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Coming soon! Tricks and tips for less plastic packaging in the bathroom. Recipes to make your own cleaners and lotions etc too …

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Rediscovering my need for patience (pun intended). • Does anyone else play it like this? A distant relative in Tasmania taught me this version (“and three cards leftover, just for luck”). I played it for years until I was sick of it, then technology took over and a little ritual was lost. • Now that there’s more time at home to slow right, right down, I’ve reconnected with the cards - the therapeutic, slow burn of shuffling; waiting to find that sweet, smooth spot before dealing them out, to maximize the chances of a winning hand ... • • • #stayhome #slowdown #solitaire #patience #cardgame #cardgames #deckofcards #refusetherefuse #harderthanitlooks #icheatoccasionally #thatsalotofcardstodealoutwithnoresult

This one is all about the kids - human, goat, flower, fish, and litterpickers! (Last photo says “Rubbish collected on 28.03.2020 between Wohlen and Hinterkappelen in the forest.” I’m unsure if everything under the sign was from the collection, but super happy to know there are other litterpickers in my ‘hood!). • It’s the last day of @zedster57’s March litterpicking challenge for #2minbcphotochallenge11 and the theme is #2minsnap. I think the kids fit the bill! Snap! • There was a wicked wind and I left all my litterpicking protective gear at home, to just #enjoythewalk. • • • #allthekids #shortwalk #cleanedoutthecobwebs #sawlotsoflife #marvelledatweirdredflowers #refusetherefuse #proudtobealitterpicker #lovewhereyoulive #wohlenbeibern #swissalps #staysafe #nofilter

A short walk to get out of the house after two weeks indoors. We live quite rural, so didn’t see many people, and those we did see, we kindly avoided. In the past, we would have been offended if people crossed the street, but now it’s expected. #howtimeshavechanged • Saw this lovely sign, “Stay healthy”, and collected some #candywrapcrap. It was nice to be safely outside. • Managed to give Leo a half-decent haircut this morning too (the first time he’s ever let me come near him with scissors), so another #goodnewsmoment. • • • #refusetherefuse #stayhealthy #bleibtgesund #wohlenbeibern #physicaldistancing #shortwalk #backnowto #stayhome #andwatchthesopranos

Gone back in the camera roll to find #bluemonday for @zedster57’s March #litterpickingchallenge word of the day. • I’ve left the house (no not this one!) twice in one week for a quick walk to the local grocery store. Haven’t been litterpicking #stayindoors but just remembered/registered there are #norules for #2minbcphotochallenge11 • So I’m throwing back to the Kasbah in Tangier, Morocco, in January. Our walking tour guide said you can pick the foreigners’ houses easily because they spend money on the outside of the house. Moroccans prefer to spend their money on the interior. • • • #nolitterpicking #solitude #stayhome #moroccandoors #bluedoor #tangier #refusetherefuse

A little light in dark times. Mesmerizing flames and wax shapes are good for the soul. • Wish I’d given Leo more candles for Christmas. All shops other than supermarkets, service stations and chemists are currently closed. Can probably find icky, toxic ones at the supermarket but I’ll pass. • It was eerily quiet in our neighbourhood today, which shouldn’t be a surprise because it’s Switzerland and it’s Sunday, but it was pin-drop stuff. We finished watching season one of “The Sopranos” and I finally know what the hype is all about. • Stay sane, stay home, phone a friend, check on your neighbour! And here’s to all the people working on keeping us safe. (Sane and safe are interchangeable in this paragraph 😆). • • • #refusetherefuse #stayhome #candlelight

Been working from home for a week - our office building is closed until 20 April because of coronavirus. We had to cancel our international AGM and frantically reorganize everything to turn it into online meetings, so the past week was full on, on top of feeling angst about the world. • To relax a bit before the meetings next week, I finished some sewing projects today. I’m not a confident sewer. Removed a zip (which kept catching in my hair) from a beautiful wool top and sewed it closed - was nervous but it went ok! And made these from an old hand towel we never used and some black jersey material. They’re about as big as my hand. I think I’ll use them as make-up removers as the small ones I made get caught in the front-loader washing machine’s door rim. • Sewing isn’t an exact science for me, which is why I will never be a pro and the jobs will never be perfect. But it was nice to create “something from nothing”. Most of the time I just wing it (but I did use pins on the top!). Cut up the towel, freestyle, and the material to suit each shape (the opposite side is all black and was used to stop the towel edges from fraying/disintegrating in the wash.) • Tomorrow I was supposed to meet @zerowastejourneycapetown for a litterpicking walk on her beautiful beach. Hi! And hello to everyone still allowed to go outdoors and litterpick - stay safe and keep your distance. And to those either confined indoors or self-isolating, a big hello and high five to you too. (Switzerland now has 6000 confirmed cases.) • • • #refusetherefuse #makedoandmend #sewingproject #amateurhour #refusereducereuserecycle #notapapertowel #haventusedthoseforyears #reusable #facewipes #makeupremoverpads #whateverwillbewillbe #mysterycreation

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