rainy day blues

It's raining today (not very hard at the moment) so I thought these pictures, that I took the other day when the sun was shining, would add a bit of cheer to this entry. The daffodils (the minature kind) bloom right beside my front steps. The are sheltered there and are the very first of my flowers to bloom in the spring. The pansies are some I just purchased the other day. I usually don't buy pansies in the spring because they only last until the weather gets hot - usually in May. The love the cold, but hate the heat. However, I yearned for more color out front, so indulged in a few. I have some in the pots on the steps also. They will look much more impressive in a few weeks. By the time the hot season comes, I will have other flowers and won't mind too much discarding the pansies. By next week, I might have a photo of my flowering plum tree to post. All it needs is a couple of warm, sunny days to reach full bloom.

Here (below) is one other photo - something of a joke. This is the closet where I will keep fabric and other sewing things. The saggy white shelves used to hold books - several hundred of them. That's why the shelves are sagging. A few days ago, I finally cleared out those books - discarding about 100 of them and moving the remainder to the basement 'library'. I found some things in that closet that I didn't know I still had, including two hats from the military school my son attended in the '80s. I was also keeping a pile of sheet music from the various musical groups I have sung with. Most of that I threw away, although I kept a few classics. Also in the closet were yearbooks from high school and college. Those I will keep, though I don't really know why. Maybe the grandkids will enjoy looking at the hair and clothing styles from long ago. And yes, that is a guitar case on the left side of the photo. I used to play guitar, back in the 70s and 80s. Never got very good at it, just strummed chords to go along with folk music. I can't bear to part with the instrument, although I no longer play.