Library Volunteers

We have been volunteering at our wonderful Carlsbad Dove Library the past few weeks.  Friday mornings we go in and sort through the donation bins.  Usually, about 2/3 of the books go to the dumpster for recycling, and the rest we sort by genre.  Some of the books end up on the library shelves, but most are sold in the library store.  We also get first crack at any books we want to buy for ourselves, unless it is particularly valuable and can be sold online.  We are usually done in about an hour and a half.  The store and sales are all done by volunteers, and about $100,000 a year is raised for the library.  We have great fun finding interesting books.  Below are a few samples:

It is a bit like a treasure hunt.  Here, Gail is examining a book for condition and desirability.

I had to tell Gail that she could not keep the book on knives and swords.  Sorry, Honey.

 

These were two finds that I did keep - couldn't resist the one of Ben Franklin's writings!

 

This was our favorite of the morning!  Romance novels are the fastest sellers in the store.

 

Another steamy read!

 

Cassidy, this one's for you!

 

I thought this one was about me!  (See below)

 

And so ends our morning at the library.  We keep saying how this is such a light experience compared to our volunteer work up in Cordelia rehabbing seabirds.  We are hoping to find another volunteer experience helping others to preserve nature in addition to the library.

 

After the library, we drove down to the Humane Society thrift shop in Encinitas where we recently purchased a great abstract painting by a La Jolla artist for $10!  On the way back, we pulled into a new cutting edge park where runoff from creeks is filtered in a settling pond and then runs through native vegetation before entering the ocean.  Anyway, we heard all these sirens above us - there were a number of police cars and motorcycles all together, and a helicopter overhead.  We thought that the president must be in town and this was his motorcade.  Wrong!

 

 







 

The motorcade turned out to be a pursuit of a driver who wouldn't stop.  He was eventually bumped off the road (red mini-van) in a police maneuver, as we found out a few miles down the road after spike strips failed to work.

 

 

He had a child in the car - his wife had jumped out earlier, but couldn't get the child out before he took off.  From the library to high speed pursuit - all in this one fantastic blog!  Thank you for all your comments - we love hearing from you!