Bits and pieces

A week or so ago I had a sudden urge to pack the girls children's books into storage tubs to go under the house (to await grandchildren) and put all my lovely pretty and interesting grown up books in the book case in their place.  I love books.   Even before I could read I remember looking through my Sooty Annual and being immersed in the smell of the pages and pouring over the pictures. 

 I mentioned in an earlier post that some of my favourite Little Golden Books were Thumper, The Little Red Hen, The Three Little Kittens and Tootle.  After learning to read at school with Nip and Fluff, Dick and Dora, I moved onto The Secret Seven, The Famous Five, The Naughtiest Girl series, the Laura Ingalls Wilder series, the Little Women series, Tom Sawyer and the Anne of Green Gables series.  I distinctly remember reading my first "grown up" book which was These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer.  I loved it and it changed my reading world forever.  Shortly thereafter I read The Agony and the Ecstasy and the Lord of the Rings.  The Lord of the Rings I read in a week, I had plenty of time traveling on the school bus and reading passed the time.

The grown up and pretty books in the book case are all non fiction, and cover things like crochet, making bags, colour, home decorating, knitting, sewing, ceramics, welding, gardening, plants, such a wonderful variety of topics.  When I walk past the bookcase I just have to smile.

Also making me smile is this patch of garden.  Foxgloves, snapdragons and sage in flower.

I was very happy to have finished the task of propagating a number of cuttings my sister had given me on Cup Day.  I hope they take as there are a number of rather speccy plants in amongst them.

The cuttings have all been labelled other wise I'd never remember what they were. 

It's been a quiet week here as hubby and Charlotte are visiting my parents in Western Australia.  Hubby has been doing some odd jobs around their property such as leveling and straightening pavers so they don't trip up elderly parents.  It was a big job.  He has also made the floor of the outside laundry safer by filling in an uneven area with cement, another big job.  My hubby is an all round clever man.  He's not only smart, he is a brilliant handyman.  But best of all he's a gorgeous person and is married to me!  :)   Brag, brag!!  :)  Hubby mentioned that Dad has had a couple of better days while he has been visiting which is lovely to hear.


Anne  xx