the best smell in the world.

I've blogged before about one of my favorite blogs, Forgotten Bookmarks.

I wasn't exaggerating when I said how much I love this blog, but now I love it even more.

First of all, what could be better than old and rare books?

But then add in the things he finds in these old books and it's like a little treasure hunt.

And then! He started holding give aways!

I try and enter them all and last week I finally won!

My books arrived yesterday. I was just heading out to a dentist appointment and there they were, right on my door step. I couldn't stand the thought of not opening them immediately but I didn't have the time so I took the box with me.

I drove a little faster than normal to my appointment so I would have an extra minute to peak at them. So, in the parking lot of my dentist I opened the box and sat for a moment and enjoyed the smell of my prize.

Yes, I said "smell".

Old books, not only are they beautiful to look at but they have the best smell in the world.

Blog infatuation

I know I have a lot of facebook friends who come over and read my blog everyday. (I'm forever grateful)


It's not that I want to you come over here and start a new addiction....cuz that's what this is....this bloggie world is addicting.


And I don't want to be know as a "supplier" for your addictions....a "blog pusher". I'll have to start looking over my shoulder all the time and saying "pist...come over here kid...I got something to show ya"


But I also love to share things with my friends.


I always got a "plays well with others" on my report card as a kid. Now, I know why. Whenever I see something I like, people start popping into my head "Oooo, I bet Jan would like this...." or "I just have to show this to Mike" or "I'm not sure I like that, but Pam would..."


So anyways, last night I found this blog and instantly fell in love! If I could marry a blog....this would be the one....if I could have blog babies....I would want them to all look just like their daddy (errr...umm....or this blog or whatever...). You get the picture.


This blog is by a guy who works in a rare, used book store. He buys books and finds things inside the books that people forgot about (the forgotten bookmark). He takes a picture of what he finds and the old book and puts it on his blog. That's it. The end.


But wow! I'm gone! I love it (I think I may have said that already)!


I'm not even sure why I'm so crazy for this blog. Maybe it's just a phase, an little infatuation, that I'll get over. Maybe it's my love of books and old things and a little bit of mystery thrown in. Maybe it's got something to do with feeling like your peeking just a little bit into someones private affairs (sometimes I think that maybe part of the draw for facebook).


But since I'm so head over heels, as you can tell, I thought I'd share with everyone in the bloggiedom (kinda fun making up new words). You can all think I'm crazy or a little weird...but I don't care....Ive found by blog paradise.

that Dewey guy...

Today is hot in our little town....

my favorite thing to do on a hot day?

no, it's not go to the beach....I hate laying out in the sun....yeah, yeah, I know, whenever I say that I just cringe a little and wait for the onslaught of ridicule! It happens every time....

this is what I like to do....

I like to follow these signs.....except today I thought I'd get all gutsy and fancy and try to take some back roads to downtown....and I got all turned around.....couldn't find one of these signs to save my life.

but then I saw this....

I did really!
funny how I couldn't find the actual building or see the writing on the side of the building but I could see this trash can out front.

I drove past the actual building but it didn't look like a library to me....

and I didn't see the writing on the side of the building.....do you?.....or should I say would you?--if you were lost and you had your head sticking out the window and you had some impatient dude right on your butt....

I know I've said this before but I LOVE libraries! It has been like that for me as long as I can remember. It doesn't matter where I am or what is going on in my life....the minute I walk thru the door and calm settles over me.


It's comforting knowing that every library is the same. Thanks to that Dewey Decimal guy.....wow had I been alive in the 1870's....I would have been a Dewey groupie.....posters of the guy on my wall (they had posters back then--they were all sepia colored and burnt around the edges--right?)....and I'm pretty sure he looked like Shawn Cassidy or Rick Springfield.....um..yeah.



When I drove my oldest daughter, Nae, out to Colorado for her summer internship one of the first things we did was find her local library.....she was as excited as I was......well, maybe not, she just need Internet access.....but I was super excited!!

I took this picture of her library.....and then Nae said "what the heck are you doing? You are so embarrassing! Put that camera away!".....

But anyway....the inside of this library was super cool! It was huge and the whole back wall was windows that faced the mountains....I grabbed a book off the shelf that a friend recommended, and read to my hearts content....sigh!.....or actually till Nae was finished....but it was still wonderful!

So here's my selections for today....I always get one thing off my reading list--it's about 3 pages long. And if you're still reading this blog at this point.....I just want to say thank you! I don't how many people would take the time to listen to me ramble on about libraries and books....you guys are swell!