Another Chance

The Australian 'Spring Clean' takes place about now, even though Spring started in September. The end of the year really IS the end of the year in OZ so there is a six-week holiday for schools etc and social activities don't start again until February. So the sense of a brand new beginning is palpable.

 

CARRY ON TUESDAY 

http://carryontuesday.blogspot.com/2009/12/carry-on-tuesday-32.html

 

The line in blue

comes from

New Year's Reality Check

 by Joanna Fuchs

 

ANOTHER CHANCE!

 

Another year, another chance to start our lives anew,
A chance to straighten-up those things that now are all askew!
Is a drawer higgledy-piggledy? Is a cupboard a disgrace?
Is everything you own in some un-labelled 'other' place?
Is a shelf you labeled 'Urgent' full of items since ignored?
Is the box you saved for 'Photos' where the cotton reels are stored?
The New Year is a beacon, shining  Promise in our faces;
We know in 2010 we'll always stick to labelled places.
'For one brief shining moment' we'll be neat and organised,
But if next March finds us in a mess we shouldn't be surprised!

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A good or bad example here:

http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2009/01/fine-example.html