The rain we were hoping for yesterday arrived, overnight. It was nice, there was just enough to consider the garden watered. There was even a little bit left this morning. A good afternoon then to head to the Bookfest, the big secondhand book sale run by Lifeline, held twice a year now in Brisbane. And how it has expanded.
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| A little light reading |
While I was there, relishing this small sample of, among other things, rare and out-of-print bargains books, the skies unleashed much pent-up precipitation. Reports of 80-100mm plus all over the city and a slow wet ride home. I'm pleased it came, but would quite happily have it redirected, out west, where we need it most. Perhaps there is more out there for them.
Quite a few little gems in my book finds today: photographs of Japan in the 1920s, books on various philosophers I'm researching, and illustrated Strunk and White (pendants rejoice) and the rather interesting find, on top there, Annabelle Bucar's 1949 book on The Truth about American Diplomats, published in Moscow. Bucar was an American who opted to stay in the USSR at the end of her posting as a US diplomat. Defection, asylum, spying and intelligence gathering...so 2014 1949.
[Camera : iPhone 4S, 9.04pm]
