6/30: reclaiming the floor and more

The floor in my home office had become unmanageable:  I had piles of stuff from school, from the conference I went to earlier this month, from my picturebook course, and from my article revisions.  Then the piles collapsed into one another and I let the chaos spread to my desk.  Over the past week I've just been dipping into my office when necessary and then bringing whatever I needed to a large table in the  main room to work on.  Today I sorted and cleared.  I now have both a functional floor and a useable desk.

And here's another good thing from the day:  a sighting of this highly articulated creature on our deck.