Playhouse Revival, The Clean Out

Winter is over, which for Minnesota in April all that really means is the snow is melted and Spring yard work can start.

Last year that wasn't possible till the middle of May, so I do feel a bit ahead of the game this spring.

Outdoor messes have to be cleaned up before tackling any other projects, because you know the saying - gotta make hay when the sun shines.  Or something like that.

Speaking of hay....these long packages arrived by my mudroom door last week.

They will be going inside the play-house-turned-potting-shed-turning-back-into-playhouse.

Clementine and Clyde.  Or is it Clyde and Clementine?  I don't know, they both quack and crap.

But first the shed-house (notice I cleaned up my noun there) needs to be sanitized from 10 years of neglect and storing winter hay for the crapping quackers.

Upon seeing that beautiful interior sight, the conversation with a certain 4 year old went like this;

Me, all excited:  "Come see the playhouse all cleaned out, won't this be fun to play with your kitchen in?".

Underwhelmed 4 year old:  "oh".

She did ask me if I was going to sweep it.  (More than that darling, more than that!)  

I told her it will be getting some new curtains to match her play kitchen.

But I'm not so sure she has confidence in my window curtain ability right now.

This is what is hanging in the breakfast nook....

My version of decorating with canning jars.

Why?

At dinner - with no leaves yet on the trees - the sun shines directly in my eyes.

Thanks to my husband the evening sun is not a problem right now.

Subscribe, Bliss Ranch arrives magically!