Old books...do you actually read them?

I wanted to share a few of my new acquisitions with you

before I help watch Ainsley and Annika.

Her mommy starts back to college today and my son is

unemployed for a few weeks so I told him I would help.

Yay!! Don't have to ask me twice! :)

I found all these books at a little store that I frequent

often and they were still in the box at the counter.

People were digging through it and when it came my

turn it did not take me long to scoop up these oldies

with the beautiful covers....which got me to thinking...

do you actually read the old books you purchase or do

you just display them?

I think I would love to read them or at least some of

them if I could find the time.

Love this title: Fussbudget's Folks Now that title intriques me.

This book is titled *Among the Trees*...

so neat.

Happy, happy Monday to my bloggy friends. May

your day be blessed!

Meet EVA ~

Isn't she so sweet! I went to her antique store again Saturday and spent a couple hours

digging around and seeing what treasures I could find.

I asked her if I could take her picture and without hesitation she said,

"Why SURE"

and then she graciously thanked me when I was done

{she usually wears purple , but today she surprised me with red} ~

This is what you will see as you drive up to the store

She is closing in November ~ When you enter the doors she will tell you that almost everything is 75% off, but there are some things that are marked firm and they are now 1/2 off~ This was my first photo as I entered the store~

As you can see she still has gobs of goodies just waiting for

the right person to come along and purchase~

Dishes galore~

Love these statues. If I remember right I think the smaller one was

marked $200 so now it would be $50. I have no idea if that

is good or bad ~

All magazines are $1.00 each ~

All kinds of boxes and tins ~

Piles of these signs

RASPBERRIES FOR SALE...

10 cents each now~

Remember me telling you in previous posts that the downstairs

is just full of books and ephemera? This is the shot as I walked down the stairs and this is only

ONE AISLE...

There are several...

including

another separate room~

All the books downstairs are 90% off unless they are marked

$10.00 and under and those are now $1.00 each.

Maybe from these photos you can see why I continue to go back

periodically and come home with a few inexpensive treasures.

I wish I could take you all with me.

Eva told me that she hopes a rich man comes along

and buys the place and then hires someone to run it.

Too sweet...

I will miss her ~

Blessings~

Beautiful Antique Images~

Friday I went to the antique store

in a quaint little town

that is going out of business.

Hoping to find more old ledger paper

but it was all gone.

However I did find a lot of gorgeous antique images~

Doesn't she look like she is dreaming of a long lost love~

Many beautiful black & white photos including this one...

Found in this wonderful antique music book. It is dated in the 1800's ~

Mandolin player ~

Love the writing and scrollwork on this sheet music.

More beautiful black and white antique photos...

Love this angel photograph~

More lovely sheet music.

The price was 10 for $1.00 and she had stacks of it~

How cute is this ...Little Fairy March~

Once again love these images~

I hope you enjoyed my glimpse into the past.

of these old prints.

The lady who owns the store is in her 90's and just can't run it anymore so we must gather the treasures while we can ~

Blessings~