Actually a book case disaster – we were moving the large beige bookcase pictured below (with Tim’s help – we’d taken off the books) when the bookcase went over and the shelves came crashing down. I took a direct shot in the beak from a shelf – lucky it’s just a cut. Tim actually prevented the whole bookcase from landing on me – which would have been awkward. You can see the remnants of the jerry-rigged bookcase that had stood for 30 years against the white wall (it was always an accident waiting to happen anyway) behind the beige bookcase and which also fell. Hundreds of books to clean up and reorganize, and an opportunity to give some of them away – about 35 in two boxes set to go.
Oh my God! Crazy! Good thing Tim was there. I’m happy to hear some books are going! I just got rid of a bunch to the library yesterday!
It’s best to always keep thining out your collection. Don’t give any to me. I have to avoid book sales! Haha!
I must have some books I borrowed from you. Is now a good time to bring them over?
Maybe best to give it a day or two on the book return…
Actually the whole bookcase thing is a
cover-up. Brigid finally got me with the frying pan.
Oh, no. I’m glad it wasn’t a worse disaster. Thank God you’re ok.
I can sympathize. My Kindle fell off the shelf yesterday.
Glad you’re OK.
Tim for the save! Thank God for his quick reflexes!
Blimey!
PHEW! Thank goodness that lamp shade by the window appears to be intact, albeit a little crooked!
Next time something like this happens, I would suggest booking out of there a little quicker!
The lampshade is more than crooked – big hole in it. But still serviceable (barely).
You’ll have to position that lampshade so that guests can’t see the hole when they visit. This way they won’t throw shade on you and Brigid..
Obviously, you need to cultivate much more mindfulness and awareness of your surroundings. Might I suggest a weeklong, silent, Buddhist retreat?