Magpie and Muttonfly

I went antiquing.  Okay, I went to one antique shop; but it was large, so it was akin to several, without all the driving.  I went searching for presents.  I came away with a present for me.  It’s true.  But it couldn’t be helped.  Just look at these colors!  It’s Fall I tell you – FALL!

It’s also a People’s Edition of Dickens’ Old Curiosity Shop and Hard Times, published by Estes and Lauriat of Boston, 1882.  So there is that …