I had a windy walk to the library and back this morning/early afternoon. At times I had to hold my hat on. It was great! Last week, I was walking along quite sure I'd burst into flames any minute--I was roasting. This week, it wasn't sunny or warm, but I dressed for heat anyway and was comfortable. Others not so much apparently, because they were bundled up with puffy jackets and hoods tied tightly around their faces. Whatever works.
I'm going to have to put a container in my backpack for future jaunts to the library because the lane is edged by lots of blackberry bushes and we're getting to the time of year where they'll be ready for picking. I could have picked a few today if I had something to put them in. Also along the side of the lane, I saw some wee flowers--gorgeous deep purple. I didn't get a good photo of them, but I got the leafy part of the plant (whatever it is) and I love the foliage just as much.
The bottom right hand corner reminds me of those old psychedelic posters I remember from the 70s, with their optical illusions.
I had a couple of books in and here they are:
I recently read a different classic republished by Faber Editions and in the back, they listed some of their other publications. This was one of them. It's a novel about a German immigrant living in London and working as a piano tuner. His fellow immigrants assume he fled the Nazis like they did, but as the search for Nazi war criminals heats up, it appears that he might not be what he seems. Originally published in 1966.
I listened to a fascinating hour-long interview with this poet a few weeks ago and well before the hour was up, I'd placed my request for this book. I have a feeling it's going to be excellent. And I love the cover. I'll be reading it a few poems at a time, I think. I might not start the novel right away--I have a few nonfiction books on my NetGalley shelf that I want to get to and I seem to be in the mood to read the next Virginia Woolf novel on my pile. And I have a classic mystery in audiobook nearing the end--hoping to finish tonight. So, a little of this and some of that will probably be how I read for now. I'm a mood reader, so I just follow my bookish mood and see where it leads.
6 comments:
I hope that you found lots of blackberries on subsequent walks. There’s nothing quite as delicious.
The first Irish place we lived was blackberry rich! We picked so many and I was able to freeze several containers of them in addition to eating them. Blackberry sauce stirred into porridge or on sourdough pancakes--yum! I must remember a container next time :-)
Yum! I like blackberries ... good idea to put a suitable container in your backpack.
Have a lovely weekend.
All the best Jan
I love berries but haven't had blackberries in a long time. I just bought blueberries and strawberries so maybe I'll get some tomorrow if the fruit stand has any.
Last time we lived here, I always forgot so I don't want to do that again. Have a nice weekend, Jan!
It's interesting, Vicki, how they don't sell them here in shops or at the veg man tables. The only place I've seen them other than growing on the bushes is sometimes frozen at Lidl. Odd. Enjoy your weekend!
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