Saturday Morning at the Library

 When I was 5 years old, I was forced to take dancing lessons while the Brother was forced to take accordion lessons. I hated dancing class. The Knights of Columbus Hall where the classes were given had no heat or it wasn't turned on. I hated wearing the pink beginner tights. I liked clacking around in the tap shoes, but Ma wouldn't let me practice inside the house on the wood floors. I spent most of my time in class being miserable and crying. Eventually, I was taken out of class.

While the Brother still had to endure accordion lessons, Dad took me to the library. He would leave me upstairs in the children's library where I could look at the books and choose to take some books home with my own library card. As I got older, I would go downstairs to the adult library and wander among the stacks enjoying the scent of the books before going to find Dad in the reference area consulting the law books and catching up on his work.

So for the next several weeks, a list of my favorite books, some I have read as a child, others as an adult and some  I have read more than once.

The Hollow Hills

Mary Stewart

This is book 2 of the Arthurian Saga. If you haven't read this book, you can find it at your public library or favorite bookstore.

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Delivered a birthday gift for grand-niece. Niece-in-Law sent a video of the little girl opening her gifts and thanking us trying to pronounce our names. So cute

2. Spring cleaning the studio

3. Received an email from my friend, Kaz, in OZ (Australia)

4. Skyped with Nan

5. Found new light fixtures for the bathroom

How was your week?

When You Try to Explain A Joke

 

The meme refers to the  poem written by J. R. R. Tolkien in the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, chapter 2:

"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,

Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,

Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,

One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,

One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."

This Master ring of the evil Lord Sauron has the power to control all the other rings and all that live in Middle Earth. 

Wordless Wednesday

 

T Stands for The Writer Automaton

 Grab your favorite beverage and sit back and enjoy this amazing, little scribe.

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.

For the Hitchhikers

 

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

 

The honeysuckle vine is so overgrown, not many leaves appearing.

The male cardinal wasn't happy I was thinking of pruning or taking the honeysuckle vine down

In the trough, some green things growing.

Forsythia starting to bloom. Nan said I could take a cutting and stick it in the ground and another forsythia bush would grow. This might be a good replacement for the honeysuckle vine.

Creeping Charlie is in bloom

Vinca

New leaves on the snowball bush

Daffodils and Alpine Bells

What's that behind the garden flag?

A tiny, flower.

Hydrangea leaves. Hopefully, there will be lots of flowers this year.

Lots and lots of daffodils. I thought of cutting some to bring inside, but allergies.

Maple pollen. More Achooo!

Daffodils by the lamp post

Two peace lily flowers

Lettuce!

How does your garden grow?