When I was at Tesco last weekend, I bought this Easter bouquet to brighten up the living room -- a mixture of lilies, iris and chrysanthemums. Yesterday evening the sun was hitting it just right and a photo was in order!
I don't have much news. I was busy as all get-out yesterday, re-shelving a couple of cartloads of books, covering new ones and spending an hour in the Lower School. Barely a moment to breathe! But none of it was very interesting or yielded any blog-worthy stories.
Today I'm hoping to get back to inventory once again. I've been wearing my pants with a hole in the knee in preparation -- since kneeling for inventory always ruins my pants, why ruin a second pair? I'll just completely demolish the ones that are already damaged, even though I might look like a hobo in the meantime. I want the kids to look at me and say, "Gee, someday I want to be a prosperous librarian like him."
Holey knees are fashionable I think.
ReplyDeleteYou could be starting a new school-wide trend.
I'm not sure they're fashionable in khakis! Maybe jeans.
DeleteWhat was Cruella Deville doing while you were slaving away in the library? Perhaps she's away at another "conference"?
ReplyDeleteCompiling spreadsheets somewhere...
DeleteThat last sentence - LOL! And the flowers are gorgeous. Those are colours that I love.
ReplyDeleteThey do look really good together!
DeleteThat Easter bouquet sounds beautiful in the sunlight, and I admire your practical approach to inventory—nothing says “aspirational librarian” like well-worn pants and relentless dedication!
ReplyDeleteAspirational or obsessive, I'm not sure which.
DeleteYou’ll just look very trendy.
ReplyDeleteIt's true, I do see a lot of clothes with well-worn holes in them!
DeleteTesco does flowers well- affordable at any rate. "All get out" is a phrase i have not heard since my parents died! Thanks for a drop back to the fifties. I am sure that your trousers are fine- knee poking through, sexy, trending! The young lads most certainly hold you in high esteem .
ReplyDeleteHa! I don't know where I picked up that phrase. I'm not sure anyone else in my family says it!
DeleteMaybe work on a patent for "library inventory pants" - with or without padded knee support. That could help make you a prosperous librarian.
ReplyDeleteIt's true! There could be a market here! I bet someone's done it already.
DeleteI like adding cut flowers to the groceries, nice touch. You will remember to trim those red polleny bits off the lilies, before they indelibly stain anything they touch?
ReplyDeleteThey are a problem, those polleny bits! I just avoid them and then clean up with a paper towel when I throw out the flowers.
DeleteAs a retired librarian I can tell you none of us were ever "prosperous".
ReplyDeleteCheers Peter
Ha! That's for sure. :)
DeleteMaybe the kids will feel sorry for you and buy you some new pants?
ReplyDeleteI shudder to think what they would choose. Probably sweatpants. That's what they all wear, day after day.
DeleteLooking Like A True Dirtbag American There My British Friend - Have A Delightful Work Day And Please Hide A Just Because Treat For The Queen Olga Girl
ReplyDeleteStay Groovy ,
Cheers
I will definitely supply Olga with a treat in your name. :)
DeletePretty bouquet. Holey jeans cost the earth to buy. Holey trousers could be the next 'in' thing.
ReplyDeleteI dunno -- it seems very "Gen Xer trying to be hip."
DeleteWhat a pretty arrangement of flowers and shadows and light.
ReplyDeleteYou need to wear knee pads. If you are wearing out your pants at the knee, think of what you are doing to the joints underneath!
This never used to give me trouble, but lately I have noticed it is harder and harder to get down and get up again!
DeleteI don't know - ripped jeans are apparently still in fashion so you might have the opposite effect. Ha!
ReplyDeleteI could invest in the trendiest clothing imaginable and these kids would still never find me stylish.
DeleteSadly, single holes in jeans aren't fashionable. They must look like you ran through a briar patch for many miles before they become fashionable. Makes me miss those days when ripped knees were fashionable... briefly.
ReplyDeleteHa! That's true. They have to look like you've been attacked by a tiger.
DeleteLovely flowers! It's good to be busy at work because then the day just flies by.
ReplyDeleteThat is true. Time flies when you have a lot to do.
DeleteI was once told that jeans with holes are designer jeans and come with a designer name on the label. The cost is eye watering. Holes are trendy!
ReplyDeleteLovely bouquet.
Ha! Well, I'm not sure that's ALWAYS true, but it sometimes is!
DeleteBeautiful flowers! But I find the choice of flowers unusual for an Easer bouquet - for me, chrysanthemums are more a flower of late summer / early autumn.
ReplyDeleteGood idea to use an already "holey" pair of jeans while you're still working on the inventory.
Did you see that Jennifer's Marco has done the opposite of what your Olga has done? While she was eating suet balls, Marco has been nicking dog food!
It's true -- chrysanthemums are generally more autumnal, but that's because they're usually orange and yellow. These are spring-themed mums! I haven't seen Jennifer's latest post yet but I will look! Animals are so mischievous.
DeleteThe flowers are beautiful. What a great combination of spring colors.
ReplyDeleteAren't they great? The irises sold me.
DeleteThose flowers sure are pretty!
ReplyDeleteI agree! :)
DeleteRick has a pair of those pants. Both knees out. (And covered with paint.) You just go with it -- I don't think I could separate him from them. Love the flowers -- beautiful and perfect lighting!
ReplyDeleteThey are good for scrubby work like painting or gardening, it's true.
DeleteBeautiful flowers and nicely lighted. Ripped jeans are still on fleek as I recall.
ReplyDelete"On fleek"? Is that a saying?
DeleteDoes your library have The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin? I just finished reading it last night and really enjoyed it. I think it would be a good addition if it's not already there.
ReplyDeleteYes, we do have that book! It has been popular. Both of those authors are favorites among young people now.
DeleteCertain jobs do damage the clothing. I usually had some color of white board marker on my hands and occasionally on my clothes. Overhead pens were much worse! My oldest grandson likes to scoot along the floor on one knee while running his cars, trucks or trains and has holes in that knee too.
ReplyDeleteFortunately whiteboard is not something I deal with!
DeletePatch the knees and only use for kneeling jobs. Nice photo.
ReplyDeleteI will probably not bother to patch. I only have to get through the school year, which will be ending in month and a half, and I have other pants for when I'm not inventorying!
DeleteThe bouquet is beautiful. Ripped knees are still fashionable but aren't you worried the kneeling might cause your skin to also wear out?
ReplyDeleteSo far my skin has proved very durable! I am a bit concerned about my joints, though.
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