Sunday chores

Finally we get a day of glorious spring sunshine, and Mrs. Ottawacker rallies her weary troops to do some cleaning. 

Ottawacker Jr. is always keen to do some hoovering - and so away he goes, sucking up the cat litter and hair, the dust bunnies, the scraps of paper.

It always astounds me how much sunshine affects my mood. I woke up sick, stomach flu, and spent much of the morning in bed. Yet I get up, sit outside in the garden, and with five minutes I am fine. It lifts the spirit, lightens the soul.