This week we took a break from restoring our vintage dollie because the apples were in desperate need of rescuing. It's been a hard year for our apple trees. Too much heat and too many bugs! Many of the apples fell off during the summer, others were cored through by bugs, and still others rotted right on the branches! But, all said and done, we were amazed to get quite a few pecks of perfect "eaters", at least a bushel full of "bakers", a number left behind on the tree for hopeful ripening and still many more left over for cider! Ah, the cider....
There's going to be cider?? Well, our trees kinda look like this so .... No, don't cry! We'll try!
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Hurrah! Hurrah! It's finally, fantastically here! The finest season of them all . . . Fall ! Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2017 / edited 2019
Poor Creepy Cinderella - Her shoes are so, so incredibly dirty from the long, lonely years of storage. They appear to be made of rubber and are so sticky; they must be disintegrating. First, I carefully removed the yellowed laces and placed them in a cool water soak with gentle Avon Soft Pink Bubble Bath. Then, with cotton swabs, and a minimal amount of the bubble bath mixture, I gently rubbed the bottom of Cinderella's Slippers. Nothing. Used an old toothbrush - it just smeared the grime around a bit. But, when the toothbrush was rubbed into a bar of soap (coincidentally Avon's Aloe Vera Soap) ... Voila! It worked wonders and white was almost immediately revealed. Actually, the shoes are a soft plastic - vinyl? After lots of scrubbing with the toothbrush, and only one daring dip in the water to rinse ... just look at the difference! Cinderella's Shoes Before ... ... and After; the difference speaks for itself! Now our Creepy Cinderella can truly put her best foot forward! Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2017 / edited 2019
Of course, in all the fairy tale versions of Cinderella; the most important item in her transformation was a new dress from her Fairy Godmother. So we decided to start the whole cleaning process with the clothes. The dress is actually in good condition. Pink and white lace overlay with buttons and bows (all in good condition) over an attached pink slip. Hook and eye closure at the back are okay. Hair band solid and elastic still has a bit of stretch, but seriously discoloured ... and the smell! Okay, so atrocious - I can't even begin to describe it, but worse than the smell was the feel of these clothes. They felt stiff, sticky and "crunchy" if that's possible to imagine. So, so much dirt. So into the tub they go! After two or three rinses, the water finally ran perfectly clear - here we are drying in the sun! The clothes turned out pretty good actually - still discoloured (especially the socks and hair band) but the contrast is considerably more subtle now. Best of all they feel soft and smell sweet! Tune in next week when we'll try our hand at cleaning those dreadful shoes! Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2017 |
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