Same old, same old.

There's nothing too terribly exciting going on here today. I only had three kids at my outreach storytime this morning. It's not too surprising since I think a lot of people are on vacation and such, but it made for a pretty low-key morning. We were kinda quiet today--possibly because half the library was in the dark until 4:00. Yup, still working on the lights. Whee.

The outreach storytime itself is pretty cool. I'm at one of the northmost library branches, yet Calgary's expanded so quickly that there's still a good twenty minutes of city north of us. (Until the two new branches open this and next year--and if I never hear the debate about "big box" libraries again, it will be too soon.) A couple of the branches do storytimes and such off-site, including us.

So, once a week I pack up my storytime books, fingerpuppets, flannel board, etc, and a pile of books to sign out there, and drive northwards to the one nursing home. The kids and parents come in and watch the storytime, and the residents get a real kick out of sitting and watching the kids. The acoustics aren't great (sound carries TOO well), but I like the mixed group and the whole concept.

And it's raining again (only fair after the past few weeks of scorching heat) but we are in dire need of kitty kibble. Sigh. Off we go.