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Remember when padded envelopes used to be filled with the fuzzy stuff? That was kapok. It was also used as packing material. This is where it comes from!
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What a weird tree. Put this one under “oddballs”!
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Actually, Marilyn, I was going to. Then the Sunday Trees prompt came in and I switched categories.. Guess it could go under both.
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It certainly could qualify for both!! 🙂
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Jackets and duvets …
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I remember kapok mattresses and pillows. Lumpy
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We never had them but I think my grandma did and I certainly remember those envelopes and packing sheets with brown paper on the outside and kapok inside.
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I never knew that before. I was going to say it looks like cotton. 😀
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Kapok Tree? You have Kapok trees where your are? I grew up with Kapok … my baby bolster, my childhood mattress, the sofa cushions … I used to help mum stuff Kapok into pillows when they got flat & out of shape. I miss those stiff Kapok (heavy as hell) mattresses, excellent for sore backs.
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I know… I think my grandmother had them, too. Heavy and the “stuffing” would work itself into the corners and edges so you had to work it back to the middle.
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Yes, it folds around you and becomes your personal cocoon. I just love those mattresses & so do pets. 😀
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So now I know the name of those trees, many thanks…. Lell
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There are also faux kapok trees along the Carretera called silk floss trees, but these are the real thing, I believe. The silk floss tree fibers can be used in much the same way as the kapok. The trees in these pictures are across from the theater on Rio Bravo.
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This gives me a new tidbit of information! Thank you for sharing!
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I’ve learned so much from comments that I am pleased to be on the telling side for once. I love information gained in a serendipitous manner!
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