Old reading, new learning and treats at the door

Today's walk turned up an array of oddly assorted figures on a neighbor's porch.  Reclining nudes, lions, Victorian children, what?

Home again, and a treat arrived on the step

I have sampled the sampler, and it's very good. Thank you, dear e! It is in a good home, and some will be shared with Handsome Son. 

It's that time of year when I like to get ahead of winter by taking on something new. Last year it was the Sock Ministry, now the Sock and Glove Ministry, and a fixture in my life.

This year I fancy learning something new, and since I've been very aware lately of Islamic art and current Arabic news slogans, I plan to learn the Arabic alphabet for starters. 

I've studied other alphabets before, years of classical Greek, some Russian, but this is the first experience I've had of writing  which runs right to left, and it's beautiful.

here's lesson one. Now I will find a notebook to practice in.

And here's the current reading, another historical novel from a favorite writer, newly downloaded, ready to plunge into the seventeenth century.

Along with a piece of embroidery from an earlier period, to remind us of the textile sophistication of the era.

 

And while I'm working on my Arabic and 17C history, here's a modern puzzle

Happy day, everyone, follow your own path of learning! It's all good.