Beach Library
July 03, 2009
Junior's dad and I have a thing for college campuses and libraries. We once drove miles out of our way to see the beautiful University of Virginia, and spent hours at the San Francisco Library while on vacation there some years back.
Some of the books in the children's section caught my eye. Both looked like the kind my son likes. Junior himself was making a braided something or other out of gimp. It was a kids' craft day, and Junior sat down and made himself at home. After thumbing through these, below, I took pictures so that I'd remember the titles. This one is DK's Super Structures, about architecture and engineering.
This one is The Mad Scientist's Notebook, by Elizabeth Harris. Science experiments, naturally. I liked this display table, which seemed the right height for its department.
An empty bank of computers in another section reminded us to check email. All in all, we enjoyed visiting this friendly spot and spending a little time out of the midday sun.
I haven't been to Sanibel in a bajillion years. Hope you had a great time there and in Jackson.
Posted by: Cindy | July 03, 2009 at 04:34 PM
We did have fun in Sanibel. It was incredibly hot, but we just thought that's the way it always was and made the best of it, staying in the water most of the time. Turns out there was a heat wave! The Big J was nice, too. Quick trip; I was there only 3 days.
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | July 03, 2009 at 04:38 PM
Taking a library break from the sunny beach is such a thing our family would do. It sounds like you had a great time!
Posted by: Sarah N. | July 04, 2009 at 09:36 PM
A kindred spirit, for sure! The library was a nice little break, given the heat wave and all. I could have stayed all afternoon.
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | July 05, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Ooh, neat! I love visiting libraries out of town, too.
Posted by: jules | July 07, 2009 at 06:53 PM
Jules, NT (my husband) and I are library fans from way back. One day I should wrangle his essay about the libraries in his life away from him and print it. He read it at a staff meeting when he was on the library board, and people remembered it for years!
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | July 08, 2009 at 05:33 PM
Yes, I'd love to read that one day, Susan.
Posted by: Jules | July 10, 2009 at 01:23 PM