothness, smoothed on golden oak stain and applied generous portions of wax! I hope so! I wonder why people throw out pleasing and thoroughly useful old chairs. Sometimes they need  a few repairs, but are otherwise quite serviceable. I have one I found on the corner a few years ago along with an old rocker that needed a number of repairs. The chair only needed washing, staining and waxing! I feel I've saved some trees from chopping, which is a great help to the environment.
     That's me for now! I have to take the little dog for a walk and wash some dishes! I'll post more later! It's a great day!