Sorting

I like to sort.

Really like to sort.

And January is a great time to sort.

Sorting satisfaction is one of the reasons

I like doing picture puzzles.

Sorting means putting things together.

Sorting means separating things.

All the green things can be sorted together.

Sort the circles from the squares.

Sort socks by season:

Summer socks, winter socks.

Sort socks by length:

Ankle-high, crew length, knee-high.

Sort socks by desire.

The ones I like best go on top.

Large plates here; small plates there.

Big bowls up; small bowls down.

Knives with knives, forks with forks,

Spatulas and big spoons together.

We lay the dried beans across the table.

We sort out the stones.

Every finca in Costa Rica grows a unique bean.

It's easy for the mechanical sorter to mistake a bean-sized stone for an actual bean.

Humans perceive the difference,

And sort those stones out to protect our teeth.

I don't sort my laundry anymore.

I used to marathon my laundry at the laundromat

Waiting until I had a huge amount to do.

I have plenty of extra everything — sheets, towels, pants, shirts, headbands —

so it was rare that I did laundry more than 3-4 times a year.

That was a pile of laundry worth sorting.

But Covid ended visits to the laundromat.

Got my own machine at home now.

Do my laundry every week or two.

Too little to sort.

It all goes around together.

Soon I will sort receipts so I can do my taxes.

I've been doing that sort once a year for decades.

Thinking of sorting them as I save them.

That would be different.

What do you sort?

Where do you choose chaos?

Justine is sorting photographs.

Thousands of photographs.

Animals, people, sunrise, moonrise, scenes, and

Flowers. Flowers. Flowers.

Here is the first of a week's worth of flower quilts.

Thank you dearest dottor.

Thank you for the beauty.

In beauty, we join the giveaway dance.

In beauty, we breathe with the plants.

In beauty, our hearts beat as one with the heartbeat of the earth.

In beauty, green blessings surround us.

Gratitude for the beauty.

Gratitude for the flowers.

Joy