Wed 21 Mar 2007
‘Bookshelf’ as a title for the post wouldn’t cover it. Books, bones, blankets and more from Steve and Libby’s home in New Mexico:
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Notice the thimble in the upper right (at least that’s what they’re called up here - would not be surprised to find there’s a great Spanish word that would be more appropriate in this case).
Another great bookshelf shot can be found here (click it, dammit). A range of interests? Yes!
If other folks have posted book-shots, I’d love to know - leave a comment or something. Technorati is only so-so at tracking links to a low traffic blog like mine…
Later - to clarify, picture credit belongs to Steve - he emailed the picture to me for posting here. Though I wouldn’t mind spending some time in the southwest (understatement!), the last time I was there (assuming that hill country Texas and front-range Colorado don’t count) was a looooong time ago.
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:56 am
I’ve been in that room and must say no 2-dimentional image quite captures the scope.
I liken it (the Bodios’ entire home, actually) to a “wizard’s cottage.”
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Steve’s study has received a good amount of blog exposure over the years. To quote my co-blogger: “I had the good fortune to visit Mr. Bodio at his home some time ago. Someone described his study as Merlin’s cave, from The Once and Future King, which is perfect, if Merlin had taken up hunting. Books cover every available inch, after which the unavailable inches are forced into double service, holding oddities of all imaginable genera. Beetles, wood-pecker and penguin skulls, a print of Genghis Khan on a hunting expedition, and small leather contraptions like harnesses which make one think that he must have a chariot drawn by raptors, like some Eastern European folk-tale. (It was later explained to me that the hoods had something to do with falconry). It very much was a wizard’s workshop, and just the sort of space I’d like to spend hours in. Birds inside the house and out, dogs as odd as griffins, antique shotguns and an executioner’s sword.”
http://odiousandpeculiar.blogspot.com/2004/04/peculiar-posted-some-time-back-on.html
Alas, we are packing up our bookshelves for the summer. Perhaps I’ll get a shot of the ones that are coming with us.