As it appears that Our MICHAEL'S Store had been SOLD-OUT of that ON-SALE
"MARTHA STEWART CRAFTS" YARNS!! -- Which, is a "TROUBLESOME THING" considering that IT'S suppose to be ON-SALE *again* for THIS WEEK! - I DO *HOPE* that THEY can RE-Stock by TUESDAY...
Meanwhile, MANAGER-DAVE wasn't "IN" Today, so I wasn't about to "Discuss" the LACK of SUPPLY... Instead, just got a Couple of BALLS of My *usual* PATONS YARN. And, did a RECON of WHAT-I'd-Like-to-BUY-With-My-"TUESDAY"-SENIORS'-DISCOUNT.
Sooo... EARLIER... When the SUN was OUT - We headed on over to BEACON HILL.
IT's been a Couple of Weeks...
I'm pretty certain that We've been THERE before - [can't remember what I got though].
MOTHER was picking through a small box of Trinkets and came across These TWO 4-5cm CERAMIC BROOCHES...
$1.-each. -- NOT Something I would normally Purchase, however, THEY were "SIGNED"
- [Finely done in Pink just under the Glaze]. And, "ARTSY"...
I'm sure that We can Find *some* USE for THEM. -- Eventually...
As MOTHER continued with Her Explorations, I spotted This Cobalt DENBY "BOURNE"
One-Pound POT. Was $3. -- Just a tad "High" for My usual "BARGAIN"-Liking, BUT, the SALE-Proceeds were going to a CHARITY...
Not to Mention, I am such a PUSHOVER for BLUE STUFF!! Especially, "ENGLISH" POTTERY! - [IT really IS "IN-the-Blood"!]
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I Found This ASSORTMENT of TIME-LIFE "LIBRARY OF ART" BOOKS just as We were Paying for MOTHER's Second-Round of STUFF... $10. -- Again, *more* than I usually Spend.
-- BUT, IT's "ART"!!
"PIPE" MUSIC that was being Played. - COINCIDENTLY, I actually *have* THAT CD!!
ALAS, We reached the SALLY-ANN!!
The RENO looks FINISHED. Everything has been totally REARRANGED!! -- I'm still UNdecided on whether I
Like IT or Not...
Whatever... I only Bought This BUNCH of KNITTING NEEDLES for just Over a DOLLAR. -- Because, I can never do *without* TOO many "BARGAIN" METAL KNITTING NEEDLES!
AFTERWARD, We were off to a Particular nearby FOOD-Store, only to DISCOVER that THEY had *CLOSED* THAT Branch TWO WEEKS ago!?! -- Pooh!! -- Subsequently, We had to head over to the OTHER-ONE that was a bit "OUT-of-Our-WAY" for Today's TRIP-PLANNING!
hmm... No wonder IT began to get CLOUDY around THEN..?!! -- And, besides, WHAT's
"CRAZY-WEATHER" without a Jaunt over to MICHAEL'S, huh?! - [SEE ABOVE]
BY THIS POINT, We probably *should* have been HOME..? - yeah. right... We had ONE MORE "STOP" to Make!
LAST SATURDAY, We had run into a FAMILY that We'd recently MET and had gotten into
"CHATTING" with... For, a WHILE!
LONG-EPIC-doubtful-to-be-SHORT...
- The VERY-SWEET-TEENAGED-DAUGHTER really wanted to LEARN-HOW-to-Use-a-SEWING-MACHINE - [She does rather good HAND-Sewing and other CRAFTING] - but THEY haven't been able to OPERATE the MANUAL-LESS-FREE-SECOND-HAND-GOOD-QUALITY-COMPUTERIZED-ONE that the Father, "BOB-The-BUYER", had Acquired... MOTHER had Mentioned that She had a "WORKING"-SIMPLE-"Yard-Sale-FIND"-MACHINE that She was willing to Part with - [She only has about FOUR Others!!]. -- We "DROPPED-BY" to GIVE IT to Her...
It was "suppose to be" a BRIEF VISIT..?? -- Needless to say, EVERYONE had Dinner LATE-ish...
Anyhoo, AS MOTHER was Giving Sewing-LESSONS, "BOB" was Showing Me, His rather Diverse Array of COLLECTIBLES... Some *NICE* "FINDS"!!
Amongst THEM, was This SET of SIX SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS... 2nd to 5th Printings... DATING from 1895 to 1900!!
At some Point in the PAST, SOMEONE had placed a CLEAR Adhesive BOOK-COVER over the Original-BINDINGS that was probably already Deteriorating.
Most of the BOOKS have some rather serious Cover-Spine SEPARATION going on, otherwise, the Page-Bindings are Intact.
Despite the EDGE-ACIDIFICATION Damage, the MAJORITY of the PAGES are CLEAN.
"BOB" was KIND enough to OFFER THEM to Me for *What* He PAID for THEM -- $10.!! -- A *GOOD* DEAL in My "Book"! As well as EDUCATIONAL! - I've never gotten around to Reading most of THESE yet...
*SOMETHING* STILL to DO!!
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All I've got for all of these amazing finds is a great big WOWZER....love those books, especially!!
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