The Incredible (Book) Journey

So this showed up in the mail...

It was a book I had added to my Little Free Library, 

and had been sent from a public library a town over.

I put my address on the label so people could find their way back,

but it was nice that a book did.

And while I know this mailing stamp probably means

the package has been sent from a library...

... I'm choosing to believe it means it was sent to a library.

Because it was.

Garden Stalwarts

Do you know that in mild SoCal tomato plants can go around the bend

and make it through winter?

It's true!
We get frost rarely enough that tomatoes,
many of which are "tender perennials,"
 can just keep on chugging along.

Case in point:
this Costoluto.

 

It was a volunteer the summer of 2013,

but it's been reliably pumping out tomatoes ever since.

I counted about sixteen healthy tomatoes on its lanky stems,

including this bulbous beauty.

I also have a Black Krim that volunteered in a Topsy-Turvy last summer...

and it's also been reliably giving me super-tasty tomatoes.

So, my garden advice?

If something flourishes in your garden,
run with it.

Why fight your climate and try to grow struggling plants?

What Time Is It (Almost)?

Guess what I bought at Trader Joe's today?

YESSSSS!!!

The first pumpkin of the season!

All you Halloween haters?

Need a little visit from Kevin Bacon,

so you can get that stick out of, well,  you know.

Another Request!

There's been another request with my Little Free Library!

Fortunately, both books were available for just

fifty cents each at my local 

Friends of the Library Used Bookstore.

However...

for the third time,

I haven't had luck actually getting my patrons to pick up their books.

What's a library lady gotta do,

stake out the library with some surveillance gear?