The Girdle of Melian

ibrary! We recently moved house in the village, and gained library space! Here's how the unpacking went... Library stickers designed by a friend A place to relax in between all the unpacking One empty shelf... ...one empty attic The movers lined up the boxes so tidily that it didn't seem like a lot, ha ha! A musical interlude! It begins... The view! Still working, even during Oxonmoot ! A wee display of our books! Starting on the Folio Society collection... All the boxes are empty! There's no floor space! The Tolkien shelf is done! The comic books and photo albums (some) Still more! This isn't even all the boxes! AND IT'S DONE! Folio, history, mysteries, international books... Tolkien, Lewis, and the Inklings... King, Martin, humour, sci-fi, thrillers, etc. Poetry, plays, Celtic, Norse, art, Bukowski, Maugham, etc. Fellow bloggers and author friends! And research and Türkiye and cookbooks, etc. I couldn't fit all my postcards and art cards onto the corkboar...

logging Buddies! Once upon a time, when I fell behind on blog commenting, I did a roundup post highlighting fellow bloggers ! I am finally catching up again today! Here are just a few of the lovely bloggers I've visited: Hilary (history and travel and fun stuff!) Jeff at From a Rocky Hillside (travel and history and faith and books!) Alex Cavanaugh (blogging ninja!) The Insecure Writer's Support Group , celebrating 15 years! Literary Rambles (spotlighting children's book authors, agents, and publishing!) Roland Clarke (lots of stories!) Romance Book Haven (fun author interviews!) Staircase Wit (lots of books!) I also have a few teaser photos from Oxonmoot , the annual event of the Tolkien Society. I'm always grateful that they offer a hybrid option, and we get to join online! There were so many great talks, as always, and I'm glad not to miss out. A question from the quiz! Brian Sibley sharing some of his memorabilia with us Quiz nigh...

utumn! Autumn is here in this corner, with a week of rain and a drop in the temperature. Why am I talking about the weater? Because there's so much else to do! We moved house, so there's been lots of packing and unpacking and all the admin and legwork. I hope to share photos of thelibrary soon! Work continues to be busy. The kids are back at school! I'm editing a short story that miiiiiight get into an anthology! I'm writing a few other fan fiction stories. I have a crafting nook in the new house! And with the autumn weather, I hope to cast on a new knitting project... And lots more! I'm going to try to share a lot of book recommendations next week, and reviews! I do have a few photos from the last couple of weeks of summer: Hummingbird moth on phlox! Pavlova made by a friend!  Butterfly! Clathrus ruber!   Mountie on moving day! Are seasons changing where you are? Do you have seasonal plans?