Save New Jersey Libraries | Please

Photo by Pam Hasegawa

Budget imperils New Jersey's libraries
I go to the library at least once a week. My mother is legally blind from macular degeneration and she listens to books on tape every day. Webster likes them too. Mother (89 years old) loves a good mystery and Webster likes any audio book read by a man. For new readers of this blog I must explain that Webster is a dog. Tabitha (the cat) isn't picky and will listen to anything. The new governor of NJ Chris Christie is proposing a 74% reduction in library funding to include a 50% cut in direct aid to libraries. This is the most serious threat to New Jersey libraries for as long as anyone can remember. Click on the link above to read the full story about this whole mess.

I filled out a protest card at the Morristown library today (pictured above in photos 2, 3, and 4); they will mail it for me. Please go to your local NJ library to do this as well. There are more links below you should look at if you want to save New Jersey Libraries and their FREE INTERNET ACCESS which will disappear if this goes through.

We must raise our voices and protest as loudly as we can since the librarians can't speak above a whisper and don't belong to a union. They are planning a rally in Trenton to lobby for themselves on May 6th. I hope someone will be listening.

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This is National Library Week and I'd much rather be posting something that celebrates libraries instead of threatening them.




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Hermes Window Displays In Milan

Hermes Paper Window Displays
Milan, Italy ~ Via della Spiga is considered to be one of the best locations for shopping and elegance in the world. This busy Milan street is lined with Victorian architecture filled with posh boutiques and cafes. The Hermes windows are attracting a lot of attention right now. Their fantasy displays are inspired by fables and fairy tales with a series of intricate and colorful 3-D paper animals coming out of gilded frames from a background of black and white storybook illustrations! Click on the link to see all of the windows. I love the Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland the best.

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Daffodils And A Windmill

I thought this photo of Holland in the spring would be a fitting image for this morning. My daffodils are almost all gone but other people still seem to have them. We are so eager for the first blooms of spring but the late-blooming varieties are necessary to have a grand display that lasts. I would love to see the tulip fields in The Netherlands, wouldn't you? I'll be back later, Rosemary.




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Vintage Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina architecture is such a feast for the eyes.


via Pixdaus


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Three Nice Porches

Which one do you like best? Porch season is here. It's drizzling rain at my house today but there's a little chill in the air so I'll have to choose the first one because it's glassed in. When it gets hotter I'll move to the second one. The third is a nice place to sit and watch the world go by since it looks out on the front. I'll sip my morning coffee there and watch the bluebirds fly around catching insects to feed their babies.




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Bluebells On A Country Path

I thought you'd all enjoy taking a morning walk with me down this country lane to look at all the bluebells on this slope in the UK. Aren't they beautiful?


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Goodnight, Time For Bed And Primetime

I had a busy and productive day. I just took my laundry off the line and made my bed. Can't wait to jump in it and watch TV. Monday night is my favorite. See you tomorrow, Rosemary.




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I Love This Old House

Dibs. I saw it first. This is exactly my kind of house. I wouldn't even have to go inside. If the price were right, I would just buy it. It breaks my heart to think it has been abandoned. Wonder where it is? I love the tall broom grass too.


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Diane Keaton's Beverly Hills Home $10.95M

"What the mind knows the eye sees." Great quote.

Diane Keaton Re-lists Beverly Hills Home for $10.95M
'Annie Hall' actress Diane Keaton has re-listed her Beverly Hills mansion for 16% under last year's $13M price tag. Built by architect Ralph Flewelling in the 1920's, the 7-bedroom, 9 bathroom [9,000 sq. foot] Spanish Colonial Revival has re-emerged on the market for $10.95 million. Click on the link to see the slideshow with many more interior photos.

Good luck Diane. I still love your glasses.




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Sunrise With Swans

I thought this sunrise with swans in Bruges, Belgium would be the perfect image to get your week off to a good start. It's beautiful, isn't it? via Pixdaus

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Flowers Growing In The Grass

My grass could use a good cutting but I can't make myself mow over the grape hyanciths and wild white violets. Could you? I just learned that the New Jersey State Flower is the common meadow violet. Maybe that's why I have so many. I have purple ones too but I love the contrast of the white ones against their dark green leaves and the grass. They have such sweet pansy-like faces.

Images captured this afternoon in my front yard with my Nikon D40 + Nikon 18-200 lens.




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Reading In A Pretty Chair

I've always loved the charming illustrations of Jessie Wilcox Smith. These two children reading together in a wonderful wing chair slipcovered in chintz is one I haven't seen before. It's perfect for today since they seem to be dressed in their Sunday best.

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