passing the hour

 As you probably have observed,

I never tire of getting away to Barnes and Noble!

 I select a stack of magazines

(as does my partner),

 we find a table,

 and contentedly (and carefully) turn the pages...

 dreaming and gathering as we pass the hour.

(THIS time, as I passed through the store,

it seemed to me there were more aisles of toys.

I wonder if this is coincidence or somehow related

to the recent closing of Toys-R-Us.)

which came first...

Our mantel has been slightly altered for the season...

chickens

and eggs.

(The few that survived the decluttering frenzy of February!)

goodbye VB

Within a few hours of posting these four Vera Bradley bags

on a Facebook page,

they were spoken for!

Four more items bite the dust!

much better

This piece of furniture is now about 4" shorter

since my husband cut it down.  

It had been an awkward height for the places I have tried to use it.

Now polished and restocked,

it sits in front of my recliner (that's my husband's black recliner in the background).

I employed a pair of idle brass shell bookeneds

to hold a few of the smaller books on top of the stand.

MUCH better!