Lotus (September)

Anglesea Baptist Op Shop expands with each visit. ‘Location Location Location’ as travellers on the Great Ocean Road drop-off some olde stuffe (buckled cutlery, slightly frayed clothing, fashion-victim CDs) on the way through. This September there’s a whole new room just for books. I gravitate, as usual, toward cookbooks, art, Literature, spirituality. The shelf above spirituality holds tall books, like ‘Paper Blossoms : A Book of Beautiful Bouquets for the Table.’ (San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2010). Five pop-up pages, including a lotus water garden: blue hard cardboard pond, green lifting lilypads, wings-up dragonfly, two flowers of spiritual awakening. Sold: $4.