Reasons To Be Cheerful
Friday is Oxfam Shop Day. The secret is out now - there is going to be an Oxfam in Hexham dedicated to just books and I will work in there on Fridays. This is great news, I will be able to have whole sections of books for children now, instead of 'young kids' and 'older kids' which is what we have in the general shop. I can have big picture books and 'read it yourself' books and 'make it' books and really good books for older kids. Very satisfying! Today, I found this for Geoff - a late birthday present.
and I got this for me
which I am sure you'll agree is wonderful. Tomorrow some of the Knitting Group are coming to eat food, drink tea and knit, lovely pastimes, and we will be thinking about the squares for Wateraid I wrote about in the last post. And I kept an article from the weekend Guardian where Michael Morpurgo talks about the knitted quilt his wife made for their granddaughter. I wonder if I can find a link to it? Well, what do you know - here it is - (isn't the Internet wonderful). Well, with all these knitted squares about, I am thinking that I may have to have to start a few to have to hand at that odd moment when I haven't got anything else to do.......
Its World Cup Time. Owen had fun with this image in photoshop.
that is a most excellent picture owen- I hope john has a look. my sewing machine is still not working mother so i have to go and buy presents today which is not what i wanted to do. Any suggestions most welcome as I am a bit stumped. much love to you all- see you very soon!!
Posted by:martha | June 17, 2006 at 12:01 PM
Can you send the remedy for brain tiredness from that book please. I love that photo.
Posted by:wendy | June 17, 2006 at 04:54 PM
Owen - cracking picture! You'll have to let me know how you did it! Uncle A
Posted by:Uncle Alan | June 18, 2006 at 07:36 PM
i'm quite jealous of your bookshop job. i've been packing books lately and burying all the best early editions in the bottom of boxes so no one will know where they've got to but me. one of my favorites is one from the 20s called 'HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS WIFE.' Always makes me giggle.
Posted by:kristin | June 20, 2006 at 01:31 AM
Book shops are wonderful places to work in, but an oxfam bookshop where the book's are cheap, you don't get much cooler than that!! Oh your going to have so much fun, I can just tell. You'll have to limit yourself to the amount of books you buy, or your home will start looking like oxfam!!!!
Posted by:weirdbunny | June 20, 2006 at 10:15 AM
it already does WB - as my parents will testify!
Posted by:katie | June 20, 2006 at 05:15 PM
Oh - that blanket is wonderful. I see it is knitted but it would make an equally striking quilt.
And that soccer player photo is TOO MUCH FUN!
Posted by:Amy | July 01, 2006 at 01:08 PM