Vintage Holidays - Happy Vernal Equinox

 

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Also, Happy Earth Day.

Vintage Images - National Audubon Day

 

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Quote Of The Day

image from The National Geographic

The climate is like a rowboat; you can only tip it so far before you get to the other stable state, which is upside down. ~ Elizabeth Kolbert

Caturday!

And for the knitters out there, Australian animals desperately need our help - The Rescue Collective and Animal Rescue Collective are providing patterns and asking for assistance in producing pouches for orphan joeys, mittens for koalas with burned paws, blankets, knitted vests and sweaters.  A link to patterns and the FB group collecting donations is here (and if you don't knit, they're happy to take cash donations).

Sunday update:  This is what is still needed.

The Schoolgirl's Lunch, 1896

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"A girl's luncheon? You mean the school luncheon? Let it be as nice as possible, and take pains to pack it very neatly for her, so that when the recess hour comes she may take an interest in what she eats.

 Of course the ideal luncheon for Gertrude and Caroline is something hot, a nice hash or scrambled eggs, or else a chop and a baked potato, with some gingerbread, stewed fruit, oranges, or a cup-custard after it. A cup of chocolate or cocoa is good for growing girls at luncheon, and a glass of milk is a very nice addition to their bill of fare.

 But these beautiful hot luncheons cannot always be managed at school. Often the girls must carry their noonday meal from home, and as a general thing they take very little care about the matter themselves. Mamma or sister Mary must think for them.

 A dainty box or little basket, a fine soft napkin, and some paraffin paper are indispensable to the preparation of lunches. Sandwiches must be made of thin bread and butter, with potted meat, cream cheese, or jam spread between the slices. Rough edges and crusts must be cut off, and the bread and butter be of the very best. There are many delicious crackers, some salted, some sprinkled with cheese-flakes, some sweet and crisp like cookies, which are appetizing with one's luncheon. And fruit is always in order.

 If it is possible, and it usually is, to get a little boiling water, let the school-girl make for herself a cup of bouillon at luncheon. There are several excellent kinds of bouillon which come in small jars and bottles, and of which a spoonful added to a glass or cup of either hot or cold water makes a very refreshing drink. I prefer hot bouillon myself, but cold bouillon is very refreshing too, and much better with bread and butter than cold water, if the luncheon is a simple affair of that.

 A girl who eats her luncheon regularly, and avoids sweets, pastry, and candy between meals, will have bright eyes and a good complexion. She will not look sallow and pasty, nor have pimples and other signs of indigestion on her face."

 Harper’sRound Table, January 21^st, 1896.

It's Not Easy Being Green

This summer I found out that a woman who works in the same building lives on a farm about five miles from Myvillage. Last month we started car-pooling.


The first part of my morning commute now looks like this.


I have a feeling I won't be enjoying it much, come January.

Dying by Inches

I've tried the office and the home. I've tried full sunlight, indirect sunlight and no sunlight. I've tried watering and not watering. I'm about ready to pitch this and buy her a spider plant because the petunia is not working.