Bookshelves in Falmouth

Here are my bookshelves. And I really do keep them this neat.
There is one sentimental book in the lot-Mr. McFadden's Hallowe'en by Rumer Godden...

The library books are arranged. Fiction on top, too tall books lying down. Nonfiction on bottom...

I have a small house and an affinity for dictionaries...

I love to go to flea markets in the summer scouting for funny ceramic owls on books, combining two of my favorite interests.

Owls have spherical eyeballs, and they have "eye tubes" that go far back into their skulls—which means their eyes are fixed in place...

Books are my favorite objects because they're interactive, full of meaning, and each one holds a very distinct memory.

My bookshelves are small and mostly gardening books.

Here is my saying for my books: "I am but a mystery under the sea, I am but a beauty when you plant my seeds."

The Making of Americans: being a history of a family’s progress is an astonishing book, and it is also a very, very long book...

You know you have the time now … read Proust! And if Proust seems too overwhelming  … read Thirkell!

I have a longtime friend who used to be an editor at The Library of America...

Here are another couple of shelves of books. If you look closely you’ll see quite a few books by Maira Kalman, and if you look even closer you’ll see a series of books about the Stettheimer sisters...

Less is More. Which you would never know from looking at the stacks of books in my house that are NOT on bookshelves!

You might notice that my bookshelves do not only shelve books. There is an airplane, the box with the remains of our beloved cat Jane...

Family Pictures

These little owls are from the 1960's.

Norman Rockwell

The few books from my youth that I have hung onto. 

China

I'm not great at following recipes, but I do love to browse cookbooks looking for inspiration...

The Odyssey

I love everything about plants and what you can do with them.