Some beauty and some practical stuff today. Bahai Gardens in Haifa These are the Bahai Gardens in Haifa. They are just beautiful, lots of hard work and thought has gone into making these gardens. As we entered everyone was stopped and given instructions in the language of our choice, either Hebrew ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
I’d like to tell you I’m running out of photos of Israel for you but I suspect I’d be lying. Closed shops in The Old City The Old City in Jerusalem has so many little shops in it. It’s really hard to see where one finishes and another ends so I ...
Bookshelf, aptly named shop in Jerusalem Wish I’d had time to actually go inside this bookshop with its lovely name but we were on tour at that point and I didn’t want to hold people up. It looked very lovely. I was taken by this coffee cup We saw a ...
50 Shades and For Dummies As you know I’m horrified by the 50 Shades phenomenon, the writing is very poor and the BDSM is so wrong (I have this from a BDSM friend who talks about an escape word which does not appear to be evident) so I was not happy seeing this ...
In Jerusalem we stayed near a shopping mall called Cinema City. Our first trip there was an explosion of light and sound as they have cinemas there along with all the light, colour and advertisements they feel they need. We spent quite a bit of time there what with one meal ...
Loved the entrepreneurship of this sign. We found it in Petra among the many places to buy food, drink, souvenirs and even books. Ok, so you’re going to be on a long flight and you’re buying your next book but your hands are tired. Why not also buy a book ...
Actually I lie a little. Yes, I’m back but I’m so disorganised that I’ve only just now copied my photos onto my computer. We got back from Israel on Friday morning and managed to stay awake until about 9:30pm when I conked out the moment I closed my eyes in ...
Insert caption here: your meaning of ‘Backed beans’ I loved this cafe, food served pretentiously but with a bare bones menu complete with typos The Complete Borrowers by Mary Norton. Loved this series of adventures when I was young and just because they’re so great here’s a link to buy ...
I happened to stop in Fairfield shopping centre the other day. It looked like a good place for a bookshop and I wasn’t disappointed. Yes, I stopped deliberately so I can find a bookshop. I’ve heard of Fairfield Books but it’s about a 40 minute drive from my place so ...
If you look carefully you’ll see this is the large print section of the Fairfield Library. You’ll need to look really closely as I’ve managed to take a photo that doesn’t actually include the words ‘Fairfield Library’. This is a clock embedded into the walkway outside Fairfield Library. I don’t ...
One of the areas of books in the Chapel Street Bazaar Couldn’t resist a photo of these John Grisham’s in the Chapel Street Bazaar, you can guess the language. Maybe if you say patron with an accent it’d work. ...
I dub thee Sir Dragonlance Blue as I can’t read the language. Found in the Posh Op Shop corner Grange and Glen Huntly Roads, Glen Huntly. I dub thee Sir Dragonlance Red as I am remiss in not being able to read the language. Also found in the Posh Op ...
Loved this bookcase in an op shop in Chapel Street, Prahran. Particularly enjoyed the green colours. Also in Chapel Street is a place called The Bazaar. So many antiques and collectables available for sale there including this record of Barry Humphries at Carnegie Hall. It was a day in Prahran ...
Oz Co Op Shop in Dandenong. I loved this note from the staff at CAE. If you’re a Visual Art Student you might want to consider getting your artwork by next Friday or have it lost in the ether forever. I know I showed you The Avenue Bookshop but here’s ...
Maybe someone should tell Spotlight there’s a really good reason their lift is out of order…I mean, it can hardly be in order when it’s not even installed yet. Lovely looking bookshop in Whitehorse Road, Balwyn. The Merchant of Fairness lives up to it’s name and was even open on a ...