Isn't it astonishing what you can find on forgotten shelves like that? I've evicted some really really old (but not collectible old) spices and such that way. And when you look at the medicine cabinet after a long time, it can be a real eye-opener, what has been sitting there getting old (and did you not buy a new bottle of whatever because you know you have a perfectly good one at home). Updating is not only good, it can be healthy.

I took a quick spin around the back yard to see what needs doing back there. Police the grounds and mowing, but I am pleased to report that the Japanese flowering quince thinks it is spring already--it is covered with buds.

SRS