Goodbye Library

By autodidact
Today was the last time we walked to our library. For 13 years, I have walked with the kids to our lovely neighborhood library. Sure, we could drive, and we do, but many walks were taken there, as well. We would talk about the birds we could hear and see, the flowers blooming in spring or the changing leaves in the fall or we would have deep conversations about this or that.



But today was the last day.

We would check out our materials, but usually spent time greeting the fish,


visiting the fountain


or their favorite bust.



We would wander into the children's area,



marvel at the wooden doors,


 and wonder what lurked behind the black door...


For years, I had at least one or two kids convinced it was the door to the dungeon where misbehaved children were sent. 

The wrought iron fence elicited the imaginations of some...


And some pretended to be princes and queens wandering their castle.


It was a magical place, filled with memories and ghosts and secret rooms tucked behind walls. It was filled with books that fed my children's minds. But now the shelves are being emptied, and there will be no more adventures in the old Telling Mansion.



Goodbye and thanks old friend.


Comments

  1. Peg WeissbrodDecember 20, 2015 at 9:21 PM

    Thank you for your fitting tribute, and the photos of places we'll never see again.

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  2. autodidactDecember 22, 2015 at 1:43 PM

    Thanks. I hardly did it justice, but I felt the need to pay that old building tribute for all the warm memories it gave us. So sad to lose this treasure.

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