The Librarian

Favourite birthday present ever! (Apart from all the others that I adore also...)  I love these guys, and top of my wishlist is to see them live one day soon.

This weather is still so contrary - yesterday I was outside luxuriating in the sunshine, today I am admiring our big pile of wood that has just been delivered and reaching for the snuggly blanket as I settle in to knit baby booties. And plan. Winter craft projects. Oh, how I love planning winter craft projects. My projects mostly seem to be knitting this year (with a bit of quilting and embroidery thrown in too). Knitting has taken first place in my crafting world. I like to remind myself when I struggle away at learning new things (my french classes, my violin lessons, my attempts at surfing are all slow progress!) that not so long ago I longed to be able to knit, and now, it is one of the things I love most in life. My English teacher was right - perseverance has its happy rewards! Getting the hang of cable stitch - it's quite exciting And beautiful books help, don't they. I am still loving this book Baby Booties by Caroline de Hugo . Not all of the patterns have had

I have been revisiting my favourite classics from my 'tweens'. I'm so glad that I had those books in my childhood. So comforting, and so....inspiring to read again. Oh, how I love the strong and plucky leading ladies, and how I love that the pace of life was so much more sedate, that the weeks all had a comforting rhythm to them, that the domestic arts were so cherished. How to get some more of all of that into my life, to resist the temptation to move faster, to do more, to be everything. Thank you, my dear favourite ever authors, you have reminded me once again what the essentials of life are. It's hard to narrow down my list of fav's, but here are five of them: This is the cover of my much-loved edition 1. Anne of Green Gables 2. Little Women (and Little Men and Jo's Boys!) 3. A Girl of the Limberlost 4. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 5. Caddie Woodlawn