Reading Back in Time, Sunglasses and Other Tidbits

Here are two copies of our local paper.  The one in the back is from 1995 and the smaller version is from this week.  Over the years, the pages have gotten smaller, and the newer paper even has less pages.  The price?  Today, this paper will cost $.75 an issue.  Back then?  I'm not sure yet.  The first half of the 1995 issues are missing.  I know it would be less than $.50/issue.  

While I was digging around on my bookshelves for my lost flash drives, I came across this book.  It is signed on the inside from my Grandmother to my mother in 1941. 

It was published in 1916.  I actually took this book to the porch and read it it.

The stories are based on teaching kids good and evil.  It's a shame these types of books are not in schools (or homes) anymore.  I enjoyed taking the time to read them.

The tulips in my garden are slowing loosing their petals.  In a few weeks I should be able to plant.  In the meantime, my "garden mushrooms" are giving the flower beds a bit of color.

The biggest news of all - I found my flash drives!  On a bookshelf.  They had fallen behind a book that was pretty sure I had already checked.  Oh what a relief that was.

I saw these in the flea market section of our thrift store.  The tag reads $19.99, but I only paid a couple of dollars.  I just had to get these.  

A Year of Quotes:

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."  ~ Dolly Parton