Monday List:
Get the trees out and decorate them.
Check.
I added this little tree to the den. I bought it last year when I had to spend the holiday season in Hartford.
The lights are from Target and are battery operated. Since we actually had some AA batteries on hand (that never happens) I was able to use them.
The ornaments on both trees are vintage; mostly Shiny Brites. When Don came home in the afternoon, the trees were up and the lights were glowing and we admired the trees while eating molasses cookies that I had just made.
That was the other item on my To Do list. Making the cookies.
Oh, and wash the sheets. Check.
I love turning on the tree lights when we get up in the morning. It makes for gentle and lovely way to start the day, slowly sipping coffee while looking at the tree.
The expected snow for today has turned into rain.
This arrived yesterday:
Love the cover art.
I bid on an earlier auction for a copy of The Clue in the Diary, but lost out, which was fine as the price went higher than I was willing to pay. The next day, I looked at eBay and there was a new listing for a ridiculously low price and it was Buy Now. So I did. It was printed during WWII and there’s a message on the title page:
This book, while produced under wartime conditions, in full compliance with government regulations for the conservation of paper and other essential materials, is COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED.
Only three more to collect in this limited series of Nancy Drew books with dust cover art by Russell H. Tandy: The Hidden Staircase, The Clue in the Old Album, and The Ghost of Blackwood Hall. I’ll get them, eventually. I know exactly how the cover art should look and, since there are only three more to get, I’m taking my time so I can extend the pleasure of the search.
Happy Tuesday.
