Tasha Tuesdays Post # 34

Well, look at that! It's Tuesday again! And of course that means it's 'Tasha Tuesday' :) I dont know about you, but I had a good Tasha week this week. I got a message from a sweet friend, Holly of Holly Rocks, saying she was working an estate sale full of Tasha Tudor books! You know I scurried right over and found....
How exciting is this? And I came on half price day. They had several more Tasha books, but for my budget I only bought the volumes I didn't already own. Except for "Private World of Tasha Tudor." I bought an extra one of those because a) I love that book and b) my copy doesnt have the paper cover, it was ripped and that's why I bought it marked down in the first place ;)

I am super-thrilled to get Amy's Goose and Carrie's Gift. I had never heard of these books. They're little stories written by Tasha's daughter Efner and illustrated by Tasha. They're really sweet little stories, very much a narrative that older children would enjoy (not just simple one-liners.) They all seem to be first editions bought when the books first came out, because the woman who owned them wrote her name and the date she received them on the inside cover.
It makes my heart twinge a little to know that there was someone local who loved Tasha so much who is now gone. I wonder how she came to love Tasha---because she certainly did. Her collection was impressive. She owned every biography/personal book about Tasha as they were published and each volume was in impeccable shape. Did she read the books to her children? Did she just admire the lifestyle? What spoke to her about Tasha? I will never know, but I'm hoping that, where ever she is, she's pleased that these books ended up in my possession.

And a million thanks to Holly for looking out for me and my Tasha obsession! you're the sweetest, although I knew that long ago.

Have you found any treasures this week? Or have you found a particularly wonderful Tasha treasure lately? I'd love to hear about it.... :)

Happy Tasha Tuesday!~