Sweeping away old ideas, projects & such

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Pansies 2025

 Spring. It is a good season to sweep out cobwebs. Having old ideas and such drag on from year to year may not move any dials but, they can clutter pathways. 

I decided to take whale watching off my things to do. If a boat I might be on isn’t bigger than the ocean creature, then there’s no reason for me to go looking for it. 

All I have said, I post once again, in a mood swing moment about if I win the lottery top jackpot, are void. That swimming pool will not happen. 

Moving to Europe, buying forest land in Scotland, a cottage in Ireland, are off my dream list.  My income will never reach high enough to finance my dreams. 

A zip line ride is a folly I will no longer consider. I would, however, ride (again) the Coney Island roller coaster. The salsa factory and clothing line will continue in my dreams  for someday. The jewelry design company will not. Learning to fly a helicopter will continue. 

New dreams are in order. 

Ripples, Color, Candy & Creativity

What was I thing still life
digital photo

 What’s next to ripple to shore in the Spring pond of possibilities? 

I toss in pebbles of creativity, pastel colors, and, Easter candy. 

You know how your eyes do a  formula 1 connect to something your brain locks on? The Mine beam!? Hungry look beam! I keep taking mental snap shots of the store Easter candy displays. I’m suspicious of why that is happening because I’m keen in decreasing my sugar intake.  It is reason to increase my candy resistance. 

Pastel colors sing Spring to me. Every year I browse online for pastel sandals and flats. Rarely do I find a pair in any shade at a good price. I did find a pastel blue pair, but my size is out of stock. I will continue to look anyway. 

Creativity. Engaging in the use of hands to make things is, I believe, important to brain health. Today though, overcast and dreary, holding a book will have to do. 

Seedling Second Leaves

Curly Parsley
Adorable 2nd leaves!

 

Sorting Old Folders

After a major clear out project, I was left with two things, not enough out the door, and, areas (of stuff). Downsizing the areas will put more things out the door. 

This is one of those posts that between scheduling and posting, lost its value. Thus, a deep delete with a sort of start over. 

Sorting the folders I removed from the file cabinet I gave away, old memories fly out. Most of them I remember. A few I had to think about. One project has been in my notes for well over 20 years. There are pages of notes. 

Guess for a second what it is.

Ready? 

Holiday ornaments! I have been wanting and planning to make holiday ornaments and cards for years.  

One of the impediments is the paperwork, registrations, taxes, and such. For a very small craft business, there is no easy way to set up. 

Vermont has a business portal to help folks. Right off I meet a major problem. In order to receive a start your business check list, the type isn’t found on their list. Soybean Farm is not my goal. The point is, there is a lot of reading to do of material made more complicated than it should be. 

Want to make a difference? Research how your state is set up for a small at home business. If you discover a need for improvement, then contact your local legislators. 

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From the old folders

Worcester Mountains Vermont
5x7 inch watercolor

Plant on table, corner over from my work desk
with a view of Lake Champlain (right window)
Skiff Hall, Champlain College circa 1993
(finished Liberal Arts Associates degree 1995)

Backgrounds for greeting cards

Day 72 of Week 11 March 2026

Almost Spring

What’s been going on out there in blog land? Being away this week under a stressful situation, returning feels like arriving home from a vacation I don’t remember taking. 

Our emotion reserves have a personality that fits the cuteness of a dog with its face out the vehicle window joyfully breathing in all the glory life has to offer. Ah, if we could be chill as a happy pet. 

My week has been interesting in that my approach to the stress was different. One tool is to pick one task and get it done. There are no dishes in my sink, (of note). A small file cabinet will have a new home. I’m enjoying going through the folders stored in it (that I see maybe once a year). I repaired most of the vintage lap quilt cover. (a fabric section from the 1940s added to a 1990s section.) I pushed through an anxiety surge to go out to lunch with a friend. 

How has your week been?