Lighter days

The light is so bright now and expansive, shining into those dark corners, areas forgotten during the winter and now revealed to be dusty, shabby in need of a clean. It's been a long winter, not much of a spring until today really, today is when everything seemed to be right with the world. Windows open, breezes through the house, there was a sense of urgency to get cleaning and polishing. Also got out into the garden, trimmed the box hedge, gingerly because of the birds nesting in there. Got stalked by a rat, it shot out from under the hedge and spent most of the time sulking around my feet. My mother says it's a wood rat, and there appears to be a nest of them at the bottom of the garden. Other people have fairies and we have rats!

Now I am making plans for my imminent trip to France, hoping to leave in the next two weeks. It always takes a lot of work this shift from one house to another, I would like to make a permanent move soon so I have given myself a deadline of August to make that decision.
Yes, this is a good time to lighten the load, eat lighter, lighten up, move on.