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Thread #131845 Message #2979358
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
03-Sep-10 - 01:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Declutter & Accountability Sept 2010
Subject: RE: BS: Declutter & Accountability Sept 2010
Okay, I made sure to cover my ass on eBay - I posted one last revision, but it is simply a link back to the conversation on British Blades that identifies the knife down to the manufacturer in a town in India. It is a pretty knife, it does look exotic, and someone could buy this because it is a pretty knife, or to use as an example of a knockoff and not be so much out of pocket. I'm not selling the Hope Diamond here. :)
To keep up with the eBay stuff I've been looking around for something else to sell. I have tons of textiles from the Connecticut house. Maybe some antique blankets. It's approaching that time of year.
Lovely cool morning out. Michelle, the embroidery on the t-shirt I'm wearing today is teal. I realized that my best teal garment is a sweater, but it isn't sweater weather here yet!
I've been growing okra for my neighbor to use, and have enjoyed watching these plants grow and produce. I'll do it again next year. I haven't cooked any myself, but I enjoyed the cooked (fried) okra she brought over last week so I'm going to give it a try myself later. I asked her yesterday more about how they cook it. She's headed out of town for a few days so I'll have a lot extra, and will probably give it to another neighbor. They produce maybe a dozen pods a day now, and if you eat it once or twice a week that adds up to a lot of okra, even if it does shrink a bit when you cook it.
I'm thinking ahead to the weekend. I can use evenings for tile work, but I know I'll be lured outside during the day. I do have to mow, to start with. Also, I have one garden bed to finish building, one to finish weeding, and I have to pull out some of the non-producing stuff in the raised beds. I think I'll start working on that soil for next spring now. I need to raise the beds a bit in my kitchen door garden. I need to angle a couple of the beds differently on the other side of the drive, and make a couple of them a little wider. One of these years I'll have my act together enough to grow potatoes. Maybe that year is coming up.
I have to go get one of those boxes I didn't throw out and put my garlic in it. It's dried enough now to store in a dark closet. (It's in the dark laundry room now).
SRS