Memories...

Good lord, I have had this nightgown for thirty years. My mother bought it for me in a small boutique in Cape Cod (that's the "Cape Cod tartan"). I even thought about repairing it, but the material was just worn out and it was randomly disintegrating (that is, not tearing on a seam). Good quality to last so long and wear so well!

And a few other clothes, also worn out. All to the orange bin

One day later

and there's more.

• Paper recycling
• Orange bin for worn out clothes
  

Half a week

Sometimes I just find it amazing how much waste can be generated in half a week.

The more amazing part is that although the majority of this would enter the waste stream in the US, here only the small blue bag in the foreground is restmüll (waste). The box in the back goes back to the car (to hold groceries), the yellow bag is grünepunkt, the cardboard box goes to paper and the plastic inside to grünepunkt, the red bag holds paper, glass, bio (in the blue plastic bin and the pot): all will be recycled.

Not bad for four people.

On the street where I live

No pictures (unless I google some) but a lovely chrome garbage pail that would stick, annoyingly, and a vacuum cleaner that has been replaced by my (adored) Dyson stopped cluttering my hallway and were placed outside (with a note saying free to anyone) when the German went downstairs to grab a box of winter clothes from the Kellar.

15 minutes later when we went to the car (on the way to the Bauernhof)they were gone. It's great to pass functioning items along so easily and to aviod increasing the refuse stream.

A few more clothes

All to the orange bin.

The past month has not been without decluttering but the main items have been paperwork put into paper recycling and just being extremely busy. I have some gathered clothes to gift and some to donate and I'll hope to get them out of the house before Yom Kippur starts tomorrow evening.