collections

It is time to think about Spring cleaning,
lifting the layers of winter dust,
uncluttering the clutter,
out with the stale, in with the fresh Spring air.




They say our homes are an extension of ourselves,
looking around this old house, I see

the still hands of the cypress clock,
seashells from Florida, posters from vacation,
collections of books, coins, mugs, cobwebs




school yearbooks, half finished craft projects,
quilts, bears, boxes and albums filled with pictures,
files of paper, dust, record albums, movies, souvenirs




photos on dusty shelves of dead relatives,
pictures of prom, homecoming, families, babies,
walls filled with handmade treasures


Material possessions just waiting for the next generation.

You know what else they say - you can't take it with you...

You don’t bring nothing with you here
And you can’t take nothing back
I ain’t never seen a hearse
with a luggage rack
~lyrics by George Strait


~inspiration for Spring cleaning - a great list of 56 things you can toss out now

~disclaimer - the list is real, stuff actually seen here at the house, the photos were taken July 2007 at Mentone Springs Hotel, Alabama