Reads and Seeds

The warm weather this week finally got under my skin and I've been out collecting like crazy.

 A selection of this years seeds - 3 types of tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, basil, sweet corn, kaleidoscope carrots, green onions, "fairytale" pumpkins (not shown are the radishes, lettuce, beans and a few others from Seed Savers Exchange that I forgot to pick up from Mom's to "study")

This year I have the opportunity to oversee two garden spaces - one at my house and one at my parents.  I'm taking advantage of the fact that we still have more than a month before our guaranteed "frost free" date to do a little more planning.

 

I've also been bit by the book bug (say that three times fast) with the new discovery that Henry has finally developed a moderate interest in "storytime".  At least he likes being read to and will occasionally crawl into my lap and looking a picture or try to turn a page while he plays in his room.  While I love to support my local library, I also love to have a library of my own and have been taking advantage of the resell shops in town to pick up some classics for $.50 - $1.00 per book.

One of the best parts being that I get to rediscover all the books I read as a child, or had read to me.  It's really magic.

Our latest editions seen in these pictures.  Each title is linked if you'd like to discover more about the book!

• "Five Minutes Peace" by  Jill Murphy
• "A Day on the Prairie" by the 3rd grade students of Kildeer Countryside Elementary School
• "Jamberry" by Bruce Degen
• "The Book of Foolish Machinery" by Donna Lugg Pape
• "On Market Street" by Anita and Arnold Lobel
• "Llama Llama Red Pajama" by Anna Dewdney
• "Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse" by Leo Lionni
• "Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books" by Kay Winters and Nancy Carpenter
• "Winter Days in the Big Woods" adapted from the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• "Animals in Winter" by Henrietta Bancroft and Richard G. Van Gelder
• "The Great Race of the Birds and Animals" by Paul Goble
• "Quillworker: A Cheyenne Legend" by Terri Cohlene