Exploring the Attic


We don’t have an attic or a basement here in Northwest FL. When I see a movie where young kids go up into the attic and find neat stuff I wish we had an attic.. I’m finding that the process of filling the storage area of the shed and even cleaning out the yard from my 30 years of mismanagement has been similar to exploring an attic.


Each day I’ve been finding things that were tucked away years ago and forgotten. Tools, electronic gadgets, books, old letters and more keep showing up. I even discovered that I had a bunch of fence slats buried under some wood I had beside the house.


I also disturbed a number of lizards, a couple toads and a whole colony of ants that were living in the wood. Within minutes of my scattering the ants all sorts of birds showed up to feast on them. How did they know they were there? Another bird mystery for me to solve.

After 3 days of yard work I am finally ready to lay out the sprinkler system on the lawn and start digging trenches.


The only unexplored storage left in the house now are the garage lofts and closet shelves. Who knows what will be found there? That's where all of Karen and Christy's old school papers are.