tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post8209301886776613028..comments2023-07-02T09:49:08.147+01:00Comments on pear tree log: More BookmarksElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-24044683417958390332013-02-14T18:59:11.667+00:002013-02-14T18:59:11.667+00:00Aren't books wonderful! Not only do they give...Aren't books wonderful! Not only do they give you fascinating information and whisk you away to other worlds, they can yield little treasures of some past time for you to ponder...and maybe also arachnids! :-) Awesome post!A Colorful Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06890388727784255219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-88424535547709175982013-02-10T17:18:52.459+00:002013-02-10T17:18:52.459+00:00What interesting finds! If you were going through...What interesting finds! If you were going through my books you'd find lots of pressed four leaf clovers too.<br /><br />I think spiders must creep into books when they're small and then get squashed because there's no room to grow!Little Blue Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-35833111217815527282013-02-10T09:21:19.050+00:002013-02-10T09:21:19.050+00:00Hello Jan, I hate to say it, but that spider pic...Hello Jan, I hate to say it, but that spider picked one of my more valuable books to die in - darn it! I have a great-nephew who loves all things creepy crawly. Sometimes I wish he lived a little closer, he'd be a great one for dealing with things like that! xElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-10597516690922057302013-02-10T09:17:12.195+00:002013-02-10T09:17:12.195+00:00Hello Susan, It is one of the joys of reading ol...Hello Susan, It is one of the joys of reading older books. How nice to think that your bookmarks will be found and enjoyed in years to come. I also love finding dedications and inscriptions, pencilled notes, etc. xxElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-46536616796651493112013-02-10T09:15:00.821+00:002013-02-10T09:15:00.821+00:00Hello Lynne, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I lov...Hello Lynne, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I love books, especially old books, but then I rather like new ones too - fresh and pristine. I suppose I just love books. The hidden treasures are a real bonus and send my daydreams off in so many different directions.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-79232817573431365892013-02-10T09:13:02.357+00:002013-02-10T09:13:02.357+00:00Hello Cro, Isn't it funny how some people fin...Hello Cro, Isn't it funny how some people find them so easily? I seem to have the same knack - and, presumably, so did the previous owner of that recipe book. I'm glad you kept your mother's four leaf clovers.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-20075034449774912442013-02-10T09:08:09.995+00:002013-02-10T09:08:09.995+00:00Hello Susan, That card is so very beautiful, the...Hello Susan, That card is so very beautiful, the photograph doesn't do it justice. I hope that whoever finds it next will take good care of it. The receipts are great little windows into a different time.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-6713164472623558632013-02-10T09:06:39.030+00:002013-02-10T09:06:39.030+00:00Hello Bonnie, I am often surprised at the things...Hello Bonnie, I am often surprised at the things I find in library books. Just a fortnight ago I opened one and found a piece of paper covered in writing and diagrams. Something about the writing looked familiar and it turned out to be some plans for a cupboard which my husband had drawn up... It was a book he'd read a few months ago. A mystery was solved that day!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-63572201528504364002013-02-10T09:03:35.629+00:002013-02-10T09:03:35.629+00:00Hello Joanne, Old papers like this are so intere...Hello Joanne, Old papers like this are so interesting. Someone further down the line will see what a fascinating resource you have preserved for the township!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-2759325056274836092013-02-10T09:03:33.900+00:002013-02-10T09:03:33.900+00:00Ooooh - I hate it when spiders get caught up in bo...Ooooh - I hate it when spiders get caught up in books! Thank you for sparing us!!! JxJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07341377291617694838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-26845362879112678932013-02-10T09:00:58.538+00:002013-02-10T09:00:58.538+00:00Hello Doc, Horrible, horrible! This one was a d...Hello Doc, Horrible, horrible! This one was a dried-out thing trapped between the mylar cover and the inside cover - I removed the protective cover and made a fresh one. He certainly left his mark.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-83952349861670528182013-02-10T08:57:15.280+00:002013-02-10T08:57:15.280+00:00Hello Molly, I hope Robert Everett's other c...Hello Molly, I hope Robert Everett's other customers were better payers than Mr Adam. Was Mr Adam merely a skinflint, forgetful, or a procrastinator. I'll never know, but it is interesting. As to the baby carriage...it must have been a luxury one!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-62471279410278937322013-02-10T08:51:35.509+00:002013-02-10T08:51:35.509+00:00Hello Ms Sparrow, We live in an old converted far...Hello Ms Sparrow, We live in an old converted farm building, spiders have squatters rights. I keep putting them outdoors and they keep on coming right back indoors, they know I am a softie. <br />When I was a school girl, back in the 60's, I was taught French and German, as a matter of course. I'm not sure what is taught these days.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-54975742303873480142013-02-10T08:40:29.617+00:002013-02-10T08:40:29.617+00:00Hello Owl, I find that little piece of paper fasc...Hello Owl, I find that little piece of paper fascinating - I imagine quite a few others were presented to Mr Adam before it. Thank goodness he finally got paid. Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-58414529110463862162013-02-09T16:52:52.193+00:002013-02-09T16:52:52.193+00:00I place "odd" bookmarks too in the books...I place "odd" bookmarks too in the books I read...maybe one day someone will come across them and have a peak into my life. What great finds Elaine! XOXOSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14263263554924074661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-53837615745361336562013-02-09T10:10:20.526+00:002013-02-09T10:10:20.526+00:00I enjoyed this . . . ahh . . . the stories from F...I enjoyed this . . . ahh . . . the stories from Four Leaf Clovers, baby carriage purchases, hand cut edges of the flower card! What fun to dream and imagine . . . old books and book marks . . .Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723721131329150461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-21407173334968149732013-02-09T05:28:47.512+00:002013-02-09T05:28:47.512+00:00The cook book could well have belonged to my mothe...The cook book could well have belonged to my mother; every book she owned was filled with four-leaf-clovers. I still have them, of course.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-38448680138879813392013-02-08T23:55:10.965+00:002013-02-08T23:55:10.965+00:00With the sweet comes the sour ... yuck to the spid...With the sweet comes the sour ... yuck to the spider guts! Ahhh to the Valentine-like card and the slice of life seen in those receipts!Susan Lindquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039551683129884367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-3129696055570456442013-02-08T23:17:24.376+00:002013-02-08T23:17:24.376+00:00Oh I do love finding surprises in old books and so...Oh I do love finding surprises in old books and some not so old books. Thanks for sharing. I hope you are having a safe weekend. BonnieBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285041048746416249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-35795640626069752182013-02-08T22:53:50.911+00:002013-02-08T22:53:50.911+00:00What great finds. And what great re-finds they wi...What great finds. And what great re-finds they will be. I am totally unable to stir up interest among my township residents for hundred year old relics. So I put them in a box for the next clerk to find.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-32258232293398659472013-02-08T21:54:23.496+00:002013-02-08T21:54:23.496+00:00Just two days passed my wife who works in a school...Just two days passed my wife who works in a school Library brought home a book that someone had smashed a very large spider within and entombed its body with a good covering of scotch tape. I get all the disgusting jobs.Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230334534323236665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-35545517964958196442013-02-08T21:12:38.784+00:002013-02-08T21:12:38.784+00:00What a find. Those bills are amazing - especially ...What a find. Those bills are amazing - especially when that poor man, for all his hard work was paid only about half the amount of the price of the pram. And then he had to wait two and a half years to get his money - how times have changed.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-23207908371707964882013-02-08T21:12:36.626+00:002013-02-08T21:12:36.626+00:00I wonder if the spider was smashed deliberately. I...I wonder if the spider was smashed deliberately. It would be one way of getting rid of it quickly. You find the most interesting things in books. I hope you keep it up.<br />Do English schools teach French to all students or is it something you just acquire over the years?Ms Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525594470029141306.post-8281573967570062332013-02-08T20:43:11.655+00:002013-02-08T20:43:11.655+00:00Two and a half years to pay a tradesman's bill...Two and a half years to pay a tradesman's bill! Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose (or something)!The Owl Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484484539144369129noreply@blogger.com