Twyla on Tuesday

Hello dear ladies!

Today I am sharing with you something I

consider a special treasure.

A book found at an antique store of one of

my favorite fairytales.

The book is so old and the pages are brittle and

darkened with age.  At some point the pages

must have threatened to fall apart because someone

had duck taped all the pages in place.

I could hardly believe when I cracked open

the brittle spine and spied the gorgeous illustrations inside.

After buying the book for a mere $5, I was able to carefully

separate the very dry and brittle duck tape in order to save the

images.

It obviously was a very loved book and a very old inscription

on the back says 'To Miss Mary Howard From her Teacher'

There is no publisher, illustrator or date on the book.

I would dearly love to know how old it really is.

As a little girl my grandmother used to read Little Red

Riding Hood to me and I must have heard it hundreds of times.

It's no wonder that I have such a fondness for her.

This set of salt and pepper shakers were a recent

find.

Thank you so much for visiting with me today.

Wishing you all much happiness!

Twyla