Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for May 07, 2023

We have a Little Free Library by our mailbox. People bring books and take books. It’s great!

The bench is a nice touch.

Gotta love this kid. An old soul.

Shhhh except for me yelling get off my lawn! LOL

That’s a nice gesture.

Until I expanded it I thought it was a birdhouse!

These are popping up around our home. What a wonderful gesture that promotes both reading and peace.

I, too, appreciate those. I have too many books, won’t re-read them, and so usually drop off two or more, and check to see if there’re any I might like to enjoy.

We have one as well. Last summer ours was emptied out. Discovered our neighbor had taken them all for her garage sale.

There’s such a little library at our laundromat. It’s used more often than I realized! This needs to be a more popular concept

I had a box like that the first year of my library, now it has been expanded with a box like you use to get a newspaper. (Much bigger and allows me to put out the big books that kids read as I live 4 houses away from an elementary.)

I’ve donated many Penthouse magazines to the free neighborhood libraries.

When I finished reading my copy of “The Deathly Hallows” (the last Harry Potter book) I knew I wasn’t going to reread it so I took it to the local library to donate it since I figured they could always use an extra copy of such a popular book. I was next at the desk when the woman in front of me asked for the Harry Potter book. Apparently she was next on the waiting list and someone had called to tell her that the book was ready, but they’d called before the book actually came in. She was disappointed to say the least and complaining to the librarian because she’d set aside the time to come in for the book only to find out that none of the library copies were available. That’s when I stepped up and said, “Excuse me, but I think I may have a solution to the problem. I’m here to donate my copy to the library,” and I handed the book to the woman. "I told her to make sure that she donated the book to the library when she was done. I remember the librarian asking if I wanted credit for donating the book but I figured it wouldn’t make any difference with my taxes so I said no and just left at that point. To this day I don’t know if the woman processed the book with the library and checked it out, donated it when she was done, or kept it for herself, I was just happy to pass it on to someone I knew wanted it.

Father and daughter project. Where is Baldo?

My community choir’s board usually meets at the public library on a Monday night, but on Monday holidays back when we’d meet at our VP’s quilt shop. One night we were all gathered at the shop except her – she had forgotten and gone to the library. When she got back I pointed to the LFL by her door and said, "No, we’re meeting at this library.

well, it is still a library, even if it is outside. :J