No matter how barren the past may have been,
'Tis enough for us now that the leaves are green;
We sit in the warm shade and feel right well
How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell;
We may shut our eyes but we cannot help knowing
That skies are clear and grass is growing;
The breeze comes whispering in our ear,
That dandelions are blossoming near,
~ from James Russell Lowell

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"Come, gentle Spring! ethereal Mildness!  come."  

~ James Thomson (1700 - 1748) Scottish poet. 
The Seasons, Spring, Line 1

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[Photo:  May 2, Cayuga Ontario lbw]

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I~
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference/

~ Robert Frost

Talbot St. Looking West

View Through Our Dusty Window

"Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it." ~ Jules Renard (1864 - 1910) French author

Talbot St Looking East

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From Our Window

Please Note:

The Neat Little Bookshop OPEN REGULAR HOURS when accessible.

Monday - Friday 10:30 - 5:00, Saturday 10:30 - 3:00

We recommend that our customers cross Hwy 3 in the east end of town.  Avoid the intersection of Cayuga & Talbot (Hwy 3).