Obsidian
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1980. I was 8 years old when Mt. saint Helens in Washington state exploded. It was devastating and sent a huge plume of ash into the air that covered many states in the Pacific Northwest.
Here in the Idaho panhandle we got around 1/4" of ash that coated absolutely everything. My grandmother saved quite a lot of the ash and later that year, taught me how to make soap.
It was a simple lard soap with some ash added to help scrub through grease since my grandfather was a tractor mechanic.
Today when I was visiting grandma, I found one of these bars and asked if I could have it.
Proudly presenting the first soap I ever made, 33 years later. Still good with no sign of rancidity after all this time.
Its ugly, has ugly lather and is drying but thats ok, there is a lot of memories in this bar of soap.
Grandma still has some ash so I'm going to make my own version of this. I think my DH would really like it, the ash is great for mechanics soap.
Here in the Idaho panhandle we got around 1/4" of ash that coated absolutely everything. My grandmother saved quite a lot of the ash and later that year, taught me how to make soap.
It was a simple lard soap with some ash added to help scrub through grease since my grandfather was a tractor mechanic.
Today when I was visiting grandma, I found one of these bars and asked if I could have it.
Proudly presenting the first soap I ever made, 33 years later. Still good with no sign of rancidity after all this time.
Its ugly, has ugly lather and is drying but thats ok, there is a lot of memories in this bar of soap.
Grandma still has some ash so I'm going to make my own version of this. I think my DH would really like it, the ash is great for mechanics soap.
