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Using the broom- corona times

Gathering dust and litter - any suggestion? "Brooming" is a good exercise- bending, squatting, moving from side to side- a welcome athletic excercise during Corona shut down. But over the shoulder performance appraisal while "brooming" paints a poor picture. The home is always in shut down - windows tightly shut to prevent summer heat. So no entry for dry leaves, dried flower petals or broken twigs. Nobody goes anywhere and no visitors. So no scope for footwear delivered dust or grime. And what is the measure of good "brooming" performance? A pile of dust, bits of paper and " tangled spring coils" ( you can guess where they come from ) of a normal day brooming output . Despite intense effort, I fall very short of 'target quantity' whenever I undertake brooming activity. I had half a mind to take some soil from a flower pot and sprinkle it to make the "target quantity". I do not want to do...