It seems that when the buds start to unfurl themselves, and the breezes are fresh and newly warm, I just can't keep myself inside. The house seems stuffy and stale, and just outside is fresh air, and new life bursting up where there once was none.
Maybe that staleness on the inside of our homes after a long winter is why homemakers everywhere spend time in the spring cleaning out the cobwebs and freshening their homes. I have read that originally spring cleaning was designed to remove the soot that accumulated inside the home over a long winter of cooking and heating with wood. I even thought I could use that as an excuse to skip the spring cleaning. However, it is spring, and my house really could use a good freshening and cleaning!
That just adds to my long list of stuff that needs to be done around here, thereby stressing me out, when all I really want to do is get outdoors and watch spring bring the sleeping earth alive.
I love spring...and I love spring cleaning; just not at the same time.
DMC
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