The wonders of a clean house

A friend of a friend has a new house cleaning business. Another friend uses them often. I looked at my sad surroundings and called for a first time cleaning.  Since it's only a one bedroom apartment, I got a deal that I hope they are happy with, and I sure am.

So now all my wood surfaces have been Murphy's Oiled...a well as dusted. I've got a desk that says, come work here, I'm neat and tidy and clean. I am not taking the laptop off the dining room table yet though...because when I sit here I'm able to see everything outside. I get my nature fix by opening windows wide to the 68 degree air and rain falling gently.

But oh the Maples! They're dancing hither and yon.  I can see up to the tops from inside (here at the second story level of these giants.  They have multiple trunks...each of them. A strange version of maples to me, but they seem to do alright. I think I've got 4 right outside. There's the schussing of upper leaves and then the slow murmur of the lower ones, and just a hint of sway from all those uprights.

I'm grateful that my stimulus check allowed me to have house cleaners this one time.  While I was getting more and more sick, I was doing less and less. And this woman and her daughter knew just how to make things right again. I now will enjoy my home, where of course I'm mostly isolated!

And by comparison...

Quote for today:
Present time can be hard, but life unfolds as it will and the universe will wait as we make our way into the unknown. 
Madisyn Taylor