Creature comforts!

Yesterday's visitor - with bird feeders empty around the garden, this little guy 

brought his own toadstool for breakfast!

No time to play here today - lots to get done around the cottage whilst my dear 

husband continues to enjoy his birthday (yesterday) in New Hampshire 

with his older brother. They love to meet up in their hometown over the Fourth 

for the three B's - baseball/beer/beef - none of which are on my list of favorites,

or my sister-in-law's come to think of it. So, we allow them be 'boys' again for a 

few days a year, haha!

Meanwhile, I'm using this time to start downsizing. 

We are not moving, although I could do that quite easily if the 'three B's' guy 

was in agreement. I am definitely not a minimalist, and at the rate I've been

collecting things over these past years I could become a hoarder, dreadful 
thought, if I don't start sorting through stuff right now.  So time has come to 
devoid myself, the cottage, and hopefully my husband, of all the extraneous 
'stuff' which is now cluttering up our golden years. 
Wish me luck please.
Any tips would be helpful - how many white side plates do two 
people really need anyway?