Small Town Saturday Joy...

This is our small town of approximately 3000 population.  The entire town is on the National Historic Registry.  We are located in the Gold Country and have a wonderful rich history.  Saturday with snow covering our home and yard we decided to "go to town" which is merely a mile and a half from home.

 We enjoyed comfort food for breakfast in one of our little favorite restaurants.  The hand painted mural on the wall is actually of the town.  If you watched Hallmark's movie "The Christmas Card" this was the featured diner.

 After breakfast and a stroll to the post office we walked up the street to the local library where they have a book sale the first Saturday of each month.  I love to go to this and support the library.  Mr. C (seen here in blue jacket) even enjoys this for a very short time.  He buys his favorite hard bound books for $1 each, reads them and then donates them back to a future sale.  I am not so generous about donating my purchases back.  I like to keep them as I usually buy books for crafting.

 Here you can see they have quite a selection of every type.  Sometimes the rooms are very crowded with people and you have to wait to get to the book shelves.

 The prices are super fair.  Some books are even free.  How can I not support my local library?!

 Here are three of my latest finds.  Tassels was just 25 cents.  Dressed by the Best was a whole $1 and has lovely wearable art pieces in it. The Art Nouveau Dover book with CD was my find of the month.  Brand new and still complete.  Only 50 cents!  I know!  How lucky am I?  Can you believe Mr. C said to me, "What are you going to do with that?"  I don't think he will ever really understand creative types and I can understand we are a world of difference from his type...Engineer twice over and a Type A personality.  What was I thinking when I found him?  Oh right!  Love does not think.  Besides I had never formally known an engineer.  My entire family is artistic of some sort.

Here we are back to the car across the street from this super old historic hotel and restaurant.  Lots of stories these walls could tell.  Famous and infamous people have stayed here over the years.
We enjoyed a lovely morning in our little town.  Home to shovel snow and wash the car...surrounded by snow.   Our weather is very much Springlike and the daffodils are beginning to bloom.  There are hundreds planted along the highway and it is quite a sight to enjoy.  I walked outside this afternoon and I can already hear and feel another storm coming in.
I am still praying for those who have suffered so much loss with the extreme weather and tornadoes.
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