book news

There are many reasons we blog and just as many types of blogs. I've noticed recently that when we at home talk about something that has happened in recent years I tend to go to the handy search engine on my blog for some help in recall. I guess over the years it has become a sort of very general diary of not all, but some of the events in our lives. I've also printed my blog and some have asked me how I did that. It's as easy (almost) as snapping your fingers. The only drawback is the cost.  But the way I pour over anything I find that past generations have written, it's my hope that future generations might get a kick out of reading about their ancestors' early 21st century lives.

And someday, if I ever slow down, I hope to sit back and enjoy a read 

(and view) on the past.  I used Blog2Print and my only advice is to save money

 by not printing a table of contents because that takes up many (costly) pages.

But there's another kind of book I want to mention and that is a blog give away I won at 

Aiken House and Gardens. I've admired Carolyn's blog and photography for quite a 

few years, so I was thrilled when my name was drawn to receive one of her new photo books.

This was called Afternoon Tea and is simply delightful. Some of the photos look familiar

 but many are new to me. It's really pure "eye candy" (as is her blog) and of course this blue 

and white page (below) is one of my favorites. If you haven't visited her blog to see 

her wonderful house and gardens, you really should.

Her blog reminds me of a magazine many of us love

 that starts with "V."  Thank you Carolyn!