Friday’s Library snapshot …
This week has past in a flurry of busy-ness. I wasn’t able to gather thoughts or doing any snapping for my weekly library post, while at ‘special collections’ this week and I have to result in a reblog. I hope you like it!
Jigsaw puzzles seem to have passed me by; in two ways. I don’t remember having them as a child; although my friends had them. So I understand the concept if not the attraction. I tried to help them complete the jigsaw when I visited. I was intrigued by the way the dining room table was taken over for days on end. Meals were served on laps. Or the jigsaw was man handled with great care to and fro and with much swearing even in the most genteel household; I noticed. Until the jigsaw was back in place and silence reigned again when the group re-camped hunched over the puzzle. .
Such an operation could not be considered when living on a houseboat. So this probably explains why we didn’t have a mountain of jigsaw puzzles beside our dining room table. As a result I am blissfully unaware of the rich history, the artistry and…
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