I'll start with one book that is too big to fit on a bookshelf - The Family Bible, laying on top is the smallest book in my collection - a teeny weeny New Testament dating from 1844 with a box of matches so you can judge the size.
The tiny bible was bought by me for a few pence at a jumble sale sometime in the last 20 years. The name of the owner is written in but is too faded to read but the date is clearer - May 7th 1845. The title page is below. I like the way it says "Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised -By His Majesty's Special Command"
More books next week .
In the meantime
A couple of hours in the kitchen this morning produced a sausage plait ( two days lunches and a dinner, 2 pastry cases - one for the freezer and the other one turned into an apple meringue pie ( Cols desserts for the week), and a saucepan of celery and onion soup plus I cooked up some dried prunes and defrosted some of our apricots from the freezer ( two of my 5 a day for the week) . In between I hoovered up, cleaned the paintwork around the Rayburn, wiped down the cupboard doors and had a coffee.
Col, meanwhile, had gone up to Ipswich early to meet up with our son ( and give him a lift home) as he had taken his "new" car to a specialist diesel repairer for them to find out exactly whats the matter with it. As the car was cheap it's not so bad that it needs a bit of work. Although the feeling of being mislead by the seller remains.
When Col got back he started trimming back the conifer hedge( it separates our garden from the campsite). Next time I looked out he was up on top of the campsite toilet block, cutting back some of the hedge that was rubbing on the roof! There's no point in me saying anything about heart attacks etc!
I'm back on dishcloth knitting and cross stitching this afternoon and book reading this evening.
Back soon
Sue
