Still Working
It was another dull day with little sunshine and lots of chilly air. I decided to keep working! In the afternoon I went into the garage again and cleaned out debris from the south wall by the freezer. I can't help asking, "Why did he keep that?" Maybe some of thos things were good when he piled them there, but they have been piled in a heap for over 30 years and now anything that was good to begin with is rotten and horrible. I have another really big pile of debris pulled out and piled by the side of the driveway in preparation for the Thursday trash pick up.
Then for a break, I went to the neighbor's place which has been empty for about 3 years now. I pulled the old dead growth and leaves out of the beautiful tulip bed. There are also some purple hyacinths growing there. I like the place to look like someone is taking some care of it and it's not totally abandoned. The tulips are a beautiful red and the deer didn't get any of them! Many of my tulips have deer bites taken out of them but they did leave me some. I like looking down at my neighbor's tulips now. They show up so well without the old growth cluttering around them.
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at 4/25/2006 6:40:17 AM- Brenda, I haven't always made such progress and even now if you'd see how much there is still here to do, you'd see that I must make this effort now. Actually, I have felt driven to get a handle on this stuff and it's been really hard work. Apparently I didn't make it clear about my neighbor's tulips. Phina died three years ago and the house has been empty since. I like to try to keep it looking like it's being cared for, so I do some of the yard work when I can. I think of it as part of my civic duty. Wait till you read my next blog about the tulips. Sigh.
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Nancy, I should read your blog every morning for your energizing inspiration. I told a friend today that I feel like I have been treading water ever since my husband died last July. Always busy but never seeming to get anywhere. Lately, the treading water doesn't seem to be keeping my head above the water. I stop to rest and have a hard time finding the energy to start again. I'm drowning in clutter. I just find so many things that I can't quite decide what to do with - so they just get moved from one pile of clutter to a different pile. It makes me feel better to know that you are making progress - two boxes of wood to the trash, burning for a whole day, items auctioned -- and even weeded your neighbors tulips! Wish you were my neighbor :) (My tulips are fine but I'm sure you would be a great inspiration for my de-clutter attempts)