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  • A AndyD

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    So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
    This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
    MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...
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    Steve Miller
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    @AndyD

    Beautiful pictures!

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      Reading a hyper local book, beautifully written touching on many aspects of life here. The farm she writes of goes on, run by the 4th generation.
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      AndyD
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      @BeeLady
      Just googled your 'Valley of the Poets', and images; what a lovely area of the US it looks.

      Ventosa viri restabit

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      • A AndyD

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        So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
        This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
        MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...
        20260311_063654.jpg
        20260311_070228.jpg
        20260311_063906.jpg
        20260311_071345.jpg
        20260311_064112.jpg

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        @AndyD I’ve heard of that book. Now that I saw your photos, I want a copy!..

        10 p??? What a bargain

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          AndyD
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          Gotta love browsing our charity shops. Book's like new, and the other seven were near fine. Got to ten by selecting a Mozart and a mandolin CD.
          Made my day, countering the 20p/litre jump in diesel price.

          Ventosa viri restabit

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              Steve Miller
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              Also from a thrift store, this book chronicles wooden boat building in/around Lake Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, 1900 through about 1970.

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              Beautiful things they are, and the photographs are wonderful!

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              • A AndyD

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                So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
                This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
                MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...
                20260311_063654.jpg
                20260311_070228.jpg
                20260311_063906.jpg
                20260311_071345.jpg
                20260311_064112.jpg

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                BeeLady
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                @AndyD This book makes my heart sing!

                "Wealth is like manure; spread it around and it makes everything grow; pile it up, and it stinks."
                MillCityGrows.org

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                  Mark
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                  I started reading this but, I found myself with little time to do so because I am practicing so much! 😊

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                  • S Steve Miller

                    Also from a thrift store, this book chronicles wooden boat building in/around Lake Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, 1900 through about 1970.

                    IMG-5338.jpg

                    Beautiful things they are, and the photographs are wonderful!

                    IMG-5339.jpg

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                    AndyD
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                    @Steve-Miller
                    There are still a couple of launch builders here in England.
                    https://landamores.co.uk/project/slipper-launch/

                    Ventosa viri restabit

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                      Listening to this:

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                      I finished the English history book and am still (re)reading Shirer’s Rise and Fall.

                      Funny to go back and forth between Weimar and Hitler’s Germany.

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                        @Steve-Miller
                        There are still a couple of launch builders here in England.
                        https://landamores.co.uk/project/slipper-launch/

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                        @AndyD

                        Beautiful things!

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                          AndyD
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                          In London last weekend I got these in an Oxfam bookshop

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                          Today I trawled four charity shops in a nearby town and spent a colossal £5.50 for these (six are really nice, including one on watercolour for MrsA, an interesting flower ID-by-month when they flower; the one with Harold King is a Folio Society from 1973 on the Bayeux Tapestry with complete photography, though Shining Sands will be my first read)

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                          Ventosa viri restabit

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                            CHAS
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                            Dominion:How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
                            Just started reading. Impressed so far. Holland is not accepted by many academic historians. Some like his work.

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                            "If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between s**t and syphilis in the dictionary."-David Sedaris

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                              Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller.

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                              I read the Little House books a long time ago. I know part of the story is problematic (colonialism, racism), it’s still fascinating. In this case, the story is told from Caroline’s viewpoint (the mother). It’s tender and sweetly told, so far.

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                              • A AndyD

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                                So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
                                This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
                                MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...
                                20260311_063654.jpg
                                20260311_070228.jpg
                                20260311_063906.jpg
                                20260311_071345.jpg
                                20260311_064112.jpg

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                                Daniel
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                                @AndyD said:

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                                So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
                                This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
                                MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...
                                20260311_063654.jpg
                                20260311_070228.jpg
                                20260311_063906.jpg
                                20260311_071345.jpg
                                20260311_064112.jpg

                                I wonder why England has the best gardens with maybe Italy a close second followed by France. Or maybe it's a matter of personal taste and I'm biased in favor of England because I'm a native English speaker. Who knows. Beautiful book. Congrats.

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                                  My current bedtime/sofa/airplane read (a third reading for me):

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                                  My current audiobook:

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                                  I’m a glutton for punishment. After the endurance test of Twain I pick up two 1000+ page reads.

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                                  CHAS
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                                  @jon-nyc Got a Kindle sample of the English book. May do the same for the Third Reich book.

                                  "If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between s**t and syphilis in the dictionary."-David Sedaris

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                                    @AndyD said:

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                                    So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
                                    This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
                                    MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...
                                    20260311_063654.jpg
                                    20260311_070228.jpg
                                    20260311_063906.jpg
                                    20260311_071345.jpg
                                    20260311_064112.jpg

                                    I wonder why England has the best gardens with maybe Italy a close second followed by France. Or maybe it's a matter of personal taste and I'm biased in favor of England because I'm a native English speaker. Who knows. Beautiful book. Congrats.

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                                    @Daniel said:

                                    @AndyD said:

                                    20260311_063424.jpg

                                    So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
                                    This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
                                    MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...
                                    20260311_063654.jpg
                                    20260311_070228.jpg
                                    20260311_063906.jpg
                                    20260311_071345.jpg
                                    20260311_064112.jpg

                                    I wonder why England has the best gardens with maybe Italy a close second followed by France. Or maybe it's a matter of personal taste and I'm biased in favor of England because I'm a native English speaker. Who knows. Beautiful book. Congrats.

                                    Could be partly taste; Japan has lovely gardens, with small stone bridges over water, and I love their stone lanterns.

                                    Ventosa viri restabit

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                                      dolmansaxlil
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                                      I’m rereading Project Hail Mary. I’m enjoying it more the second time. It’s still not as good as The Martian, but pretty great! I’ll see the movie when it comes to streaming.

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                                      • A AndyD

                                        @Daniel said:

                                        @AndyD said:

                                        20260311_063424.jpg

                                        So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
                                        This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
                                        MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...
                                        20260311_063654.jpg
                                        20260311_070228.jpg
                                        20260311_063906.jpg
                                        20260311_071345.jpg
                                        20260311_064112.jpg

                                        I wonder why England has the best gardens with maybe Italy a close second followed by France. Or maybe it's a matter of personal taste and I'm biased in favor of England because I'm a native English speaker. Who knows. Beautiful book. Congrats.

                                        Could be partly taste; Japan has lovely gardens, with small stone bridges over water, and I love their stone lanterns.

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                                        Daniel
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                                        @AndyD said:

                                        @Daniel said:

                                        @AndyD said:

                                        20260311_063424.jpg

                                        So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
                                        This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
                                        MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...
                                        20260311_063654.jpg
                                        20260311_070228.jpg
                                        20260311_063906.jpg
                                        20260311_071345.jpg
                                        20260311_064112.jpg

                                        I wonder why England has the best gardens with maybe Italy a close second followed by France. Or maybe it's a matter of personal taste and I'm biased in favor of England because I'm a native English speaker. Who knows. Beautiful book. Congrats.

                                        Could be partly taste; Japan has lovely gardens, with small stone bridges over water, and I love their stone lanterns.

                                        Yes, how could I forget.

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