“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering ‘it will be happier’…”
―Alfred Lord Tennyson
January 1, 2023, and another beautiful summer day here in New Zealand/Aotearoa – the land of the long white cloud.
Much of yesterday was spent sorting and tidying cupboards and drawers. I think those years spent in Scotland had a bigger impact on me than I realised. It is a tradition in Scotland for houses to be cleaned, polished, and tidied before the New Year comes in, and so this is what was occupying my time yesterday.
Then today, my daughter decided that we would tidy the cupboard in our shared laundry. This, of course, set off another round of attacking those cupboards and drawers that hadn’t been attacked yesterday.
After this flurry of work, I decided that I would have a cup of coffee sitting in this sunshine and enjoying this place…
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I choose how I will spend the rest of my life 