Book haul!!

Another library book sale has come and gone! As usual, I tried to limit my purchases since I don't want to entirely fill my house with books. And, as usual, I failed... Actually, the stack I brought home is quite a bit smaller than most I've brought home in the past. So, I didn't do so badly. And here are most of my weird collection. (The only thing missing is a book called Once a Runner, which I bought for my son, Josh, who is a runner. It's a novel about running! He seemed to think it might be interesting. Hope he likes it.)

The first thing that caught my eye was a table full of giant storybooks. The kind used for storytime at school. I grabbed these two. (I noticed someone came along after me and took the entire pile! Maybe 15-20 books.) These may go to the grands, or I may keep them for my "art" collection. :)

Notice my flip phone for size comparison, lol.

Next, I got several books to use for collage components. These are mostly falling apart and some are in foreign languages. Always nice for artwork-mainly collage.

And a few more for collage materials...

A lot of my ATC swaps involve cancelled postage stamps. We have to include at least one real stamp on a card, but we can also decorate the card with other "fake" stamps like the pictures in this little book.

And some of the retro pictures from the Jello and Salad books would look cute on artwork. I've even used the recipes themselves as backgrounds.

 A reprint of an old Sears and Roebuck catalog. Lots of good vintage pictures.

 I know it seems like sacrilege to cut up some of these old books but, as I said, some of them are falling apart, and most of them would just be thrown away or stashed on a shelf to gather dust. Some of the pages I'll share with other ATCers as gifts. We like to add little bits to our envelopes full of cards as a gift to the host of the swap. The songbook is actually in pretty good shape, so I may leave that intact. I can always print some copies if I need some music pages.

I picked up this scrapbooking guide for my secret pal. Our bunch of deli gals drew names for secret pals. Mine said she liked anything scrapbooky, so maybe she'll enjoy this. She won't mind that it's not new. I'll get her something new for Christmas. ;)

 

I grabbed this book just because of the artwork! This illustrator has such an unusual and colorful style. I just want to study it for a while. It will go in my art book collection. More eye candy to inspire me!

Now, I chose this book because foreign book text is also popular as a collage element with ATCs. However, I find myself wondering who the book is about. Is this German? Dori, are you out there? Could you translate the title for me? (When trying to translate the second line via Google I was told it's SWEDISH. En Utredning means "an investigation".)  I notice it's published by a Christian publisher, and I think it's a biography of a theologian. I still may use the pages since I can't read it anyway, but I'd like to know what it is before I do anything with it. I once brought a foreign book home just to discover that it was a BIBLE! This isn't, but it is something intriguing.

The word Jerusalem leapt out of the page at me!

Okay, that's it for collage materials.

I'm pretty sure I have a copy of this somewhere in storage. If so, I'll donate one of them back to the library, but I decided to get this just in case. Beatrix Potter's illustrations are the best, and we occasionally have ATC swaps based on her art. I would use this to copy from.

 I couldn't resist these.

Something I've always thought would be fun is rewriting old folk tales from other countries. So, I've picked up a few books over the years.

Yes, I confess, I choose most of my books because of the illustrations...

AND, I'm a hoarder of nature guides!

I chose these mainly because of the pen and ink illustrations. Eric Sloane is incredible.

On the spiritual side of things...

I always get these two gals confused. Maybe I'll remember who's who after I read these?

A little fiction.

I've never read Robinson Crusoe, so I got this little school-ish version.

Isn't it funny how different we all are in our reasons for choosing certain books? I seem to be creating an art collection, but no matter what the reason, they are all interesting! I hope you enjoyed looking at them!

We've gotten a couple of wildlife shots out of my living room window in the last couple of days. I captured some curious deer...

...and I believe this is a hairy woodpecker and a nuthatch.

This morning, Josh got some shots of a fox staring in our window!

See the back of my car in the lower right? Pretty close!

Thanks for sticking it out through my book haul post!

For the record, I walked 2 miles again today. I went to my regular doctor this morning just to get his opinion on my neck pain. He seemed to think I should just be patient, keep moving, apply some heat/cold as needed and take some Advil. I am getting better, and he didn't seem to think it was taking an unusually long time or anything. He said if I get frustrated and want to do more I can call him and he'll set up an appointment with a physical therapist. But for now, I'll just do the simple things.

I'll let you guys go to bed now! Thanks again for stopping by! Love y'all!
Shalom.