Life is Good
Jul. 27th, 2008 07:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semiotic_pirateHad a mostly great weekend away at Cape Cod the past couple days. I'm new to the experience of the "family vacation" so was slightly put out from time to time when I wasn't able to do things (three hour naturalist seal & lobster boat tour). The upside of this was that I was able to relax and discover things that I might not normally have gone looking for: The Zooquarium! I had soooo much fun there. Had so many different "moments" with so many different animals. Wow. Especially the turtles. They were loving me.
Saw a sign that made me do a double-take: Consigning Women - this I assume was for a consignment shop run by women... but. *shrug*
On the drive home we stopped at a few places - a really nice "General Store" in Hyannis (I think) where I picked up
*authentic Bayberry taper candles, hand-dipped (they make the candles from the wax on bayberry fruit)
*a plastic collapsible cup, with a pillbox in the lid (I've wanted one of these for years)
*Hydrangea scented soap
*Cranberry scented soap (this one smells particularly good)
*shot glass with a bunch of partying mermaids and a caption reading "Girl's Night Out" - the image goes all the way around without repeating
We stopped at the Barnstable Restaurant and Tavern (the one we had passed by on the Ghost Tour the evening prior) - which had EXCELLENT food and atmosphere. There was a duo playing jazz on a cello and guitar; the cello was being hand-picked. www.barnstablerestaurant.com
We then stopped at an antique store in Dennis... (all this is on Route 6A btw) where I picked up a few things for a song:
*BIMBI Stories for Children, eigth impression, by Louisa del la Rame (aka Ouida), with color plate illustrations, (C)1910
*The Land of Oz The Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, by L. Frank Baum, illustrated edition (C)1904
and the piece de resistance
*Andersen Fairy Tales World-Edition complete (boxed) with the illustrations reproduced direct from the Vilhelm Pederson and Lorenz Frolich originals in the Hans Anderson museum at Odense, printed and published in Odense Denmark. Translated from the original Danish by R.P.Keigwin, 18th edition (from 1970)
Maybe the others are worth more... They both appear to be first editions. But I really love the little HCA books, there are four, maybe 2"x3" laid out in the box. Matching blue covers with embossed silver foil image and writing. Perfect condition.
SCORE!
Back to work tomorrow - working on a new deal that will take up most of my attention for the next week or so. I like being in on working with a client from day one of the deal, it makes me feel personally invested somehow.
Saw a sign that made me do a double-take: Consigning Women - this I assume was for a consignment shop run by women... but. *shrug*
On the drive home we stopped at a few places - a really nice "General Store" in Hyannis (I think) where I picked up
*authentic Bayberry taper candles, hand-dipped (they make the candles from the wax on bayberry fruit)
*a plastic collapsible cup, with a pillbox in the lid (I've wanted one of these for years)
*Hydrangea scented soap
*Cranberry scented soap (this one smells particularly good)
*shot glass with a bunch of partying mermaids and a caption reading "Girl's Night Out" - the image goes all the way around without repeating
We stopped at the Barnstable Restaurant and Tavern (the one we had passed by on the Ghost Tour the evening prior) - which had EXCELLENT food and atmosphere. There was a duo playing jazz on a cello and guitar; the cello was being hand-picked. www.barnstablerestaurant.com
We then stopped at an antique store in Dennis... (all this is on Route 6A btw) where I picked up a few things for a song:
*BIMBI Stories for Children, eigth impression, by Louisa del la Rame (aka Ouida), with color plate illustrations, (C)1910
*The Land of Oz The Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, by L. Frank Baum, illustrated edition (C)1904
and the piece de resistance
*Andersen Fairy Tales World-Edition complete (boxed) with the illustrations reproduced direct from the Vilhelm Pederson and Lorenz Frolich originals in the Hans Anderson museum at Odense, printed and published in Odense Denmark. Translated from the original Danish by R.P.Keigwin, 18th edition (from 1970)
Maybe the others are worth more... They both appear to be first editions. But I really love the little HCA books, there are four, maybe 2"x3" laid out in the box. Matching blue covers with embossed silver foil image and writing. Perfect condition.
SCORE!
Back to work tomorrow - working on a new deal that will take up most of my attention for the next week or so. I like being in on working with a client from day one of the deal, it makes me feel personally invested somehow.
