Beekissed
Mountain Sage
I love that story, LU, and I think I would have loved your Aunt Leona too. What a wonderful thing a worn old quilt is..there's no softness exactly like that.
The Old Ways
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baymule
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Love it!
sumi
Rest in Peace 1980-2020
She sounds wonderful and I love that quilt! I hand stitch quilts too (because I cannot figure out sewing machines). So many people are surprised that I make them and by hand, but I find it so rewarding and they are so special for the people they end up with.
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frustratedearthmother
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I love old quilts!
Beekissed
Mountain Sage
Bread boxes....anyone remember when everyone had a bread box? I saw some at the Habitat store last week and they brought back fond memories, but then I got to thinking, "Why don't people have those anymore???"
http://areturntosimplicity.com/using-a-bread-box/
I'm wondering how well my homemade bread would keep in just a wooden bread box as opposed to a zip loc bag? It's been years since we had a bread box and now I don't remember how effective they were, I just know that's where we kept our bread.
Anyone still have a bread box?
http://areturntosimplicity.com/using-a-bread-box/
I'm wondering how well my homemade bread would keep in just a wooden bread box as opposed to a zip loc bag? It's been years since we had a bread box and now I don't remember how effective they were, I just know that's where we kept our bread.
Anyone still have a bread box?
milkmansdaughter
Super Self-Sufficient
I remember the breadboxes, but don't have one. I was just thinking I did something yesterday that was a flashback to my past. 
When we were kids, every fall my dad would get pitchforks and rakes and we'd all like into the pickup truck. And we'd go along ditches and get up some of the old grass that had been cut down and had dried. Those of us who were smaller would stand in the teuck and use our bodies to "pack it in" ( usually amidst a lot of laughter). Then we'd drive home and spread it out over the old sewer line leading away from the house all the way back to the field behind the barn where our sewage would drain into an open ditch. We'd make a dozen or more trips, but covering the sewer line kept it from freezing up over the winter.
So yesterday, I was outside raking leaves over our water line that comes in from the road. And I never even really thought about what I was doing until I was finished and looked back at my work. Does anyone else still cover their pipe lines? View attachment 5634
When we were kids, every fall my dad would get pitchforks and rakes and we'd all like into the pickup truck. And we'd go along ditches and get up some of the old grass that had been cut down and had dried. Those of us who were smaller would stand in the teuck and use our bodies to "pack it in" ( usually amidst a lot of laughter). Then we'd drive home and spread it out over the old sewer line leading away from the house all the way back to the field behind the barn where our sewage would drain into an open ditch. We'd make a dozen or more trips, but covering the sewer line kept it from freezing up over the winter.
So yesterday, I was outside raking leaves over our water line that comes in from the road. And I never even really thought about what I was doing until I was finished and looked back at my work. Does anyone else still cover their pipe lines? View attachment 5634
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Wish i had a bread box
milkmansdaughter
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Sorry, I don't know why that posted twice...
sumi
Rest in Peace 1980-2020
In my previous house I had two breadboxes. One big square and tin, the other the usual type with the pull over lid, also metal. I found them when I moved in, but never used them. I tend to forget about foodstuff when it's hidden somewhere unusual and a breadbox fits that category for me now. When I grew up I vaguely remember using one and storing the butter in there with the bread.
baymule
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I've had bread boxes, but don't now. When we moved 3 years ago, that was one of the things I gave up.
