After all the excitement about the Kyova Branch, things kind of got quiet, which is exactly what happens in this part of the process.  Proposals are requested, bids received, bids award, and contracts are signed.  Seem that it takes such a long time for these things to get accomplished.  But we’ve signed a contract with Mullin’s Construction out of Wheelersburg, OH and progress is being made.  Deconstruction has begun so to be followed by construction and reconstruction.  Things will move swiftly until we reach the next lull…trust me there will be one.

We are now working with the furniture/shelving providers.  Picking colors, fabrics, and all the little details.  I find this about the hardest part of the entire process…too many choices!  But we have a place to start because we know we want this new branch to be very modern, bright, and easy to use.  With that in mind, are putting the colors of our logo into this branch.  The architect has done some renderings (drawings representing the concept).  Remember, that these are just conceptual and the final product will most likely differ from these pictures, but stay true to the spirit.

I like cold, clear days where the sun is so bright and the air so clear it makes my eyes water, moonlit evening snow falls, and waking up to icy Sunday mornings where the only thing I have to do is make tea.  I tend to become a hermit during winter, curling up with a good book or pulling out a big cross-stitch project; it’s just too gooey to work in the yard, too cold to work around the house, and nobody wants to get out “in this weather”.

Most of my favorite authors have been waiting over the warmer days as I worked in the yard and around the house.  I never have gotten the concept of “a summer read”—there’s just too much to do plus I’m not one for vacationing when there’s a chance my fair skin could be sunburned and the mosquitoes were out.  As the evenings get longer, out come my bright colored embroidery threads and cheerful patterns that have been hidden away in a big drawer waiting to be started.  During the longer days, I’m usually too tired to begin a complicated project by the time I finally stop.

So take advantage of the colder days and longer nights to resume (or start) a cheerful hobby or pick up a book by your favorite writer (or discover a new one).  And on one of those lovely winter days visit The Library, we have a book for that.