Terra Ingognita

Terra incognita aka Under the Kitchen sink.

At last, after some happy piddling around with books and watercolors, I've returned to The Project: Cleaning and cleaning out everything. Two cupboards in the kitchen remained, and by the grace of Someone or Other and with the help of a grabber, I have removed the contents, cleaned the shelves, taken inventory, and garbaged/recycled twenty-leven rather nasty old sponges, seven toothbrushes (great for cleaning small spaces but I don't need but one,) African violet fertilizer (it's been probably thirty years since I had any of these,) a brush for cleaning baby bottles, cheap florists' vases, ceramic orchid pots, pretty bottles, soap dishes, and some unidentifiable grunge. 

Also a glass RC Cola bottle. This puzzled me but, after talking with John, we decided it had probably come from one of our barns, and it had probably been used by previous owner of the farm for dosing a calf--shoving medicine down its throat. (We have always used the heavy sparkling wine bottles.)                                                       
So here's the finished product-- much nicer and cleaner and at least I know what's there--for a while.The second cupboard was a breeze--cookware, bowls, slow cookers (getting rid of the small one,) casseroles, and baking tins. Out they came, back in they went, washed (when needed) and reorganized. Oh, it feels good!On to the pantry--a shelf at a time . . .maybe tomorrow . . .