I think I got it all.

Is it our frugal German heritage?
Is it being an economist and/or being "green" and exhausting a "resource" before discarding the packaging?
Perhaps some combination of "All of the above"?

Photographed with point-and-shoot in the foldio.

1 year ago (“Agave potatorum (this time in color)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-03-03
2 years ago (“Venturing forth”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-03-03
3 years ago (“Desperation in color”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-03
4 years ago (“Saint Bernadette Catholic Church, Indianapolis”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-03
5 years ago (“‘Shrink-wrapped’ (in sunshine)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-03

[ DSCN9770S9x12Atm :: P&S :: foldio ]

[Joanna kate]

We put a bulldog clip on ours... Except at the very end.. Squeeze and get it on the toothbrush. Relax and it goes back in again. A lot of mucking about for that end bit

[Jane Anderson]

I think it's being reared by parents whose formative years were during the Great Depression. “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”

[Thom Mitchell]

@joannakate "Relax and it goes back in again" indeed!! Perfectly said, Joanna!!

What you call bulldog clips are probably what we call "binder clips." One of the things I really enjoy about 365 is learning the language differences between the US, UK and Australia! And although it's unfair that I regularly go to a greenhouse ("glass house"?) where I photograph things that don't naturally grow in this region, I enjoy seeing what flora and fauna are native to your part of the world!