[Apologies to Vickie for the incorrect spelling of her name.]

Smile for Today ~

For our friends in Florida

[Photos: Monday, March 9, 2015 lbw]

The Grand

"Behold, we know not anything;
   I can but trust that good shall fall
   At last ~ far off~ at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring."

~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the Cantos, first published in 1869.

~ The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford University Press

[Photos:  Sunday, March 8, 2015]

STRANGE FITS OF PASSION HAVE I KNOWN ~ 
William Wordsworth*

Strange fits of passion have I known.

And I will dare to tell,

But in the Lover's ear alone,

What once to me befell.

When she I loved looked every day

Fresh as a rose in June,

I to her cottage bent my way,

Beneath an evening moon.

Upon the moon I fixed my eye,

All over the wide lea;

With quickening pace my horse drew nigh

Those paths so dear to me.

And now we reached the orchard plot;

And, as we climbed the hill,

The sinking moon to Lucy's cot

Came near, and nearer still.

In one of those sweet dreams I slept,

Kind Nature's gentlest boon!

And all the while my eyes I kept

On the descending moon.

My horse moved on; hoof after hoof

He raised, and never stopped:

When down behind the cottage roof,

At once, the bright moon dropped.

What fond and wayward thoughts will slide

Into a Lover's head!

"O mercy!" to myself I cried,

"If Lucy should be dead!"

~ *English poet (1770 - 1850) helped launch the Romantic period in English literature.

March 8 is International Women's Day.

At The Neat L'l Bookshop we think of used books as a serious way to Recycle/Reuse/Reread.
"Never waste a book."

Books are checked for condition and only if we cannot sell, delivered to the most appropriate charity.  Good books keep on trading.
If beyond use, we recycle properly.

Landfill is a bad word here.

Mysteries in The Neat L'l Bookshop

. . .and True Crime.

"I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree." ~ Alfred Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918)

Tell us about one of your favourite trees.  It could be one that you sat under as a kid.  Could be one that you shared special moments with family or friends.  Perhaps you relate a certain tree to memories of Grandparents, parents or others.  It may simply be a tree that you particularly admire.

The Neat Little Bookshop is offering a cool prize (of course, it is a book) for the first, second and third most compelling photo or story/ or both.  The judges will be individuals well qualified to understand our love of trees.

Please watch for further details.  Deadline for entries, Sunday, May 31.*

Submissions may be made at neatlittlebookshop@gmail.com or in person at The Neat Little Bookshop, 29 Talbot Street (Hwy 3), Cayuga, ON.  We will share details on Facebook and Twitter.  If you prefer, attach submission to a text 905.577.5635 or post on facebook, The Neat Little Bookshop


*[Please Note Change:  Deadline for entries has been moved to TUESDAY, JUNE 30 ~ yes, so that our trees will have LEAVES!]  Keep an eye on our trees and watch for photo details.]