Chalk drawing and book thrifting

Taking full advantage of the beautiful Autumn sunshine, Cameron has been enjoying chalk drawing in our little back yard. His interest in chalks has been renewed since we bought these gorgeous blackboard chalks - so much better than the few pale pastel colours you get in an average box of chalk.

This time he drew some of his comic characters with signs of their favourite seasons.

I also thought I'd show you some books we found on a recent thrifty shopping outing.

We have found this amazing antique shop that rents spaces inside to different sellers, and each seller has a different focus - some are full of kitchen accessories, some vintage linens, some furniture, some collectable pottery, ornaments, memorabilia etc. We have a couple of areas that we always go to first because they have such interesting books.

This time we came home with a first edition Secret Seven, a 1950's(?) copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales, a Whizzer and Chips Annual 1975 (Cameron is loving these old annuals, reading and re-reading them again and again), and Readers Digest What our Grandmothers Knew, Hints Recipes & Remedies of a Bygone Age, from 1979.

The latter book has important tips for the "housewife of today" such as; Keeping white hair at bay, how To clean white kid gloves, Reviving cheese and ham, How to cure hiccups, and Hints for straw and rush! There are a lot of interesting things in it aswell, I'll certainly be giving a few of them a go.