A place for everything
And everything in it’s place
If I could pick a phrase of Mum’s to sing about housework
This would be it
And I never quite got it right because I was a gatherer of things
Like
Clothes
Books
Nick Nacks
Oh my goodness was I a nick nack fanatic as a child!
It continued right up to my mid thirties I would say
After which I began to shed nick nackery like a chook malting feathers
I despised it all
As dust collectors
only for fools
(Except the books
Could never toss the books
Never will!)
Now a little has crept back
But only the artful
The beautiful
The useful
The bits that spark intense happiness when I see them
Like the tiny 2cm high beautifully rendered rooster which I recently bought to welcome the year of the Rooster into our home
Placed just so
So I can see him
and every time I do so
I smile
A reminder of a morning spent shopping at the markets with my husband, our jokes and laughter
A delicious meal and amazing views we shared together
all rolled into one
tiny
beautifully wrought
little bird
which cannot say a word
but which speaks to me of priceless things
every time I glance at it
So that sort of thing
has crept back in
I have finished the ultimate tidying book which I spoke about (in the link.)
My abode is clear
of clutter
Or mostly so
It will ever be a work in progress
The funny thing is
When you tidy to keep only that which you absolutely love
The mess disappears
and Mum’s housework phrase
makes sense
A place for everything
and everything in it’s place
Mum
You wouldn’t recognise your cluttering daughter’s space
And I can just feel your eyes smiling
and nodding
Well done Kathryn Anne
You finally got it!
The purpose of a home is not to fill it with stuff
but to grace it
with only that which you love
And nothing more
So that it becomes a store house
of all that we hold precious
So that when we close the door
we are in our house made of beautiful memories
and nothing more
A sanctuary
and
not
one
thing
more
Have a great day people, I’m hoping that the fresh breeze of a loving change is blowing through the world the same way it is blowing through my lovely clean windows! A nice thought to say the least.
🌈✨❤️🦅💫😊
