Bookmobile Day!

It's Bookmobile Day! JamaJoan's Bookmobile to be exact. We travel five plus miles to downtown Kerrville for the Hill Country Farmer's Market and give away children's books. It is a Little Free Library on wheels. My original plan was to travel to rural areas but alas, that has not occurred yet.

My inspiration was The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Richardson. I have yet to read The Giver of Stars.

From the internet: The most popular books about the Kentucky horseback librarians ("Pack Horse Library Project" of the 1930s) are The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson and The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. These historical fiction novels highlight women delivering books to remote Appalachian areas during the Great Depression. 

Several years ago we brought a vintage travel trailer back to Texas from Spokane, Washington. 

Hubby cleverly created a bookmobile interior with shelving, a very pleasant paint job and new laminate flooring.

It has served us well and photos will be posted as soon as I can figure out where they are on the computer or if they still exist. Then the chore of uploading, etc. has to be relearned. 

It seems so much of my life is learning, relearning and remembering. Is that aging or just too much on the brain from being a lifelong learner?

Back to the bookmobile:

We have a surplus of books in the garage taking up quite a bit of space. Donations came flowing in following the flood and loss of all previous book donations plus the special ones I had shelved in my home.

But the trailer survived after a miraculous cleaning by volunteer women from a Houston church. 

We are blessed continually as we relive the gifts of time and physical effort the volunteers gave us.

When we go to the market we set baskets of books outside the trailer and on pleasant days we sit outside. Folks are invited to go inside and also are invited to take several books. We enjoy the social several hours and then journey back home, happily exhausted. 

Today the weather is going to be lovely and as soon as it warms up, we'll be settled in chairs outdoors.

Come and visit!