I've still not been back in the garden properly, I hope to do so tomorrow.
Today we were in London for a few hours. I spent the time having a walk up some of my favourite back streets and going to a second hand bookshop - so no change there then! In said bookshop (Quinto, Charing Cross rd branch) I bought: "England", mainly black and white photos by Edwin Smith, whose work I love; "Foliage Plants" by Christopher Lloyd - given how keen I am on avoiding naff things like flowers, ahem; and "Hortus Revisited" which should top up my taste for double-barrel surnames and small wood engravings. This little hoard came to £12.50. Would it have been better spent on plants? Well not the Edwin Smith book anyway.
PS Here is a link to some ES photos, so you can see what I'm on about.
Some days we just need to take a break. Looking for books sounds like a very fun way to relax. I say books are just as important as plants-especially garden books:)
ReplyDeleteYa'll have THE best shops there! You can find so many amazing things there that you cannot find here! I wish I could fly there and go back to Portobllo (sp?) Market for 2 days, and have about $15,000 to spend!!!! I could get some great things!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to my Edwin Smith collection - but the link has been changed as I'm in process of updating it.
ReplyDeleteYou can see them now via this one.