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Skriven 2013-05-28 20:41:21 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> I'm not sure how big this thing is, but it's old.  As in harvest
 RH> gold old.

-> Sounds about the size (or bigger) than the 18 c/f one we had. We were
-> smart tho, & got it in white.

 RH> I more or less inherited this one.  I got what I got.

Price was right however. Just think of all that can be kept in it--if
the power stays on, you could eat out of it for months without going to
the grocery store.

-> -> Just not his or your sister's idea of kitchen decor?

->  RH> Them either!  Somebody liked them though, or maybe he was a scrap
->  RH> metal dealer. (G)

-> Either way, he probably did well.

 RH> Quite likely.

My late BIL collected abandoned/stray golf balls whenever he went
golfing. A few months before he passed away, he sold his collection (420
dozen) to someone for $1./dozen. We figured the buyer would resell them
to a driving range or some other place that goes thru a lot of balls and
doesn't care too much about condition. Michael started collecting more,
not sure how many he'd gotten before he died.

->  RH> A bunch have gone to missionaries my church supports, and more are
->  RH> awaiting transport.  One's going to Moldova this summer.

-> Mine have gone to babies hospitalised long term with special needs, kids
-> in crisis situations (Project Linus), veterans and of course,
-> grandbabies.

 RH> Well naturally.  My sister and niece have gotten multiples. I've got
 RH> random bits assembled for another few, and fabrics stashed together
 RH> for at least another two.  Then there's the 500 pounds of fabric
 RH> sitting here awaiting inspiration....

I've got some small ones to put together, and others planned but not the
fabric stash on hand that you do.

-> -> her other handiwork. I've a set of butterflies I should make applique
-> -> wall hangings with--they're not replica but original 1940's, maybe
 RH> even 1930s, fabrics.

->  RH> Do you have some old 1930s muslin to put them on?  I don't, but
 RH> have rescued similar pieces.

-> No old muslin but may use some new. A friend in GA gave me some larger
-> butterfly appliques on muslin I may incorporate in with the smaller
-> ones. BTW, did you know that muslin got its name from Mosul, Iraq?

 RH> Can't say I did.

Learn something new every day.................

-> -> bit earlier too, could be that it's gone before we come.

->  RH> Ours doesn't start until June at least. It's just as well; stuff
 RH> would have frozen today.

 RH> -> -> Ours didn't freeze but was gone before we got there. I did
 get eggs, sugar snap peas, baby potatoes, butter crunch lettuce,
 radishes, a raspberry-rhubarb empandada, a whole wheat cinnamon
 roll, some garlic on the stalk and a dishcloth. Got the last empanada
 so bought the roll for  Steve as he's not that fond of rhubarb. The
 airport at RDU set a new record low temperature Friday night too, 41
 degrees, so it was chilly (and windy) at the market Saturday  morning.


 RH> Poor Steve - I was raised on rhubarb.  My mother loves the stuff.  I'm

I was raised on it too; Dad would pick a stalk, wash it off and let us
eat it raw. Still one of my favorite fruits.

 RH> not sure how one cooks a dishcloth.(LOL)  It'll be 90 here by the end
 RH> of the week. My MS is not pleased with the weather bopping around.

Dishcloth was a freebie as I'd given the cotton a couple of weeks
before. It was left over from another project.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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