Spring cleaning

Whether it's shaking off the winter doldrums or preparing for the Easter season or simply the annual explosion of my compulsion to be neat and tidy, every year I go through some sort of spring cleaning.

My efforts are usually parceled out over a month or more and involve a random smattering of procrastinated yard work (who rakes leaves in the fall?!), reorganizing closets and dressers, rearranging furniture and lots and lots of washing. I wash windows, floors, baseboards, rugs, slipcovers, curtains, table linens... well, you get the idea.

All my trips to the washing machine finally stirred Madeline's interest and she had to check out what was going on...