Finally made a little bit of soap yesterday. Unfortunately this photo doesn't show the true color of the bar soaps, which is a lovely, pale turquoise/mint color; and I couldn't figure out how to adjust the color using photo shopping software.
My suspicion about the soap failure the day before, was that I just didn't get the soap hot enough, was correct, because the re-melting worked fine when I got it hot enough.
I was hoping to make soap again today, but wound up dealing with computer stuff again. Either I need a new modem or a new Internet service. It's a pretty bad router (third one they've sent me in two years) that doesn't allow me to get a connection in my bedroom. Yet, I can pick up three or four neigbhors Internet service showing up on my Internet access list, in any part of the house; but not my own; and even when it does show up, it almost impossible to get it to connect on my iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad.
Tomorrow I'm off to the hospital to drink some barium so they can take some upper G.I. snapshots, so there won't be time to make soap because I want to take advantage of what is going to be the warmest (around 68F) day in the foreseeable future, to get some garden work done in the afternoon. We've yet to get a frost and some of the veggies are still producing, but I think it may be time to think about harvesting some of those green tomatoes and bring my lemon grass and a few other things indoors for the winter.
Good luck with the "Photo Shoot" Maybe you just need to figure out your neighbor's passwords.
ReplyDeleteOur first frost expected tonight. Whether to walk to the allotment to see if there is a handful of green beans to save on the late planted ones and throw a fleece over the row of late carrots, or get in the pottery and work on some orders. Hmm.
ReplyDeleteThe soaps look lovely, but we are more or less converted to liquid soaps, shower gels and shampoo these days. I sometimes read bad things about those, but then somewhere someone on the internet will tell you that breathing is bad for you. I hope you enjoy making and using the soap - I guess that's the point.