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CONTRIBUTEDBYWAYNEOWENSBY Thisisoneofourspringgardens. If you would like to submit aphotofor publication, sent it editor@redbluffdailynews.com with "readerphoto" as the subject and include your name and a caption, or bring it by the Daily News, 728 Main Street in Red Bluff during business hours. READERPHOTO GARDENINGSEASON Ihavesomethingvery cool to share with you to- day, but first I have a story to share about my friend Herta. It's been a few years now since she and her husband Al came to visit for a few days. In their graciously kind manner, they brought gifts. I thought I'd heard of every hostess gift, but one of these gifts left me wide-eyed and sputtering to find a good response, which I am not sure I did. Privately, I concluded that this small, supremely elegant spray bottle that Herta was visibly so ex- cited about must be some- thing special in her coun- try. To me, it was it was oddly foreign. The name on the bot- tle left me stuttering: Poo- Pourri Before-You-Go Toi- let Spray. Herta took me into the powder room to demonstrate. "Look, you just spritz the surface of the toilet water before you go. It stops bathroom odors before they ever be- gin!" Herta was so excited to show me this fabulous new product. Me? I was like, whaaat? I have to admit that I couldn't wait to try it, and I did. You know what? It really works. The prod- uct is oily. When you spray Poo-Pourri in the toilet bowl (before — not dur- ing or after), it sits on the surface of the water and creates a kind of seal- ant against, well, let's just say it: fumes. It traps the odors, sending them down the drain, not out into the room. Get it? I'm not sure if Herta made the first introduc- tion of Poo-Pourri to America or not, but I like to think so. What I know is that it's here now. I see Poo-Pourri in the finest powder rooms around (my friends know who they are). Not long ago, I no- ticed a discreet supply of Poo-Pourri in the ladies room at church. Herta would be so pleased. I do wonder about a couple of things: First, who came up with this? The idea itself is great, but the person who came up with the name is bril- liant! Second, why is it so expensive? At about $5 for 1 ounce, that works out to about $640 per gallon. Don't laugh. I think about these things, and I'm sure there are plenty of house- holds, dormitories and frat houses — to name a few — that could use it by the gallon. For those folks (and you), I have the best news: You can make it yourself. And you can use the same kind of discreet little spray bottle for dispensing. Make-it-yourself poo spray • 3 tablespoons vegeta- ble glycerin • 2 tablespoons rubbing al- cohol, 70 percent • 40 drops any essential oil • cup water Mix all ingredients di- rectly into a 4-ounce, or similar, spray bottle. Or mix in a bowl, and then, using a small funnel, dis- pense solution into smaller 1-ounce spray bottles. Rec- ipe multiplies well. To use: Shake the bottle well. Spritz about 10 times to cover the surface of the toilet bowl water. Proceed. (Ingredients posted on the Everyday Cheapskate site.) My late friend Rich Buhler taught me a very useful life principle to rely upon when dealing with chal- lenging situations and dif- ficult people. No matter how diffi- cult that person or situa- tion may be, always strive to leave a fragrance, never an odor. Thanks to Herta and Rich, I'm leaving fewer odors than I would be if not for our friendships. Mary invites questions, comments and tips at mary@ everydaycheapskate. com, or c/o Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Suite B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. Mary is the founder of www. DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website and the author of "Debt-Proof Living," released in 2014. EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE Alwaysleave a fragrance, never an odor Mary Hunt CHICO A workshop called Rare Mosses of the Plumas National Forest is sched- uled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 hosted by Friends of the Chico State Herbarium. This workshop is a field trip to visit five rare moss species on the Plumas Na- tional Forest. Participants will learn field identifica- tion characteristics of rare moss species listed as Sen- sitive by Region 5 of the U.S. Forest Service or as rare bryophyte taxa (CRPR 2) by the California Native Plant Society. Colin Dillingham will be the field trip leader. Co- lin recently published "A Catalogue of the Mosses of the Plumas National Forest, California" in Ma- drono, (2015). He has been studying mosses of the Plu- mas National Forest since at least 2001. The trip begins at 9 a.m. along Highway 70 at the Shady Rest Area in the Feather River Canyon. The field trip will end in Por- tola. Registration is $100. Register in advance. For more information about the workshops, visit www.friendsofthechicos- tateherbarium.com. For more information about registration call 898- 5356 or write to epurvis@ csuchico.edu. CHICO STATE Workshop to look at rare mosses in Plumas Forest The Sierra Club, Yahi Group, is hosting a Lassen Park Walk on Saturday. Lassen Park Road walk from south end Visitor Cen- ter. The road should be plowed part way through the park, but still closed to traffic. Meet at park and ride in Chico 8:45 a.m. for self- organized carpool or with leader 10:15 a.m. at Lassen Visitor Center. Bring lunch, camera, windbreaker. Rain cancels. SIERRA CLUB Yahi Group to offer Lassen Park Walk on Saturday REDDING The Bureau of Reclamation's Northern California Area Office, in partnership with the CAST — Catch a Special Thrill — for Kids Foundation, will host a CAST for Kids fish- ing event at Shasta Lake on Saturday, May 21. The CAST for Kids Foun- dation is a national, non- profit organization whose goal is "to provide disabled or disadvantaged children with the opportunity to en- joy a quality outdoor recre- ational experience through the sport of fishing." The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Packers Bay Marina at Shasta Lake. Each child will receive a fishing pole, tackle box, T-shirt and other prizes and spend the morning fishing with local anglers and volunteers. A free breakfast and barbe- cue lunch will be served to participants, parents and volunteers. Pre-registration is re- quired for this event as availability is currently limited to 40 children. Reclamation is seeking boaters and anglers who wish to volunteer their time and the use of their boat, as well as volunteers for shoreline support. For more information, please contact Sheri Harral at 276-2030 (TTY 800-877- 8339) or sharral@usbr.gov. 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