Shopping list on an index card:
BuyFound in "The Complete Novels of Jane Austen." Published by Modern Library, circa 1937.
Sweet wine
Small chain with a padlock & key
cumin seed
Bottom of plant holder
4 pieces of parchment
50 new pins, black bottle
EDIT: @mistressmousey tells me it's "Chain" not Chair."
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Ooh - I want this book too!!
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What a gorgeous book. And that is the best shopping list ever, sweet wine, 4 pieces of parchment, 50 new pins, black bottle. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThat is lovely & mysterious. A few more words, it's a poem. Hmm. Must get to work...
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That is a recipe for VooDoo if I ever saw one!
ReplyDeleteI was fortunate enough to find some old books this year with vintage stamps, old photographs and inscriptions. The best one was a collection of Wordsworth poems. What a wonderful site!
ReplyDeletei wonder if the padlock is for the sweet wine? :^)
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