LOL!!!!! Thanks for the idea Mary. I did use a basket when I went to market, but for all the baskets we would need, when we go shopping, we'd need a uhaul to bring them home :o) Oh, now wait! You meant the woven grass bags? No, can't use them. I can't take the hay/straw at times, when I am exposed to the other things, and can't shop without being exposed to the other stuff. It's getting colder again, and we are in for some wintery mix. Was outside shoveling and sweeping most of the morning. Didn't get to do my vacuuming again! Hope I can do it before Sunday. I didn't get to do it last week, because of all the stuff we had to do, having visiters, and all the exposures I had_but I HAVE to get it done this week! I usually do it twice a week, but when I get hit up, and have all that extra wash to do, I can't take the vacuuming. I also can't do it when we get company, or sometimes I can't take our company :o) UGH!!!!!! Guess we better start looking into a new vac, really soon. We were thinking of getting that Eureka Pet Lovers Vacuum that our daughter and her boyfriend were raving about at Christmas, but I want to look into more of them, before making that purchase. I really like my Sharp we bought years ago, but it has seen its days. Have to get moving now. Gotta get to my photo project today! Awww John Updike died. I believe he was from the Reading area? or Mohnton, outside of Reading? Oh, did I tell everyone what I found at Darrenkamp's!? Not only Hersheys Teaberry Ice Cream, but also Wixon's Shoofly Pie!!!!!! BUT, they didn't have a good wet bottom one there, when we were there :o( I WILL keep my eyes open for one of those! Hugs! :o) Lynn Mary wrote: >I LOVE baskets. I have some very old ones that my m. grandmother had. >They > are prettily patterned. I remember making a basket in school, too. Just > a > little one. > Now that I think about it, I have seen totes made from woven grass cloth. > That might be an idea for Lynn to use if she could put up with the 'hay' > smell they give off > until they have been around a while. I have heard of the Blue Birds, but > was only in Brownies one year. We lived so far out in the country that it > was very inconvenient > for my mother to take me, then come back and get me. I didn't mind not > going though. I would rather be home on the farm where I could traipse > through the woods.