Stand
by for the fiber-related reward at the end of this post.
Every
spring and fall one of my neighbourhood churches holds an Awesome Sale. (they call it that, that’s not just me being
amazed, but I am always amazed by the breadth of this thing; it fills the
expansive church basement and also a large hallway and seating area
upstairs.)
Naturally,
I always go. I love shopping for vintage
stuff and I always find the coolest things there. It’s just that lately, as I realize I need to
stop bringing things into my tiny house, I am feeling that I need to be a more
responsible person when it comes to the Awesome Sales. A less acquisitive person.
So
this spring, I focused on vintage kids’ books.
They don’t take up much space and I love the illustrations; they make me
happy when I sit down and slow down browsing through the story.
Red
being my favourite colour, I could not pass up The Red Carpet, written and illustrated by Rex Parkin.
Also,
I love roadmaps as much as I do floorplans.
So much imagination potential!
This
one is from Billy Goat and His Well-Fed Friends, by Nonny Hogrogian:
A
sheep eating a flower: swoon.
This
one though - The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion and illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham - this was irresistible:
Best
pictures ever.
I
love how little Tommy’s face is open wide in that smile, like Calvin in Calvin
and Hobbes but with (slightly) less troublemaking potential.
I
also love how grumpy Tommy’s dad is about sharing his breakfast with his relentlessly cheery son in a small
forest.
Time
for the Yarny Surprise
I had to pick this box up from a jumbled-up table of vintage games.
It
was obviously a twin deck of cards, and I’m always interested to see what the
backs are like. But I wasn’t prepared
for this:
I
mean, honestly. A olde-tymey woman spinning?
With
cows just outside her open door? So
coming home with me.
And the actual cards are pretty cute too!
(Ayers
was promoting its wool goods, which included a huge specialty in blankets. My kinda company.)
When I paid for the cards I mentioned to one of the three people behind
the table that I spin myself, so I had to have them. The girl in the middle said Oh, I don’t know
what that’s like, and fished an Ashford spindle out of her bag. I almost felt bad about buying the cards out
from under her (but not enough to give them up, heh.)
Yarny people: we're everywhere. Like zombies! but, you know, friendlier.
And with that my friends, I take my leave for the weekend. Have a great one yourself, see you Monday!
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