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The Little Free Library that I had designed with the help of Terry Faust of Wee Weather Vanes was officially opened with a party yesterday. I couldn't be more pleased with how it all went.

A woman stands, smiling, besides a hobbit-door shaped Little Free Library. The library is enclosed by a gold ribbon

A woman stands, smiling, besides a hobbit-door shaped Little Free Library. The library is enclosed by a gold ribbon

Closeup of a round hobbit-door shaped Little Free Library. Above the door are the words "Robert F. Ihinger, Jr. Memorial Little Free Library." A gold ribbon is wrapped around the library tied with a bow in front.

Blue house with white trim up on a hill. Besides the stops leading up to the house is a round hobbit-door shaped Little Free Library with a blue door.

Here I am with Terry Faust, who designed the Little Free Library for me:

A woman (Peg) and a man (Terry Faust, the designer) stand in front of a Little Free Library in front of a house.

A woman (Peg) and a man (Terry Faust, the designer) stand in front of a Little Free Library in front of a house.

A group of people stand in front of a house surrounding a new hobbit-hole shaped Little Free Library with a blue door.

Here is me with my sisters Betsy and Cindy. The photographer took the picture from within the LFL looking out, using a remote control:

Picture taken from inside Little Free Library shows three women (Peg and her sisters Betsy and Cindy) standing beside it outside. Another friend can be glimpsed through the Little Free Library window

Picture taken from inside Little Free Library shows three women (Peg and her sisters Betsy and Cindy) standing beside it outside. Another friend can be glimpsed through the Little Free Library window

A weathervane shaped like a hobbit holding a sword in one hand and a book in the other

In keeping with the hobbit theme, I put on a spread of hobbit-style food, including Bag End Seed Cake, Sam Gamgee’s Special Tators, Farmer Maggot’s Stuffed Mushrooms, a hobbit-style apple tart, gingerbread scones, and plenty of cheese to fill up the corners, as the hobbits say. The mix of people worked well, making for interesting and lively conversation.

Table is set with a variety of hobbit-inspired foods. It's a party!

Table is set with a variety of hobbit-inspired foods. It's a party!

Table is set with a variety of hobbit-inspired foods

I have registered the library on the Little Free Library website under "Robert F. Ihinger, Jr. Memorial LFL." The registration should be live in three days or so. Stop by anytime you are in Minneapolis.

Delia's graduation party was this past Saturday, and we counted it as a pleasing success--even if the tent canopy we had borrowed again from

minnehaha K. & B. (just as we did for Fiona's party) was not up to the challenge of Saturday's wind and thunderstorm. We got it up Friday night but were forced to take it down about an hour and a half before the party started when the poles started coming apart. Fortunately, it wasn't damaged and what's more, no guests were under it at the time.

So we moved the party indoors and all squeezed in somehow, squeezing one of the four tables we had borrowed from my church onto the porch, but we had great fun neverthless. Thanks to all who braved the weather to join us! Many thanks especially to my Mom, Rob's brother and sister-in-law who provided the chocolate fountain, my sister Betsy, who wasn't able to be there but still contributed supplies, my church, which let us borrow tables and chairs, and especially Rob, my sister Cindy and her friend Kris Chizek, who together braved the wind and the rain to take down the canopy during a thunderstorm. Phew!

I was too busy to take many pictures--including one of the guest of honor! I hope some of the other shutterbugs managed better than I did. I was a bit caught up in logistics.