Sweet no things

As we leave behind us the season of excess

and are taken once more by the gentle hands

of Reason and Restraint,

we talk earnestly of decluttering and simplifying our lives.

This is a sincere goal but a difficult one to attain.

Wanting is like an itch. 

Scratching is irresistible but only makes the itch worse.

I think I may have found a soothing balm for our acquisitive yearnings.

Suppress that urge with virtual possessions.

They are free.

They are the loveliest things.

And they never need dusting.

Here is my first new no thing,

I found it in Beth Chatto's Garden Notebook.

...a little pewter jug filled with snowdrops...

In the warmth of the room the snow-white petals have opened over prim,

closely-folded petals,

each bearing a green heart-shaped mark

at the tip.