Thomas P*rn, or, Steampunk for the Smaller Set

A couple generous donations from friends, an extravagant grandmother, parents who indulge a little too much — life of a first grandchild on both sides. The shelf is grandma craft.

Vintage Reading Rainbow

Guess you could have seen this coming — I couldn't help myself. I just had to do the books by color thing that's so popular these days (see last post for the before shot). Turns out my mom isn't so happy about the new order, she prefers alphabetical by author — she likes to "know" which ones she has.

These were the books my mom grew up with; they were her father's. His name was Quentin, but they called him Kip. I think I'll call him Al.

Click on the book photo if you want to see it bigger, maybe recognize a few titles.