Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Books and things.
Still chilly, but I have been indoors for most of the day.
It has been an ebay day - photographing, describing, listing for a new batch and invoicing and dealing with payments for an old lot.
I am always pleased when a book I am selling goes for more than £10 - and the one I mentioned 10 days ago did just that. This was the one about the 1st public railway, which was in Surrey; it was horse drawn and for goods - before steam power and passengers, though I wouldn't mind betting that some people did ride on this train.
Today I am offering 2 Ant and Bee books. They were great favourites when my boys were young. These are much later editions (1998) - but still popular.
I have already been asked if I would sell them today - with no auction.
I refused - we always do. It doesn't seem a fair way to run an auction to suddenly remove an item because of a good offer. Occasionally we have missed out on a generous offer - but generally things find their own value anyway.
I cooked a meal from my 100 calorie recipe book today - beef, pepper and mushroom sautee.
Bill said he thought it was hot - maybe he just expects me to inflict hotness on him. There were no spices in this meal at all. Maybe his palate couldn't cope with a sprinkle of fresh parsley. Maybe he couldn't fathom out the teaspoons of quince jelly in with the beef stock, which gave some sweetness.
Right time to stop. I am keen to watch and enjoy The Story of the Musical on BBC 4. I love musicals.
It has been an ebay day - photographing, describing, listing for a new batch and invoicing and dealing with payments for an old lot.
I am always pleased when a book I am selling goes for more than £10 - and the one I mentioned 10 days ago did just that. This was the one about the 1st public railway, which was in Surrey; it was horse drawn and for goods - before steam power and passengers, though I wouldn't mind betting that some people did ride on this train.
Today I am offering 2 Ant and Bee books. They were great favourites when my boys were young. These are much later editions (1998) - but still popular.
I have already been asked if I would sell them today - with no auction.
I cooked a meal from my 100 calorie recipe book today - beef, pepper and mushroom sautee.
Bill said he thought it was hot - maybe he just expects me to inflict hotness on him. There were no spices in this meal at all. Maybe his palate couldn't cope with a sprinkle of fresh parsley. Maybe he couldn't fathom out the teaspoons of quince jelly in with the beef stock, which gave some sweetness.
Right time to stop. I am keen to watch and enjoy The Story of the Musical on BBC 4. I love musicals.
