wisdom that fits my season of life

"The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do more, and you are not yet decrepit enough to turn them down." 

-T.S. Eliot

"People have to know what relaxes them, and not feel guilty about using a piece of time when it is necessary for them, or when they do not use it exactly as somebody else would."

-Edith Schaeffer

I have been outside more this week because of the lovely spring-like weather...before the cold arrives again this weekend. It is that time of "spring tickling".

Anyway, just like Andrea I have been pruning back bushes in my yard, especially the hydrangea and butterfly bushes. My Lenton Roses are blooming, fuchsia and white lovelies. 

Also, since I am such of fan of healthy eating, I am enjoying Andrea's food buying reports on her blog.

Home front News: 

*I finished sewing Breanna's dress. Good thing since the dance is this Saturday night.

*I am beginning my thorough "spring" cleaning of room by room. Usually this will take me several weeks to complete. Fun fact, I enjoy housecleaning. But these days of all the children being out of the home I now do all housecleaning alone, especially the deeper cleanings, therefore, I take my time and do not stress it.

*My own book reading challenge of 2025 has kept me reading at random times during the day. David Copperfield is a wonderful novel; I know why Dickens deemed it "his favorite child" and "best" of his novels. I am also reading ABC Murders by Agatha Christie and as my local  library only had the large print version, I believe I might be enjoying reading this mystery even more so!