Well, gals, we’re beginning fall cleaning today. We’ve been away for a lot of the summer, camping and sailing.

Anytime we’ve come home, it’s pretty much been to dump a bunch of stuff all over and take off again. Not a recipe for a useful, pleasant home environment. So, homeschooling is being postponed at least a week while we straighten out this chaos. There are a lot of cobwebs, a lot of dust and a lot of misplaced items to get through.

What amazes me is how the kids pitch in and think it’s fun, as long as I’m doing stuff. I went to scrub down the cupboards (ew, greasy fingerprint layers, food splatters from my little cooks). Next thing I know, the girls want to help because it’s what mom’s doing.

Excellent. I think I’m going to use their gullibility for nefarious housekeeping purposes.

Here’s our place (not an autumn shot, obviously). Anybody else want to give an idea of what their corner of the world looks like?