The weather report said rain.

The sun came out at noon and never went away.

This is how I felt!

Spring sun .... this is a good thing!

Phlox April 24

Shasta Daisy April 24

 

 

 

Spring Cleaning Treasure

In my house, where clutter (my clutter...) is a constant, there is also the continuing battle to clear it out.  Spring cleaning is a motivating factor and more piles disappear than at any time.  Spring cleaning is also the time to get into the boxes in the basement storage closets, so once again I can ask myself the questions: Where did all of this stuff come from and did I actually buy this?

Most of the time, the items in the boxes are not very exciting.  Picture frames without pictures, candles that wait for wicks to be lit, vases just yearning for flowers; those kind of things.

But this morning, I found an old address book, one that I had not seen in many, many years.  I couldn't remember when I used it, where I used it.  I realized when I saw some of the entries that it was 22 years ago - 1991 - when I was adding names and phone numbers.  No emails -- too early for that.  No websites -- hardly a blip on anyone's radar at that time. Fax numbers, though.  I think people still use faxes, right?

Looking through it, I discovered that there were some people I couldn't recall knowing at all, even as I wondered what happened to the people I remembered.  There were a few people I was still in contact with, mostly through social media, but where was everyone else?  Where had their lives taken them?

It hit me.  I would take my new treasure and see who I could find in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google.  It's Friday afternoon and too nice to get to that now.  But it's on my agenda and could be great fun. 

I'll keep you posted.

Happy Spring Cleaning!