Old Books

I started on the pile of paper bags near the sewing room closet with the intention of tossing old things; the bags turned out to be filled with books. The 1st book I found was a really cool, old, leather-bound book that I decided I should keep. It was Audels Carpenters and Builders Guide #3 & has really nice line drawings; it also had a section on knots that will be useful. Initially printed in 1923, this is a copy from the reprinting in 1943.

I also found a book & several magazines in Japanese. The book looks like some sort of Who's Who, perhaps in Hawaiʻi since the cover art looks kinda like pineapples. The corner of several pages were turned down to mark them. But since I can't read Japanese I have no idea why these people were noted. I don't even know how old the book is.

All I can read is "2nd month" on the right column of characters.

Not sure if person on left or right is the "person if interest".

The magazines look like a Japanese version of Good Housekeeping with articles on recipes, home decor, crafts, sewing patterns, & what looks like a story for kids. All of this, of course, is my inference from the illustrations & photos in the magazine.

Left one is the February issue, right is March.

Looks like recipe for fish.

Looks like a story about a cat for kids.

A pattern for a child's top.

There was also an unabridged dictionary. I faintly remember seeing it around in my grandparents' house. But I don't think I ever opened it up. There was also a regular dictionary.

There was a box of novels, a California fish identification booklet, a kid-oriented book on reptiles, & a book of high school students that has cousin Val listed. 

Cousin Valerie is listed in this book.

As I looked through more of the packages I found other books, magazines, & pamphlets that were interesting; I also found a set of old keys hanging at the back of the door. I think these were things that Mom & her sisters set aside when they were initially thinking about selling the house 20 or 25 years ago. One book I did not find was the veterinary book about livestock & livestock diseases. As a kid I would spend a lot of time reading that book; I think my grandfather used it to help him with keeping his cows, pigs, & chickens healthy. According to Mom, Grandpa only had a 6th grade education; all the rest of it was self-taught or on the job training. By the time we came along, Grandpa had risen to level of "chemist" at the Kohala Sugar Company; he was responsible for figuring out when the boiling vat of cane juice was at the right stage to be ready to crystallize in to sugar.

The last thing I found today was 2 metal horse figurines that used to be standing on the shelves in the front bedroom (that is now the main guest bedroom). Unfortunately each horse has had 2 legs broken off & there were only 2 legs in the bag the bodies were found in; they belong to 1 of the horses. I am hoping I find the 2 legs of the other horse in some of the other boxes & bags in the sewing room.

For lunch I had a mushroom quiche from Motek Bakery. I went there today since tomorrow we are making mochi at Kohala Jodo Mission beginning at 8 am so I will have to miss the breakfast club & I would also be unable to pick up a loaf of sliced bread since it would be too warm for slicing in the morning. I did, however, find out David & Yael will let me pre-order a shakshuka & pick it up tomorrow; I paid for everything today to make things faster & easier for them tomorrow.

Around 6 this evening Kīlauea became more active again. 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Jennifer & Gulshan!