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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

March...in like a lamb...


I'm referring to the weather of course, not issuing orders to a class of method actors...


Just to clear up a few loose ends of February's de-cluttering exercise, I show you one last photo. I had a radical clear out of the small oak chest of drawers you see here. The top two drawers were full of cassette tapes dating back as far as the '70s. The third drawer is home to telephone directories, gloves and the two Valentine creations that have been brought out each year at the appropriate moment for a great part of our married life. The bottom drawer serves as one of the many glory holes in this house. In particular this one is devoted to crippled and redundant spectacles. I amassed a goodly pile of things to relocate on a nearby table, then continued to make vague flourishes with a duster on the rest of the room and other points East. Later in the day I returned, camera in hand, to record the results of my turf-out. This was all that remained. A few tapes, a broken cassette case, a small cardboard box that had once contained chocolates and a birth announcement, half a dozen assorted feathers, one curtain hook, and a music bleater removed from a birthday card. Bossman had claimed the greater part of the tapes and relocated them to his den downstairs. The collection of spectacles and broken bits and pieces had been deemed necessary to effect repairs and taken to the garage. Shortly after I took this photograph, the Berlitz Spanish Course went ta-tas....I give up...
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5 comments:

  1. Way to go, Jo Now can you fly over and help me unload some of my clutter?

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  2. I would love to come over, Faye, but I suspect that I would probably find a home here for all your cast-outs!

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  3. Hello again,

    I am assuming that Spring Clean fever sets in earlier in Spain, because of the climate.

    I have felt absolutely no stirrings yet. With a bit of luck they will bypass me altogether.

    BTW, I was very impressed by the alacrity with which you laid your hands on the relevant info regarding my ladybird doubts.

    Your filing system is obviously as tidy as your house.

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  4. My house is in serious danger of being featured in a Channel 4 documentary on compulsive hoarding. I do usually know where to locate things, but on this occasion, Google was my friendin my search for the whys and wherefores of ladybirds.

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  5. I just found your site today as you had replied to a stamping blogger. You have inspired me to clear 10 items a day too. I keep old bottles of shampoo that I will never finish as I always want the new stuff. I loved reading all about you. I am following close behind you but I have not let my hair go visibly grey yet!!
    I am from England originally but have been in California for 30 years. I flew to Alicante once many many years ago.

    See you in the blog. Pat

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