I do my best to practice the Three R's; I work on Earth Day Habits, All Year.
However, when mobility is limited or restricted, I tend to agree with Kermit - it's not (always) easy being green. Mostly when cleaning. There are times when you need a little more oomph; when sore and dislocated joints make it next to impossible to apply the requisite elbow grease.
Like when the oven racks or the roasting pans sport a souvenir of meals gone-by. A trick I learned from I-don't-know-where is to spray the items in question with oven-cleaner, place them in a tightly sealed large garbage bag. Leave the bag outside in the sun for several hours. Rinse. Wash with warm soap and water and voilà! Clean!
If anyone knows of an easy, environmentally and joint friendly way to clean those stuck-on bits, please share it.
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My connection between Earth Day and creaky joints is that in order to take good photographs of native plants I often have to get into strange positions on the ground, and in Texas the ground is usually less than hospitable. (And I’m pleased to see you writing voilà, even with its accent; too many English speakers these days think the word is viola.)
Steve Schwartzman
http://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com
Hi Steve,
Thanks for stopping by. “Viola,”- LOL!
Steve, I just stopped by your website. No wonder you have creaky knees, with the range of beautiful photos you take.
Thanks, Marianna. It isn’t just knees, either: my skin takes a beating. Such are the occupational hazards of a nature photographer.
… but someone has got to do it, right. 😉 (Are you on Twitter, by any chance?)
Yes, someone has got to do it (although maybe nature wishes we’d leave it alone). And no, I haven’t gone the Twitter route.
love the tip about dirty oven racks! I will be trying that when our rain goes away. Nan
Here’s wishing you warmer and sunnier day, Nan! How are you enjoying your new shoes, courtesy of L. L. Bean?