On Monday, Lynne and her friend Judy decorated cakes for a wedding at Houston’s restored, historic Rice Hotel. They needed a place to hang out for a few hours and get ready before returning to the wedding, and chose The Compound. It was a gorgeous day, so we ended up spending the afternoon on the front porch–joined by Tim–talking and waving cuttings from a citronella plant to keep the mosquitoes at bay.
We noticed a lot of butterflies visiting The Compound grounds. Because the beginning of spring is mere days away, it seems fitting that butterflies be the ones to find, for anyone who comments with a page number between 1 and 611, and another number between 1 and 25, something from this book to be happy about.
Sorry about the butterflies, Jandy. But they’re better than mosquitoes, right?
Could the butterflies please find for me Page 85, number 16?
“tool kits”
Could I get page 45 # 8, please?
“a big brother reading to a little brother”
I’m not even gonna ask, because I know that somewhere in there, on page something-or-other, number whichever-it-is, there’s one that says “A good night’s sleep.” Woo woo!
I randomly opened to page 135, and the last one on there says, “yawning being good for you.”
HA you have a good memory!
those butterflies seem friendly and non-face-flutterers.
so to start this wednesday off, let’s go with page 493, number 14, please. 🙂
“gloriously satisfying extravagances”
yes.
i like that.
Yes, I would, too!
I would like page 444, number 11 please.
“fireside pine benches”
Can I have page 25, item # 9, please? : )
“being a lexicographer”
Thank you! I might be in the corner with Jandy, seeing about a trade-off, though. : )
You’re welcome! Don’t think of it as a career choice you wouldn’t make. Think of it as getting you closer to a plate of delicious waffles.
Level with me: Next Wednesday’s going to be the blessed event, isn’t it? : )
Now it wouldn’t be sportin’ of me to tell you that. The surprise could be in the waffles, or it could be all the happiness that comes before the waffles.
What I want to know is, did you keep track of the other pages with waffles?
Ha! No. That Hump Day Happy entry where you revealed not the item #s, but the pages that contained my precious? I have to find that entry each time I score waffles, for the next go-round. It’s hard, because somebody doesn’t have a “waffles” tag, so I have to hunt and hunt. : )
Page 453, #11 please!
“halos”
Page 11,#17.
Rick, OH
“downloading music”
May I have number 13 on page 383 please?
~~Melanie~~
“an art career in New York”
Wow, yes! That would make me happy!
~~Melanie~~
no 126, 16 please!
“strawberries and powdered sugar”
I’ve always wondered exactly what powdered sugar is? Is it the stuff you use to make icing with? Or else caster sugar? We don’t call any type of sugar ‘powdered’ over here.
Confectioners sugar, it’s also called. It has the consistency of flour. It’s the kind of sugar used to coat these, if you have them:
No, we don’t have Softees here but I guess the sugar’s the same as icing sugar. That would have the consistency of flour. (I think I’d be much fatter if I lived in USA!)
page 80, number 8 please!
Huh. I picked up the book, and it opened right to that page, as if it were meant to be! I think three out of three English springer spaniels are going to agree, because the book says:
“bunches of ducks swimming in water”
Yes, that is certainly a happy day for them!