The ultimate in decluttering

Thought you might enjoy a pretty picture to start.

Find out for yourself what are the possessions and ideals that you do not desire.  By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there.

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Perched

Now that we’re settling into a rainy, windy period for the next few days, I feel as though I can slow down and get caught up with myself, with friends, with family, with blogs, and with the world.  Well, maybe not the world.  I am taking a break from the news as it is agitating me to no end to keep hearing about the thuggish behavior of some members of Congress.  (I just deleted a rant.  You’re welcome.)

The Pavilion 18 July 2013

Remember the mess in the Pavilion?  I wish I’d taken a few photos just before our man Jamie and his partner came by to clean it up.  The piles of trash grew and grew since this photo (and the next) were taken.

18 July 2013

And then one day, Jamie the Junk Man and Helper came as scheduled and things changed.  They brought this:

Heavy equipment for a big job

And loaded everything into this:

Jamie and Helper separated out the metal and whatever could be recycled.  They also put aside things they wanted to salvage for whatever reason.

It took all of one day, and a few hours the next day to empty the Pavilion.

There was a lot of this.

All in all, as I mentioned yesterday, they hauled away 5 tons (TONS!!) of trash.

And this.

When all was said and done, we ended up with this:

This building was once filled with trash.  Now it houses garden tools and the lawn mower.

And this:

Much better!

We kept a few items such as the Crafts sign and the chandelier you see above, as well as these things:

Tractor, barrels, etc.

It took M almost a week after Jamie and his man left to rake up all the bits and pieces of plastic.  Some are so small that it’s not likely we’ll get it all up, but we have a bucket out there now so that whenever one of us happens to go by, we can pick up some of the fragments of plastic and maybe, in time, we’ll get most of it up.

Let’s end on something pretty.

That, my friends, is the latest on the renovations and changes taking place here at the Wabi-Sabi Ranch.  Thank you so much for stopping by to have a look.  Volunteers are welcome.  Just let me know when you’ll be here, and we’ll gladly schedule some work time for you.  I’m kidding, of course.  I would never put my guests to work (unless it was something they passionately yearned to do).  I do wish we knew of some artists in the area who might be interested in repurposing some of the stuff we’ve found.  For now, I look on those items as sculptures scattered around the property.

Living art

Be good, be kind, be loving.  Just Be.  🙂