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Sunday Stills: Grandma Added Bluing for Sparkling Whites

With winter still in full swing in the northern hemisphere, Terri from Sunday Stills wanted to challenge us all to look at and photograph objects that are the color white. If you live in or around snow, then show us your snowy scenes. If not, the color white is all around us.  Grandma was a stickler…

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With winter still in full swing in the northern hemisphere, Terri from Sunday Stills wanted to challenge us all to look at and photograph objects that are the color white. If you live in or around snow, then show us your snowy scenes. If not, the color white is all around us. 

Grandma was a stickler for bright white laundry. I remember her adding bluing to her wash when all sheets and towels were white and men wore white shirts. Using bleach alone turned her whites increasingly yellow.

Where I could, I found pictures with blue the skies to brighter the whites. Did it work?

SNOW

It must descend, as the dew, upon the tender herb, or like melting flakes of snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

 Jeremiah Seed
Peavine Trail Prescott

Prescott snow is almost completely gone.

WHITE FLIGHT IN AUSTRALIA

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

C. S. Lewis

PUPPY gIRL gLISTENING WHITE

“Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, and filling the emptiness we didn’t ever know we had”

Thom Jones
White puppy

Puppy Girl always ready with love.

My Reading Material for Tomorrow

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48 responses to “Sunday Stills: Grandma Added Bluing for Sparkling Whites”

  1. bernieLynne Avatar
    bernieLynne

    I remember growing up – the little old ladies in my town adding bluing to their hair to keep it bright white. If they overdid it they had this blue purple sheen! Guess I will keep my white just natural!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      You and me too, Bernie. No bluing for me!

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  4. Charli Mills Avatar
    Charli Mills

    Ah, I’m listening to the uplifting piano piece as I examine your photos and absorb your words.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Isn’t it fabulous, Charli? I listened for a very long time, too. I’m finding that if I take the time to read comments and respond, a normal 4 minute video runs out on me. I thought it would be better to have one that you stop playing when you want to stop. 🙂

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  5. Jim Borden Avatar
    Jim Borden

    I’m jealous of how organized you ar with your writing. I still have no idea what I am going to write about today…

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I started out writing about my daily experiences, Jim. Then I kept running into technical problems, so I blogged about those. Then I tried to write a novel, so I blogged about that. Through It all I’ve loved the challenges, particularly the photo challenges. So I started interviewing people who did them. That turned into a permanent thing for me. And I kept on following even more challenges. Finally Hugh and I started chatting about him doing a guest post for me. He offered to do a Halloween story. That turned into a regular feature, Story Chat. Then Colleen asked me to host Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays, which had not been active for about four years. That hasn’t been too popular as a challenge, but it seems that people want to read it and respond. So I’m debating. It has taught me to use more quotes in my writing, and less of me. I think that’s a good thing to combine the two of them. The thing is that you can write as much or little as you want. It’s your blog. You were a teacher, you can write about your experiences, your advice, or your subject matter, your special interests. Anything goes, it’s your blog. You can read someone else’s blog and see a great post that you love and reblog it or ask them to write a guest post for you, or collaborate on a post like I did with Lisa. There are so many possibilities and they all have YOUR name on them. ! 🙂

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      1. Jim Borden Avatar
        Jim Borden

        thanks for your wise words of advice; it gives me a lot of things to think about!

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          You are more than welcome. 🙂

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  6. Colleen M. Chesebro Avatar
    Colleen M. Chesebro

    I remember that blueing stuff! My grandma used it too! 😀 ❤

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I wonder what ever happened to it? Did it work? I don’t remember her sheets being particularly sparkling, but then she NEVER threw anything away. She moved all of her fifty-year-old sheets when she moved in with my mom when she was 80. LOL

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      1. Colleen M. Chesebro Avatar
        Colleen M. Chesebro

        LOL! That makes sense! 🤣

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  7. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
    Terri Webster Schrandt

    Hi Marsha, as usual, your posts are fun, positive and nail the theme on the head in a grand way! I giggled at your huge patch of snow. We barely have any left after the 3-4 inches we got when I took all those photos a week ago! Temps made it into the 50s as this is the first day of meteorological spring! And I have spring fever so badly I resigned from that part-time job after two weeks. It wasn’t for me after all and I long to be retired! thanks for sharing the links and building community and I’m so happy you met Natalie! She is such a huge inspiration for fitness! If I lived close to her, I would be in tip-top shape! Darling pic of Puppy Girl!

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  8. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
    Cindy Georgakas

    lovely white pics and contrasts Marsh!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Cindy. I met a new blogger named Natalie. You can click on her link Natalie the Explorer. You have a lot in common and you are both so positive that I think you’d love her if you don’t know her already. 🙂

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      1. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
        Cindy Georgakas

        You’re sooo welcome dear. Oh well thanks for the intro Marsha! xo 😘🥰 Very kind of you!!! 🙏

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          🙂 That’s what life is about – sharing good friends. 🙂

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          1. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
            Cindy Georgakas

            It sure is!!! very sweet of you!💖

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          2. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            Just got back from 7, 969 step walk. Whew! Ready to blog the night away.:)

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          3. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
            Cindy Georgakas

            You Go Girl!!!!!
            Trying to get my blog-mo-jo on after working and cat rounding up. Have a great night!❤️💖

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          4. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            I’ve ordered a harness and leash for my cat, Nutter Butter that should come tomorrow. I’m tired of the cats lying around all day and getting up to play and dig up my carpet all night. Vince and I are taking turns sleeping at night.

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          5. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
            Cindy Georgakas

            🤣🤣🤣 I’m laughing only others that read with will think we’re crazy but then they might not have cats,, 🤣Oh I’m feeling your pain. I use harnesses and leashes on mine too. It either slows them down of stops them in their tracks. Plus with the coyotes out I can control where they go! 💖. Good luck, be patient. It takes awhile to get.

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          6. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            Good to know. I just met Betty Louise who used one and took their cat in the RV full time.

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          7. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
            Cindy Georgakas

            It takes all kinds… crazy cat people like us! 🤣

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          8. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            Amen to that sista! 🙂

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          9. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
            Cindy Georgakas

            💖🤗👏

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  9. Jacquie Biggar Avatar
    Jacquie Biggar

    I love how Terri’s challenge made you think of your grandma, Marsha. ❤

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I know, we were very close. I was the first child of two only children. You can imagine I might have been a bit spoiled. 🙂

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  10. Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com Avatar
    Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com

    Fun post! Those of us who don’t live where it snows (not that I’m sad about that) had to get creative. I love your choice of quotes, especially the one from C.S. Lewis. And, yay!, you used the slider thingie!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I was sooooo proud of myself, Janis! 🙂

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  11. bloggingwithjrp Avatar
    bloggingwithjrp

    Precious photo of PG with her little paw up. Oh, bluing. I remember it in a bottle. Wonder if I can still buy it. I love my sheets, but they are getting more and more yellow. Thanks for the fun. I do wonder how many hour/week you spend on these blogs.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Right now a lot. I had to self-quarantine because of the COVID test. Then they were unable to get any results, so they advise more self-quarantine. I have a COVID shot on Wed. then I figure I’ll be good to go. We did get out for a few walks and to have wine with our neighbors. But basically, right now, I stay home much of the time. 🙂

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  12. kirstin troyer Avatar
    kirstin troyer

    These are great photos Marsha! Love the story about the laundry. there were a few summers not too long ago that I did do some drying of the laundry outside on a line. It was kind of fun.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I did that when we first moved to CA and were poor and it seemed a shame to waste all that great August sunshine. The grass had been burned under the clothesline, and I did not count on such a strong wind. You know what happened, I’m sure, I quit worrying about wasting sunshine. 🙂

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  13. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie

    A fun and creative post, Marsha. I love that puppy. Thank you for linking to other #SundayStills posts. I’m visiting as many of them as I can.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thank you, Natalie. Her name is Kalev, which means dog in Hebrew – long story. We call her Puppy Girl or PG or Peegeeweegee. She comes to anything really. She’s almost 12 now and doesn’t look as sparkly, but is our sweetie pie. 🙂

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  14. Norah Avatar
    Norah

    I’d forgotten about those little bags of blue. Mum used them too.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      It’s funny where I minds take us when we are writing about something. Makes it hard to concentrate. 🙂

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      1. Norah Avatar
        Norah

        🤣

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  15. Retirement Reflections Avatar
    Retirement Reflections

    Hi, Marsha – It worked! Your pictures with the blue skies did make the whites seem brighter. Thank you for this fun and creative post. Thank you also for linking to other #SundayStills posts. I love visiting as many of them as I can.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I do too, Donna. I’m going to try to do that with all the ones I participate in . We will see how it goes. I can get over committed! 🙂

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  16. Dishita Avatar
    Dishita

    You have a really amazing knack of using quotes, Marsha! 😊

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks so much, Dishita. It must be from watching Tina Schell use them and hosting Writer’s Quotes Wednesday. It’s amazing how they match up. Quotes say it much better than I can! 🙂

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  17. robertawrites235681907 Avatar
    robertawrites235681907

    A lovely post, Marsha. I loved your snowy pictures.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      My lack of snow, in this case, Robbie. LOL. 🙂 I just discovered how to use that compare slider thing in WordPress. That was cool. 🙂

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      1. robertawrites235681907 Avatar
        robertawrites235681907

        Snowy white doesn’t have to be real snow. We don’t have real snow here either. I was also going to do a post with snowy white flowers or something but haven’t had a chance today.

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          There is nothing prettier than snowy white flowers. I’ll look forward to your post. 🙂

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