Some of the canned fruits found two weeks ago, a Lidl brand. Expiry date nothing to worry about. I also had two with pear halves. Placed those already, one by one, at the free library by the lack of having anything like a blessing box nearby that I know of. But I'm careful with it because it's officially only for books and too much other stuff will alarm the authorities and may freak out inhabitants who somehow are obsessively scared of rats. And nobody wants to loose those bookshelves! But I saw one of the cans taken within hours, as by chance I passed there again the same day.
This is the library when it was still next to the supermarket. Under the gallery, a dry place for the books and a great meeting place for locals.
Two years ago the supermarket did a renovation or even expanded. Not sure about that because I shop at another further down.
Anyway, library had to go but found a new place across the street. Same gallery, but with New York Pizza on its right side. Neighbourhood had to get used. Then fairly soon after the recycle center opened on the left side. This turned out to be the success formula! From day one everybody embraced this new 'shop', free books almost next to their entrance just fits. And I see even more people standing and chatting there than before.
Do you notice the new rack in wood colour? This is a weird story. This summer one of them miraculously disappeared. Must have been stolen, it wasn't anywhere in the trash nearby. Thrift shop replaced it as soon as we had one available. Isn't that community thinking? Though we do dump unsold books, we have nothing to do with the maintenance.
More to tell but later.
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