The Loving Spoon Blog

  • November 29, 2012

    What to do with old lightbulbs...

     

    A lot of people around me were wondering why I kept asking for old broken lightbulbs...It was to do something better than throwing them away!! 
    I emptied them, them filled them with Kitsilano/Vancouver sand (because I am lucky enough to live 2 blocks from the ocean) and inserted an air plant (aka Tillandsia) which requires very little care. 
    It's a real plant but it doesn't need soil because water and nutrients are absorbed through the leaves.
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    Posted in Other projects
  • November 29, 2012

    Chuck's Moosli

     

    This story cracked me up! This spoon was ordered by a girl in Australia for 
    her boyfriend's dad.
    The dad can't actually pronounce 'muesli' and is a grumpy old man 
    every morning and sits in bed complaining and grumbling, until their mum
    brings muesli and he goes to work. Every morning he demands 
    WHERE'S MY MOOSLI with a big, deep voice, and all the kids make fun of him for it!

    'Don't touch Dad's muesli', 'don't you mean MOOSLI' !

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