This photo was taken on Friday night at the annual book sale at St. Francis Episcopal Church on Lawndale Drive-- the calm before the storm. Saturday was when items were $10 a grocery bag- as much as you can stuff in the bag and carry. People know their genre and categories. Late Friday night, categories of choice were popular fiction, military history, dog handling, and classics. On Saturday, there were crowds of people trying to gather their year's supply of reading. A Greensboro tradition since the late 1950's, this is the 58th annual book sale. While in this room, time stands still and shoppers forget that we are living in digital device era.
Today is Theme Day for the City Daily Photo community and the May theme day challenge is to convey the idea of SMELL through a photo. Well, you can imagine the smell of a room full of books. If you love that old book smell, but are totally committed to reading on your Kindle, you can order this unisex perfume "Dead Writers." With prominent notes of clove, vanilla, and tobacco, it smells like old books. Alternatively, you can look for book sales in Greensboro or hang out at one of our fabulous libraries.
Our local branch of the country library had a huge book sale recently. I didn't go. I can't be held responsible in those places. Our house is filled with books. Some of them unread. I think I better hit the books this afternoon!
Posted by: Jacob | Sunday, May 01, 2016 at 12:46 PM
I'm sure I'd find a few things to my liking!
Posted by: William Kendall | Sunday, May 01, 2016 at 02:38 PM
After moving several times over the past few years, most of my books have been donated. I do like the smell of old books though. My ipad can hold a lot of reading, but it's not quite the same.
Posted by: Halcyon | Sunday, May 01, 2016 at 02:58 PM