I collect vintage children’s book. This is a big thick one with many litographs (or etchings) from 1894. It’s not in the best of shape, but so neat to look at! Beautiful art work too!
May30
Category Archives: books
May9
Stinkin’ chilly
Don’t ya hate when the temps go from 72 to 52? We ended up getting the rain and got a good dose, not as much as was forecasted. It was enough to ‘uproot’ two of my metal plants stands causing the newly planted pots to go spilling out. I didn’t do any gardening, just investigating different things. Lots of seeds are coming up-Rose Campion (yeah Zoey), lettuce, zinnias and marigolds. I did get a Canna lily for my in ground little pond. I didn’t know they could be used as such.
Sean was kind enough to drive me to a book sale in a barn (I was kind enough to make him a big spaghetti dinner) and I got a small selection of mostly cookbooks (like I need them). I have to get serious about my book collection-I got a book on decluttering too! ; )
BTW, decided to save up for an Amazon.com contraption-the Kindle! I do a little selling on eBay and have a little toward it. I like that you can take it anywhere and have something that only weighs 10 oz too!
We finished watching Juno, which was a cute movie. I can see why both Ellen Page (Juno) was nominated for an Oscar and the screenwriter Diablo Cody winning it.
Stripper turned award winning screenwriter
I have to switch my winter clothes to summer. Sean tossed a few Space Bags out of the attic. I don’t think he gave me all of them. I usually have a bag for Goodwill in the room as I need to downsize clothes too.
Bro #2 is bothering my mom again. He had calmed down, and then he started rummaging through another bedroom again and just not being nice to her. She had calmed down, now she’s upset again. The word ‘bipolar’ comes to mind.
Have a great weekend!
Mar21
Reading mojo
Thanks to Annemarie for bringing up ‘mojo’ a bit ago. I do see my mojo in various lights, so to speak. Sometimes I love cross stitching, sometimes I can’t get through a line on the chart in an hour. So lately I haven’t had any reading mojo. I tried a few books, got bored or didn’t understand them (a Nicholas Sparks book and the book Wicked), so I just stopped reading. Altogether. Not me at all.
When Sean and I were in Walmart last week, I went down the magazine and book aisle and ‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven’ stood out like a beacon to me for some reason. I bought it and it sat around until the beginning of this week. I started reading and it’s really good so far! Hooray! Mitch Abbom is a very visual writer and there are some twists that I am liking. So I am recommending this like one of my favorite authors Amy Tan did.
Here is my little strawberry punch needle I made last night. I made it a flip lid for this 4″ basket. I think the loops are bigger as it’s a looser weave fabric. The pattern for the strawberry came from a rubber stamp. 
Feeling better. Only liking Pringles (they have the mini ones and they aren’t greasy, just crisp) and rice cakes. I hope I get my appetite back before Easter.
Collages & Creative Goodness 