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in order to be Totally Impressed, you would need to compare these two pics with the ones from yesterday.  Otherwise, it still doesn't look "lovely" at all.  But in reality, this is 3 constant hours of sorting,  and dusting away inches of the earth that Wind set on the shelves.    and on everything ON the shelves.  i sorted screws, nails, bolts, washers etc etc etc out of that dust and into dusty jars.  but at least now, they are not all just in heaps.  

behind the first pic is the small place where the new kids will spend the nights.  in it still is the  fold up metal bed frame, the Fan, and two garbage cans with alfalfa scraps.  these need consideration for place during the next few months.  i think the alfalfa will just be added to the Giant Great Compost bed.  turned under.  The wooden shelf on the left is really quite nice.  again, Dusty, but nice.  i think i'll see if Marti wants it for her new garage in Albuquerque.    it's a great shelf.  but the truth is, the more shelves i have, the more shelves i FILL.  working toward a Spartan environment out there, this one can Go.

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and here is everything that can GO.  like , AWAY.  some is for the Thrift Shop, some the dump.  in the next day or two i'll load it all in Sunny and deliver it.

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FOR ALL OF US,  who are mothers, have a mother, have had a mother, will mother, want to mother,  are worn out of mothering, ad infinitum, ….a Wild Rose Bud,  incorrigable, wildly beautyfull and well…what it is.    After a few years of feeling very Mother~y  this year i am back to feeling just my Self.  Both are good.  So to all of Us, Happy Mother's day and Happy Self day.

Love, me

 

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  1. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Woah GRACE! What a mothering your space has had!!! I know exactly that three hours of constant sorting, eliminating and ordering and am thinking you couldn’t have spent it better. I twidled my own day away except for one small planting, but it was good, very good…and now it[‘s done…day that is. Thank you for the wild and wonderful rose.

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  2. grace Forrest Avatar

    if i was Queen of the World, i would change it to
    Happy Just Going Day.
    because that’s exactly what it IS, to me, i think.
    and yes. the sorting, eliminating and ordering is so
    GRAND. and how there is the Possibility of Finding Things
    now. how great is That?????
    i have been grieving the changes in the one gallon plastic gas cans and Lo and Behold…i have TWO of the old kind.
    TWO! so one for me and one for the Thrift Shop. Perfect.
    Dumb stuff like this makes me very happy.

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  3. ateliertovke@yahoo.com Avatar

    space grace
    space
    what a beautuful phrase in honoring women…you are soso thoughtful by naming all kinds of (non)mothers
    lovelovelove you

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  4. patricia Avatar

    oh, the ongoing challenge of keeping tools a-ranged so you know where to find them–and the sorting of nails, screws, nuts, bolts–always found that so rewarding. still do. dumpster diver that i am, i’m eyeballing your pile of giveaways and wishing i could swoop down and grab a few things! well done.

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  5. Julie Avatar
    Julie

    I love your day…this is my favorite thing to do, so much so that I seriously looked into becoming a professional organizer. But then you have to be part therapist, gently negotiating people’s attachment to stuff and that didntseem fun to me.
    And I love your mothers day greeting, yes, finding that self buried beneath the mother is like finding a long kost best friend, No, it isnt LIKE that, itis that.

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  6. Julie Avatar
    Julie

    long lost friend, damn ipad

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  7. Julie Avatar
    Julie

    what changes in the gallon jugs?

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  8. jude Avatar

    funny how we fill space while we are just going.

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  9. elizabeth fortes Avatar
    elizabeth fortes

    impressive changes ,Grace!
    Your pictures are more and more beautiful, everyday!
    And the rose bud! Thanks, as I’ve had a mother, too. Let’s Keep Going!
    love e.

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  10. Mo Crow Avatar

    the things we do for love!

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  11. saskia Avatar

    73 days already, time, where does time go?
    organizing and muddling up and organizing all over again and to just keep on going, it’s about all we can do, really, dear Grace happy every day

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  12. Minka Avatar

    Amen. As a childless woman. Thank you.

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  13. Minka Avatar

    I can see the difference and I’m impressed. I have some major cleaning in my retirement…..soon soon soon.

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  14. Valerianna Avatar

    Happy Being You Day, Grace… and boy, you got a lot done! I have the old studio to start sorting sometime soon-ish… that will need loads of energy and ruthless letting go initiative.
    (ps cold enough for a fire tonight, frost warnings…. yikes!)

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    they have these new tops that are supposed to be SAFE
    and really, they make them impossible to use

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar

    Yvette…a very large part of ME is a “(non)mother”.
    love love and love YOU

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar

    i also have an Inside tool box. it’s the little things…
    the nails screws etc. not all in that pile is to go, really, like the jig saw and circular saw. but, the rest….
    Sydney and Talulah just came by and picked out some of it.

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  18. grace Forrest Avatar

    we will talk about that long lost one.

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  19. grace Forrest Avatar

    it just needs attention now and then.

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  20. grace Forrest Avatar

    e…yes. there’s no other choice, really, is there.
    LOVE,

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  21. grace Forrest Avatar

    i’ve done too many of them

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  22. grace Forrest Avatar

    Yes. that’s what i am looking for…Happy Everyday.

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  23. grace Forrest Avatar

    lots to say about this comment of yours…and the others…

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  24. grace Forrest Avatar

    LOVE the word….ruthless. oh, RUTHLESS.
    I want to feel Ruthless, then BE ruthless.
    oh….just LOVE that word….THANK YOU!!!!
    well…just burn the fire…………

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  25. handstories Avatar

    oh, the piles that surround me, some of them even made it into Moon’s map of our house drawing last week….yesterday was the first time i ever thought, “what a ridiculous holiday”. all i wanted was some quiet & time to get some work done & a little stitching,( which did happen), but i want these things every day. love the incorrigable rose. x

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  26. grace Forrest Avatar

    Maybe we can talk about these exact feelings in the days
    to come. i have a lot of thoughts/feelings about it all
    and it is IMPORTANT. it’s not whining. it’s IMPORTANT.
    yeah…that rose…..just keeps Going….

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