With the start of daylight saving, it is beginning to feel like summer is just around the corner. Time to do some spring cleaning and de-cluttering. We have so much stuff, and it would be nice to find ways to better appreciate (or get rid of) it.
One of the Big T’s Fun Ho! toys; obviously well-loved in childhood. Image: Su Leslie
Of course it’s also the time of year for evening walks, visits to the night markets and street food for dinner.
Dining al fresco; the food truck parked at Silo Park for the Friday Night Markets. Image: Su Leslie
Zimmerbitch 
Boys and their trucks – just go together.
Leslie
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Yep. Wishing you s lovely weekend Leslie.
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Wishing you a lovely weekend too Su.
Leslie
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Thanks Leslie
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🙂
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I am also struggling with the 40-year accumulation of junk. One needs to detach oneself from the emotional attachment and have the courage to sell it off, give it away or dump it. Have a great weekend, Su!
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Have you read Marie Kondo’s “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”? It talks about understanding the emotional attachment we get to things, and that can help de-clutter. I am really due to read it again 😀
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Interesting book! Is available for the Kindle reader?
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I’m not sure. I’m very old-school about liking paper books.
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I’m old enough now that I can start to pass things on to great-nephews and great-nieces so I can decipher but not feel like I’m just tossing stuff.
Every morning I wake to daylight in the early morning, I cry a little about the return of darkness when the clocks go forward tomorrow even if it does mean more daylight at the end of the day.
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I don’t even have nieces and nephews to give stuff too!!!! Know what you mean about daylight saving. I love light in the mornings.
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Nice images. I used to have a nice collection of toy trucks and bulldozers as a child. Mmmm, I like food truck food. Cheers!
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We can’t bear to part with our old toy collection 😀
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I still have my Lionel train set circa 1966.
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😀👍👍 The Big T has his Matchbox cars, still in their carry cases.
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I have read the book and have done some decluttering but still have quite a distance to go. Books are the most difficult. They seem to cling to my hands when I try to get rid of them. As for daylight savings time, I can never remember when we’re saving and when we’re not.
janet
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I liked the book, but thought she completely missed the point of books. I wondered if it’s because Japanese homes are very small and they literally don’t have space for books. 😀
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You could be right. Space for books is one of the most important things in any home we have! 🙂 The other problem is if you have lots of things that bring you joy/that you love.
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That’s so true!
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I am not a pack rat by any stretch of the imagination. Gilles and I are both pretty brutal about purging stuff … and yet it still has a miraculous way of accumulating.
We’ve recently started discussions about selling our home and moving after being here for over 25 years. Already I’m going into keep-purge mode in prep for hopefully packing in the near future. It is oddly freeing 🙂
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I have definitely started to acquire more stuff lately. Mostly old stuff that my parents are giving me, and antique-y things I just like having around.
We have been talking about selling forever and periodically purge our stuff in preparation. But somehow the move doesn’t happen. I guess the universe is telling us we aren’t quite ready.
Good luck with your big change. Do you plan to relocate, or just to a different house in the same area?
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We would be relocating – probably not within Toronto, but within the surrounding area.
What I can’t tell is whether Gilles is just humouring me and has no real intention of actually moving. Things may get interesting 😉
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Interesting indeed!!!!
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I haven’t had any lunch today and your foccacia already made me mouthwatering, now that food truck!! 😁
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Hehe. I will only say (in relation to food truck) … fish tacos 🙂
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