Showing posts with label date palms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label date palms. Show all posts

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Soapy Saturday

 I made another batch of soap-a half batch using up the supplies left over from last week.   I added some citrus scent to this one.   I cut my time to less than an hour because I knew what I was doing this time!  My only 'goof' was not having the mold set right for the small batch so the bars were cut shallow instead of deep.....live and learn!
 These are big bath bars.  They will have to dry for a week at least!
 Our date palms are all in fruit!  As they ripen, they fall to the ground.
 Aren't they pretty?  These are good to eat, to dry and to make into jelly.
You have to race the squirrels to get them from the ground!

SLOWLY IT GROWS

 A few distractions have occurred;  I broke the needle and just as I overcame that irritation, I woke up with another blinding migraine.  Th...