Books and Tobacciana
Tobacciana: Accessories for smoking tobacco, including pipes, holders, bags etc... The art of collecting such things.
Back in November Mark gave up cigarettes, but he still smokes tobacco in old fashioned pipes. The type he smokes has a cherry scent to it - which reminds me of my grandfather a little. When we were at the flea market yesterday Mark traded a few small electrical components for this beautiful Meerschaum dragon pipe and case. He plans to keep it for decorative reasons, and not to smoke it.
I've been weaving a white string bag the last couple of nights - and it has progressed very quickly. The weave is not as tight as the dreambag, but not 'loose' either. I'm hoping to make it into a nice little zippered pouch he can keep his corncob pipe, lighter and leather tobacco pouch together in.
Waiting to be sewn to a lining and sewn together.
While still warped up on a picture frame.
An illustration from: Little Bear's Friend by Else Minarik
This was another book I couldn't pass up from my childhood - the Little Bear series by Else Minarik. I remember having a copy of this and just looking through all the pictures again and again until I could read it for myself. The volume I bought off Ebay had three books combined in it, which will be great for reading to Bazooka when she is born.
Also got a copy of Eating Well When You're Expecting - the nutrition book that goes along with What to Expect When You're Expecting. We're already six months in - but there are still things in here to be of use, as well as eating reccommendations for breastfeeding and post-partum.
This book comes at a good time, as I'm in another 'eating surge' - where I get hungry OFTEN. That's hard when I've already gained the 25 lbs the doctor wanted as a top limit *eek* - but where is that 25 lbs? I feel bigger, I look bigger in some places, but 25 lbs? One thing I don't do enough of anymore is walking quickly - (yes I still can!) and that feels really good on my knees and legs when I get a good speed up. Took a good long walk today in the early morning and felt a nice stretch in muscles that had been lacking for a while.
Back in November Mark gave up cigarettes, but he still smokes tobacco in old fashioned pipes. The type he smokes has a cherry scent to it - which reminds me of my grandfather a little. When we were at the flea market yesterday Mark traded a few small electrical components for this beautiful Meerschaum dragon pipe and case. He plans to keep it for decorative reasons, and not to smoke it.
I've been weaving a white string bag the last couple of nights - and it has progressed very quickly. The weave is not as tight as the dreambag, but not 'loose' either. I'm hoping to make it into a nice little zippered pouch he can keep his corncob pipe, lighter and leather tobacco pouch together in.
This was another book I couldn't pass up from my childhood - the Little Bear series by Else Minarik. I remember having a copy of this and just looking through all the pictures again and again until I could read it for myself. The volume I bought off Ebay had three books combined in it, which will be great for reading to Bazooka when she is born.
Also got a copy of Eating Well When You're Expecting - the nutrition book that goes along with What to Expect When You're Expecting. We're already six months in - but there are still things in here to be of use, as well as eating reccommendations for breastfeeding and post-partum.
This book comes at a good time, as I'm in another 'eating surge' - where I get hungry OFTEN. That's hard when I've already gained the 25 lbs the doctor wanted as a top limit *eek* - but where is that 25 lbs? I feel bigger, I look bigger in some places, but 25 lbs? One thing I don't do enough of anymore is walking quickly - (yes I still can!) and that feels really good on my knees and legs when I get a good speed up. Took a good long walk today in the early morning and felt a nice stretch in muscles that had been lacking for a while.
Labels: baby, bazooka, books, pregnancy, tobacciana, tobacco, weaving
posted by RheLynn at
6:32 AM
5 Comments:
Boogie LOVES Little Bear! She has all the books and we read them constantly it seems!
Oh, I remember Little Bear, too!
I don't think I've run into Little Bear before. I love the illustration.
I don't remember ever seeing Little Bear either but that illustration is darling.
Can I do the Dangers of Smoke lecture? Or have you already heard it? ;)
The weaving is looking good!
I loved the Little Bear books as well!!
May I suggest what my sister and I both thought was a great baby foods book... "Super Baby Food" by Ruth Yaron. It does a great job of listing the foods you can add to your baby's diet each month of her life. Plus it has great recipes and fun stuff to do.
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