Henry David Thoreau
This and That Days have overtaken my life. I love them. You are probably familiar with their workings. You spend the day busy at a pace where at day's end you couldn't really list all you've done. Nor could anyone walk into your home and necessarily see exactly what has kept you so busy.
But you know. It accounts for your calmness. For you've put in a full day, yet don't feel like you dragged a steam ship through a mucky channel.
On my This and That Days I may have cleaned the hairbrushes. Washed the kitchen window. Threw away the grocery sales slips littering my car. Read a short story. Blew the dust off a book shelf. Secured that loose upholstery button on the pillow sham.
Written in my journal. Swept the duck crap off the dock. Picked the dead leaves from my plants. Read a few new poems. Scoured the coffee pot to a new clean. Gone through the fridge and thrown away all the jars of expired jams, mustards, horseradish and mayos. Planted the Moonflower seed packet that has sat on the counter for a month. Turned the calendar to the appropriate month.
Rehung the fairy windows on the big tree in the yard. Changed the sheets on the bed. Written five gratitudes for the day. Washed the rugs in the bathroom. Glued wine corks to the cork board. Fed the ducks and geese. Put a new mattress pad on a bed. Finished a Dot to Dot picture. Pulled a few weeds. Gone through the basket of papers on the desk.
You know. Stuff. Little stuff. This and That.
Which also provides fodder for this post as it is a little of this and that. RE the Double Dog Dare that ended on April 1.
You might recall my post in January regarding all the baskets, shelves, and stacks of books on my To Be Read shelf. That I'd taken on the dare to only read from those piles for three months.
You might recall my post in January regarding all the baskets, shelves, and stacks of books on my To Be Read shelf. That I'd taken on the dare to only read from those piles for three months.
I succeeded. As of April 1 I've read 15 books from those stacks. I have my To Be Read books down to one shelf and one basket. Okay, so that shelf still has 28 books on it and the basket is how big? But, hey, 15 less than before.
I even made it to March 25 before I bought any new books except for the two I needed for Book Club. Broke down late one Saturday night while perusing online. I know, shouldn't buy online, but midnight, husband asleep and too late to plow. Might as well buy a few books.
Which brings us to the next topic, The March Scavenger Hunt.
A post consisting of your interpretation of a given list whereby you take photos and then link to the Scavenger Hunt's inventor, Made with Love.
A post consisting of your interpretation of a given list whereby you take photos and then link to the Scavenger Hunt's inventor, Made with Love.
The March List - Circle, Card, Window, Art, Skyline, a favorite word, Movement, Bathroom, Car, Plate, Something you made, whatever you want.
Here is my take.
Circle
Card
Window
Art
Dirt road leading to Lake Michigan
Skyline
A Favorite Word
Take me to the water, always.
Movement
Bathroom
Waited 16 years in this house for a bath tub. Finally -- last year. I live there now.
Car
My 2003 VW. Thirteen years old. 110,000 miles. Put that top down and it becomes a truck. (My husband will cringe when he sees this. "Couldn't you have washed it first?" Wash it? Do they last longer if you do that?)
Plate
Something I Made
A mess
Okay, I needlepointed the seat for this old rocker of my grandmothers. But I did it a hundred years ago.
Whatever I Want
Still Life
No, I'm not the one who picked those bluebonnets. I just helped save them from drying up.
Hope you enjoyed this This and That post. Hope you have many a This and That days coming to you.
Happy Easter
