Katie See

When I was a kid my friend and I would jump on the trampoline and since we had two large silver maples above it it collected a lot of “helicopters”. We would peel them and collect the seeds just for fun, always trying to find a way to use them and earn money from selling some sort of product. Since for some reason no one wanted to buy 2 inch tall maple tree saplings, we tried to figure out if the seeds were edible. When we found out they were, we prepared them any way we could. We ate them raw, we put them in a bowl in the sun, we boiled them, roasted them, and even tried them with cinnamon sugar. (My favorite way to eat them was boiled with a little bit of salt.) One time I dried them and ground them into flour. All that to say, yes they are edible and not always disgusting.

I definitely prefer cloth, paper sheds too much and is a waste. I use cotton bandanas when at home, and small pieces of thin flannel when out and about. I prefer thin fabric because it dries faster.

I pretty much need a new pair of shorts every summer, and so I’ll often turn my old jeans with large holes in the knees into shorts. This summer I again found myself with only one pair of shorts so I figured I’d make another pair and get a bb at the same time!

Here is me cooking an egg. I hope the video works.
https://rumble.com/v6c9jpp-a-sliding-fried-egg.html

Dandelions are popping up all over our yard, so I made a decoction. I washed the roots, chopped them up, added water and let it simmer for 20 minutes. I will say, it was quite bitter. I added what I thought was a lot of honey and it still tasted pretty bitter.

Sorry about that! Here’s some more pictures. I’ve looked through the manual a few times and looked at my machine and everything seems to work the same and be in the same places. Hope this helps!

It looks like my link might not work so I’m trying it again:
https://archive.org/details/instruction-book-for-wards-sewing-machine

I recently bought my sewing machine, but it didn’t come with a manual, so I found one almost identical online.(The only difference I can find is mine isn’t as pretty.) Because the machine hadn’t been used for a while it took multiple times of oiling for it to move smoothly and not squeak. Here is the link to the manual:https://archive.org/details/instruction-book-for-wards-sewing-machine

We don’t have trash or recycling service, so we bring our recyclables to the recycling center, our neighbors let us use their trash service, and our paper goes to the paper gator. Our recycling system has been in place for a while but here are the pictures of me setting it up.