Gardening this morning, watering and enjoying the effects of decluttering plants. The cannas that I disliked next to my front porch (they always looked so ragged and they took over more and more space) are thriving at the side of the house, now beginning to bloom. A hummingbird and I were over there admiring them this morning.

I emptied out the box of sponsored cookbooks. Pillsbury, Bisquick, Schilling (McCormick to you Easterners), etc. Some have that truly classic 1960's look, like glistening copper fondue pots on the cover. Looks like kitchens designed a la Frank Lloyd Wright. A few I'll keep, but I'll poke around the advertising ephemera section at eBay for most of these.

I had two rolling three-bin plastic storage things from my Dad's house--an attractive kind of marbled looking plastic, but I didn't need two side by side, so I took the wheels off the second and stacked it on the first. I used the one in the kitchen for my boxes and bins of tea, and it was packed full to overflowing. It might look a little odd for now, it might compel me to rethink how I store tea and spices. Maybe I need a taller shallow shelf (like the one I built in the front room that now holds VCR tapes and DVD movies).

Friday--and the possibility of making enough progress around the house this weekend that it won't be embarrassing to have the neighbors in! Perhaps I will reach that short-term June goal!

SRS