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Let us hope that Sat. is just one day, just one day of uncertainty and worry. Hopefully there'll be no real attempt at kingship.

Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖

1-my garden 🌱💝

2-my family 🌳💝

3-My Litten friends, Thank You all for being so very kind 😘💝

4-Magical HaikuHive 🐝💝

5-the magic portals of books 📚💝

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

To all Littens who are going out to protest, be safe ✊🏼🐻✌🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲🙏🏼💝

Jari-chan ✊✊✊ here in Europe it's the day of the feminist strike and I'll be there of course. Also striking against a king in the US ✊✊✊ 10h

AnnCrystal Thank You @Jari-chan “Day of the Feminist“ Epic! ✊🏼🐻✌🏼💝💝💝. 9h

AmyG I feel very on edge today. Let‘s hope it‘s peaceful. 5h

dabbe ✊💙✊ 2h

kspenmoll Thank you! We were dafe in Hartford but I worry about DC protesters being met with Trump ordered force.Your joys help to counteract my fears. (edited) 35m

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Did I Blink? 🙏🏼🐻💝.

Well, that was a terrible conclusion to a stressful day!

I had always loved how my neighborhood was a mix of cultures and religions... beautiful.

Today, was the first time we felt in the minority...literally.

The way we were stared at with hostility. Scrutinized.

I fully expected to be asked for my ID, or to see the return of Jim Crow signs.

My mom and I are American Indigenous! Our ancestors were here before America!

AnnCrystal Babbling...sorry....it was what I wanted to shout at the mean people today 😂.

🙏🏼🇺🇲🐻🦅🇺🇸💝. (edited) 1d

AnnCrystal #unrelated2books

#californiananncrystal 1d

CatLass007 Sounds like an awful experience, whatever it was. I‘m so sorry for you and your mom. ❤️❤️❤️ 1d

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Jari-chan So terribly sorry for everything 😢 sending hugs if you need them. 1d

AnnCrystal @CatLass007 thank you 🫂. This reality is strange...I assumed these things were in the past. 🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💝. 1d

AnnCrystal @Jari-chan thank you 🫂, I'm just shocked. Terribly surprised that people could still hold such hatred 🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💝. 1d

CatLass007 You know what they say about what happens when you assume. It‘s trite, annoying, but true. I guess nothing surprises me anymore. Many things infuriate, me but surprise me? Not really. 1d

AnnCrystal @CatLass007 🥺, true. it's strange. Wish the hatred was in the minority 😕...🐻💝. 1d

Sleepswithbooks @AnnCrystal - Reading your pos equally breaks my heart and sickens me. I can‘t believe where we live anymore. You are loved and valued here. There are so many of us that don‘t hold those hateful views 🫶🏻 1d

AnnCrystal @Sleepswithbooks Thank you 🫂, I'm so thankful I found Litsy and for all my Litten friends. Litsy is a truly magical 📚💝.

I do believe the good out numbers the haters...I just need to remind myself sometimes...and I believe our love will overcome the darkness the hatred has cast over our America 🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💝...really hoping it happens sooner than later 🙏🏼🐻✌🏼. (edited) 1d

Amiable Did you attend a protest? I‘m so sorry you were made to feel that way. 1d

AnnCrystal Thank you @Amiable no, a grocery store 🥺🙏🏼🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸🐻✌🏼💝. (edited) 1d

kspenmoll OMG a grocery store? That is horrible. Shocking to me but why do I still feel shocked at people‘s behavior under this administration? You are loved & wanted. I as so sorry, beyond words.💔❤️ 1d

AmyG That is horrible. I am so sorry you had to experience that. So well said @Sleepswithbooks. I, too, have to believe that love will overcome hate. I😢 1d

Deblovestoread I‘m so sorry you are being affected by this madness personally. We will continue to fight so that you can live in light. Love always wins! ❤️✊🏼 1d

Amiable Wait, what?? A grocery store?? 😳🤬 1d

AnnCrystal @kspenmoll Thank you 🫂. in know, right? This all is too unreal and scary. I think everyone is hiding?? So seeing brown-skin kinda surprised these people when we went shopping. There seemed that there were only a handful of brown and black out and about. 🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💝. (edited) 24h

AnnCrystal @AmyG Thank you🫂. True, we must keep reminding ourselves and believing it. Love is powerful, hatred is weakness. 🙏🏼🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸💝. 24h

AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread Thank you 🫂 Truth! We must be strong so that we can all live peacefully in the sunshine of America ✊🏼🐻✌🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲☀️💝. 24h

AnnCrystal @Amiable it's crazy, absolutely unreal...This can't be happening “again.“ ✊🏼🐻✌🏼🙏🏼🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸💝. 24h

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Eggs

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#White

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

TheSpineView 🤍🤍🤍 1d

Eggs @TheSpineView 🕊️🤍🕊️ 1d

lil1inblue 🤍🕊🤍 1d

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dabbe 🩶🩵🩶 21h

Eggs @lil1inblue 💙🤍💙 17h

Eggs @dabbe 🤍🩵🤍 17h

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It has been ruled that the power over the California National Guard will be returned to our states's Governor, Gavin Newsom!

🥳🙏🏼🐻✌🏼💃.

Ruthiella I don‘t know if I can take 3 and a half more years off this. 😡 2d

TheBookHippie 🤞🏻🐻☮️ 2d

AnnCrystal @Ruthiella this all feels unreal 🥺🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲. 2d

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie ✊🏼🐻✌🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲. 2d

AnnCrystal #unrelated2books

#californiananncrystal 1d

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#Whiskers

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

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Each Summer, I stash away my pens and use only pencils for both writing and sketching 📒✏️💝.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝
@Jari-Chan 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

AnnCrystal P.S. Artist tip: unlike pens, I find that crayons become delightful to use in the summertime 🖍️💝. I wouldn't purposely warm them, but natural summer warmth makes them creamy against the paper 😉👌. 2d

TheSpineView That graphic is cute. It made me smile this morning. 😊💛🐝🤩 2d

julieclair “Pencil friends”! Such a cheery phrase! ✏️💛🖤💛 2d

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Eggs Excellent concept 🖊️ 🖤 ✏️ 2d

JenlovesJT47 So cute 💛🐝🖤 2d

dabbe Love the words and the artist's tip. I might have to buy some crayons! 🖤🐝🖤 2d

AnnCrystal @TheSpineView Always makes me happy to inspire smiles ☺️👍🏼💝💝💝. 2d

AnnCrystal Thank you @julieclair pencils are among my oldest and dearest friends, I'm not kidding, I name all of my writing and art supplies. When pencils get really small, I craft with them 😉✏️💝. (edited) 2d

AnnCrystal Thank you @Eggs 😎👍🏼💝. 2d

AnnCrystal Thank you @JenlovesJT47 ✏️☺️💝. 2d

AnnCrystal @dabbe love, love crayons 🤩🖍️, they are wonderful and incredible magic 🪄🖍️. I use paper stumps or Tortillons to smooth surface and one of my wooden, clay sculpting tools along with a paint brush to remove extra wax buildup and sweep it aside 😉🖍️💝. (edited) 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal My face, trying to understand all of that: 😳. Crayola, anybody? I bow to your artiste wow. 😍😘🤗 2d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 😂 sorry 🤗, I do that too often.

Paper stumps or Tortillons are just tightly rolled paper in the shape of a pencil. It comes in handy to smudge or blend pencil, charcoal, pastel sticks, crayons etc.

You can also use an eraser, you just have to apply light pressure. Or one of those makeup spongy wedges.

The wooden, clay sculpting tool is to carefully lift up extra wax buildup. You can use a toothpick or anything that will work for you. (edited) 2d

bellabella What do you write? 1d

lil1inblue Love this! 😍 😍 😍 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal Oh, please don't be sorry! I love learning new things! I just had to try to be funny about it. 😘 1d

AnnCrystal @bellabella Fantasy & ghostly stories. I have a book published now, but it is an artisan crafted book (handmade). I plan to sell my books and other art at craft fairs and events in the future. Right now I am releasing some special editions to Little Free Libraries 📚💝.

Here's a peek at my work, I created a book page here on Litsy:

https://www.litsy.com/web/book/881407/Legatee-The-Queen-Of-The-Winds-Part-one-of... 24h

AnnCrystal Thank you @lil1inblue 😉👍🏼✏️💝. 24h

AnnCrystal 😘 your so sweet @dabbe 😂, I love teaching art and craft, but I'm the worst at giving instructions 😂. I'm so happy when I can inspire someone to want to try something new. And I get giddy if I learn a new technique! Art and craft is pure magic 🪄🎨💝. Hope you enjoy the magic of crayon 🪄🖍️💝. 24h

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🤗😍😘 21h

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Eggs

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TheSpineView Awww.. ❤️🐱 4d

Eggs @TheSpineView 💛 🐾 4d

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🌟🐻👮👮‍♀️👮‍♂️🇺🇲🙏🇺🇸.
May St. Michael be with the Police Officers of the City of Angels.

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

I'm not tagging this one because it is both political and religious...and I've already posted a Haiku today.

🤬🥺😢🙏.

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal

#fundthepolice

JenlovesJT47 💛🐝🖤 6d

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 🐻🙏🐝💝. 6d

dabbe 🖤🐝🖤 5d

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julieclair My nephew is a police officer in NC. We stay glued to the TV - praying - when he works riots. 🙏 5d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🐻🙏🐝💝. 5d

AnnCrystal @julieclair that must be so stressful! May your nephew always be safe 🙏👮‍♂️❤️🤍💙.

It was awful. These agitators trapped some Peace Officers under a bridge on a freeway, throwing boulders, fireworks, and other stuff at them (at least three Police cars were vandalized). They threw fireworks at Police Horses. They set bonfires and murdered trees. They called self-driving cars and destroyed them.

🌟🙏🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲 Hopefully Peaceful going forward. 5d

AnnCrystal Update: I miscounted! Violent has three syllables 👀🤫. 5d

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Learned about Rough Haiku from @dabbe on @Jari-chan Haiku post.

Did some research and had to give it a try.

Went with a 5-5-5 to tie in with my Haiku's theme. 555 for the fictional phone numbers used in movies and TV.

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AnnCrystal My long history of Movie/TV crushes all began soon after I learned how to read...my mom used silent movies to teach me and I discovered Rudolph Valentino 😍🎬💝.

His phone number would probably have more closely resembled, “Pennsylvania 6-5000“ but that's beside the point 😂. 6d

AnnCrystal

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

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TheBookHippie Rudolph!!!! I even visited his grave! 🙃♥️ 6d

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AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie You Have! 🆒🤩👍🏼...I should be ashamed of myself, l live in the County of Angels and I never have! I've always wanted to visit to see if there are still “women in black“ leaving roses 🌹💝. 6d

JenlovesJT47 He was SO gorgeous 😍😍😍 6d

TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal there was in 2019 when I visited!!! 6d

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 True! Legendary gorgeous 😍💝🤩. 6d

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie Wow, that's incredible!!! I absolutely love that. How magical 🌹💝💝💝. 6d

TheSpineView Handsome 💛🐝💛 6d

dabbe Be still my heart! #hubbahubba Love your #roughhaiku! 🖤🐝🖤 6d

Eggs The image is wonderful and the haiku is so clever! 6d

AnnCrystal @TheSpineView Dreamy 😍🎬💝. 6d

AnnCrystal Thank you @dabbe 😂🐝👍🏼🌹💝. 6d

AnnCrystal Thank you @Eggs 😉🐝🌹💝. 6d

lil1inblue I like that you tied the 5-5-5 in with the syllables! So clever! 💛 5d

AnnCrystal Thank you @lil1inblue 🌞🐝🌹💝. 5d

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BookwormAHN

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I received my first card from the #SummerCardSwap today. Thank you @BkClubCare
My cards will be mailed Monday 🌼
@TheBookHippie

BkClubCare Yippee! It‘s summer!! Or close enough 6d

TheBookHippie Yay!!! 5d

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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖.

1- Made Brownies 😋🍫💝.

2- Made pizza fries, basically homemade fries topped with pizza goodness 😋🍟🍕🧀💝.

3- HaikuHive and Litsy 🐝📚..

4- My Haiku notebook 📒🐝.

5- that my mom raised me to value Books 📚💝📚.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Suet624 Love this! 1w

AnnCrystal @Suet624 🥳👌🏼💝💝💝. 1w

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dabbe 🩵💙🩵 1w

AnnCrystal @Jari-chan 😉👍🏼💖💖💖. 7d

AnnCrystal @dabbe ☺️👌🏼❣️❣️❣️. 7d

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There was a news story about this today, and I found it perplexing.

As one who was lucky to have storytime in my childhood, this makes me...sad? Worried.

As an adult, those early experiences with books adds to the coziness of reading as I unconsciously reminisce...

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AnnCrystal About those times during the few short years I had with my brother, when I would snuggle up at his side and he would wrap a protective arm around my shoulders as we journeyed into the stories he made up using the illustrations from a storybook. If the story became too scary (big brother found that funny), one tattletale shout to our mommy would set the story back in the right direction 😂.

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AnnCrystal Our mom always made time to read to me (and my brother when he was young). Patiently rereading my favorite books over and again. Even read to me silent movies, which she used to teach me how to read 📘🎭🍿.

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AnnCrystal Storytime nourished my imagination in a way that modern television alone could not have, because the TV does all the work.

Perhaps this isn't such a big issue...

How do you, HaikuHive and my Litten friends weigh this trend?

What are your storybook experiences?

Are the imaginations of future generations in jeopardy? Are books? (edited) 1w

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AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝
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TheSpineView I think kids will miss out on an important part of growing up. Not just educational but the bonding and emotional support kids get from the activity. 1w

Eggs Doesn‘t seem right for human development 😥Babies, even in utero, hear our words and stories. As little ones they associate reading with love and affection, imagination, playfulness, and empathy. Why would we deprive future generations of that… 1w

AnnCrystal @TheSpineView so true, the importance goes way beyond just education. It is essential to young minds in so many ways📚💝. 1w

AnnCrystal @Eggs “Babies, even in utero, hear our words and stories“

I always love this idea, that the baby can hear within the womb 💝💝💝.

And exactly. This trend is taking so much from little ones. Especially Empathy! It is incredibly important to foster this in as many ways as possible. (edited) 1w

JenlovesJT47 Reading is so important 💛🐝🖤 1w

GingerAntics Oh my god those poor kids! Storytime is a vital part of literacy! 1w

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 Agree! Incredibly important, especially in this chaotic world 🙏📚💝. 1w

AnnCrystal @GingerAntics Truth! My mom didn't have storybook time when she was growing up, thankfully she made sure her children did.

While my mom does read, she is not an avid reader like my brother and I became. 1w

GingerAntics @AnnCrystal I just don‘t understand not wanting that down time with your children! 1w

JenlovesJT47 I keep meticulous track of all the books I read to Jace. We read 800+ books together last year. He‘s 7 and is not great at math but he sure loves to read and spell things! 💛🖤💛 1w

JenlovesJT47 His favorite thing to do is to use the firestick remote to talk to Alexa and ask her how to spell things 😆😆😆 1w

GingerAntics I have a new way to think about this. Read to your children, or we‘re going to end up with a country full of Trump supporters. 1w

GingerAntics @JenlovesJT47 over 800?! That is impressive! What a great little guy. As for the math, I had the same problem. See if right brain math jives with him better. It did wonders for me. 1w

GingerAntics Wait , Jace is 7?! When did that happen?! I still see his little chubby cheeks when he was less than a year old. Did he skip some years?! 1w

AnnCrystal @GingerAntics 😂🙏🇺🇲. Could be just a few parents making the whole GenZ look bad?? My mom compelled my dad to read to me once or twice...however, my dad never wanted to spend quality time with my brother nor I. My dad's idea of watching me while my mom cooked dinner was seating me on the sofa and telling me not to move or make a peep until dinnertime. My brother would sneak me a doll once our dad became focused on the TV. 🧸💝. (edited) 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 If Jace is like me, I was great in English and Social Studies, but math and science? 😳🤣🤩 And btw, Jace is the coolest name ever. 😍 1w

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 that is utterly adorable 😘📚💝. Love that you track your reading with your little one. The portals you've introduced to him is absolutely amazing. My mom always tells me that a child is usually better at math “OR“ at reading. He was born to be a reader! 800+ books! Just amazing! 👏🏼🥳🏆📚🏆💝. (edited) 1w

dabbe @GingerAntics 🎯😱🤬😱🎯 1w

dabbe Our collective unconscious brains CRAVE stories. We think in story patterns, whether by words or pictures. It is essentially what makes us human. What other species can think metaphorically? Most of this is done by READING. I know I'm preaching to the choir here. Yet another tidbit about Gen Z that makes me go 😳. 1w

dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 for your haiku today! 1w

AnnCrystal @dabbe 👏🏼😉👍🏼 “crave stories.“ That is right. I haven't really kept up on the generational issues/topics 🤔, I did read that GenZs don't want debt... thought that was grand...then I read about this...🥺📚💝. 1w

AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 😉📚🐝💝. 1w

JenlovesJT47 @GingerAntics yes he‘s 7! 😱 time has flown by completely! @dabbe thank you! 🤗 I read the name Jace in a book when I was in college and I knew that‘s what I‘d name a boy if I ever had one @AnnCrystal that makes sense! He so hates math but he asks how to spell any new word he‘s introduced to. 🤗 1w

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 Smart little boy ☺️🔤🆒💝💝💝. A future writer, journalist, editor, teacher, or professor in the making 📚💝. 1w

julieclair This trend makes me so sad. Snuggling up and reading is so important for kids and parents - that feeling of cozy connection. 7d

AnnCrystal @julieclair absolutely true. I just hope the trend doesn't continue 🙏📚💝...storybook time is vital time 📚💝. 7d

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Latest library checkouts…I‘m so behind! I have 4 stacks total (2 different libraries)😬🤓📚

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Jari-chan

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Just got a Mail from BookFinity. Did I do a bookish quiz? Yes. Did I sign up for book recommendations? Also yes. Am I a rainbow woke? You bet.

https://bookfinity.com/

nanuska_153 I got book worm, which I guess everyone that does the test kind of is? 😅 1w

Jari-chan @nanuska_153 Maybe you're a special kind of Bookworm? 😁 1w

nanuska_153 @Jari-chan a pedantic one apparently, cause it said in the description that I "get enjoyment of using big words in your day to day conversations" ?? After that description I feel like a toddler when they use a complex word xD 1w

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lil1inblue I'm a Time Traveler with a little bit of Lifelong Learner and Leading Lady. They kind of nailed it. 😂😍 1w

Jari-chan @nanuska_153 What an interesting description 😂 1w

Jari-chan @lil1inblue That sounds amazing 😍 1w

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vonnie862

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This was the year of IEPs. As an Education Specialist for the RSP program, I conduct at least 40 IEPs in a school year. This year topped it off: 52 IEPs. And many of them were high profiles with lawyers. So yes, I am sooooo happy and thrilled to have held my last one today for the school year. 🙌
Bring on summer!

vonnie862 For those that don't know: IEP is Individualized Education Plan for students in special education. 1w

dabbe You deserve a well-earned break! W🤩WZA! 🩵💙🩵 1w

Roary47 Yay! 1w

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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 😉🌹💝.

1- “being kind“ and “always believing in the magic of hope“ are my starter points...and “becoming a garden parent.“ 🌞🪄🌱💝.

2- 😜🤩🦉.

3- garden critters...those silly rascals 😂😍💝💝💝.

#WondrousWednesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Eggs Thx for playing 🥳 1w

AnnCrystal @Eggs ☺️👍🏼💝. 1w

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#JuneSpecials
Day 2. Rocky Road
#RockyRoad

Eggs “When you know better you do better”Great choice! 1w

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#unrelated2books

Been spending quality time over the last two weeks with Lucifer, what a character!

☀️😜💖.

#californiananncrystal

julesG Tom Ellis' Lucifer? 2w

AnnCrystal @julesG 👏🏼🥳👍🏼 Interesting fun humor! Ellis' plays Lucifer Morningstar too well🥂📺🤩☀️💖. 2w

julesG Love how he says "Bloody Hell". 1w

AnnCrystal @julesG 🥂😂👌🏼💖. 1w

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#unrelated2books

My new garden shoes were a bit too bland, so I decided to zazz them up 🪄🎨🖌️💝.

#craftbyanncrystal

Ruthiella 👍Nice work! 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @Ruthiella 🥰👌🏼🪴🌞🦎💝. 2w

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Leftcoastzen Very fun! So cute ! 2w

AnnCrystal Thanks @Read4life ☺️👌🏼🦎☀️🌱💝 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @Leftcoastzen 😉👌🏼🌱🦎🌞💝. 2w

BooksandCoffee4Me Love them!!! 😃👍💛 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @BooksandCoffee4Me 🥰👌🏼🪴🦎🌞💝. 1w

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A little orange notebook that I saved for special jottings. I added the drawing 🪄📜✍️🐝💝.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

AnnCrystal P.S. it looks smudged but isn't.

#craftbyanncrystal (edited) 2w

kspenmoll Love this! I have enjoyed so much reading everyone‘s haikus . So much creativity! 2w

TheSpineView 😎💛🐝💛 2w

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Eggs Beautiful cover! And a great concept👏🏻👏🏻 I agree absolutely 💯 about the therapeutic benefits of writing haiku 💝 (edited) 2w

lil1inblue So therapeutic! I have love our #haikuhive! 😍 And I LOVE your notebook! 2w

JenlovesJT47 Well you just inspired me to go buy a bumblebee notebook to use for this! 💛🐝🖤🐝🐝🐝 2w

dabbe LOVE!!! 🖤🐝🖤 2w

bellabella So cute 💕 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @kspenmoll, reading everyone's Haiku has been just as therapeutic as writing them 🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 2w

AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🌞🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @Eggs it is! Helps inspire me and focus myself 😉🪄📜✍️🐝💝. (edited) 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue it's perfect to just slip into my pocket and carry with me wherever wander ☺️🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 2w

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 can't wait to see which one you find for your Haiku writings 👏🏼🥳👌🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 🪄📜✍️🐝💝...as I've noted, I write everyday, but I'm Haiku shy and only share the ones that I like...sorry 🤗🐝💝. 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @bellabella ☺️🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal No need to be sorry! Share when/if/whenever you want! We're here to love and listen! 💚💜💚 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 😘👌🏼🐝💝. 2w

julieclair I love everything about this post! 1w

AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair 🥰🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 1w

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#Bookspin My list is all books I own again. I switched out some to add a few (8) that were gifted from Littens, one I should return to, and one from my husband‘s picks.

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w

Reggie Cmon 16 and 14!!! 6d

Bookzombie @Reggie It was 12 and 10. 12 is one from you. 🙂 6d

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Here's my list for June.
#BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w

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#Bibliophile
Day 28. Big secret
#BigSecret

Eggs So true 💖 2w

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#Bibliophile
Day 26. Protagonist with a pet
#ProtagWpet

Eggs Super cute🐶🐱 2w

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#Bibliophile
Day 25. Monster
#Monster

Eggs Sweet💙🍪💙 2w

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#RiseUpReads July 2025 Theme: Disability Non-fiction

Please vote for what book we will read in July

https://forms.gle/SrrhkbZzWxRkQgSP6

Rise up Reads- reading marginalized voices 🔥✊🏼 If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

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Friends, here is my #readyourkindle list for June! This is also a reminder to post your list (if you already have, awesome!). Have fun and happy reading 📖😊
#readyourebooks #readyournook #readyourkobo

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#Bibliophile
Day 24. Lost Royalty
#LostRoyalty

Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 2w

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Zuhkeeyah

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I have tentative titles planned for some of the listed prompts but I‘m always hesitant to commit since I‘m such a mood reader. Just listing the challenge has really helped keep #bookspin low-key. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w

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#Bibliophile
Day 22. Z in title
#ZInTitle

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2w

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#Bibliophile
Day 21. Author with pseudonym
#AuthorWithPseudonym

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2w

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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card and Thank You @Deblovestoread for the tag 😘📚💝.

1- when my mom was a little girl, she had chosen the names Demetrius and Delilah for her future children. When she had my older brother, my dad wouldn't allow it. I always wondered how much power names truly had and how my personality might have changed if I had been given the name Delilah.

👇

AnnCrystal Nevertheless, I find “Crystal“ to be an epic name, and wouldn't change it now.

2- Buster 🐕, Galaxy🦜, Valentino🐇, and Autumn🦜. When I was a kid, I had named a friendly squirrel Pistachios 🐿️.

3- too many...Bruce Wayne, Sabriel, Lirael, Wednesday...there's more, but I will leave it there. I named one of my characters, Viola. A favorite of mine. She's a member of the, All Knowing Winds.

#WondrousWednesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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Eggs Love your names, including your own❤️❤️ 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @Eggs, my mom chose Crystal because she grew up (for a time) across the street from Crystal Creamery and she sold Crystals around the time she had me ☺️👌💝. (edited) 2w

Eggs @AnnCrystal Very sweet story💞 2w

AnnCrystal @Eggs 😘💝💝💝. 2w

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Thank You HaikuHive and all Littens for making everyday a “Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood“ of Litsy 📚💝.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

AnnCrystal #litsyversaryanncrystal 2w

bellabella Amazingly well thought out haiku! I never would have thought of that. 2w

JenlovesJT47 This is perfect! It‘s my 9-year Litsyversary today 🥳🥳🥳🐝🖤💛 2w

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BooksandCoffee4Me @JenlovesJT47 9!!! 👏👏👏👏 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @bellabella 🪄📜🐝📚💝. 2w

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 🥳 Happy Nine Years a Litten 📚💝. 2w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 HL! 🤩🤩🤩 2w

dabbe Thanks to the #haikuhive, May has been the best month! I can't express how much I have loved all of your heartfelt haikus. Keep 'em coming! 2w

JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal @dabbe thank you!! 🤗🤗 2w

Eggs Happy L Anniversary- this is my 9th year also. @JenlovesJT47 2w

Eggs I agree with your sentiments about Litsy🥰🥰 2w

JenlovesJT47 Happy anniversary @Eggs !! 🥳🤗🐝 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe for HaikuHive, it has been a wonderful joy reading and creating Haiku. Therapeutic 🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You 🐝💝. Happy Nine Years on Magical Litsy @Eggs 🥳📚💝. 2w

Eggs @JenlovesJT47 TY❤️🥰🧡 2w

lil1inblue You capture this community so well! It just makes me happy. 😍 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💚💜💚 2w

julieclair You have perfectly captured this wonderful community. Well done! 😀😀🐝 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue 🥰🪄📜🐝💝. (edited) 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair 🌞🪄📜🐝💝. 2w

Reggie 🖤🖤🖤 2w

AnnCrystal @Reggie 😎🪄📜🐝💫. 2w

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Purchased early for my two year Litsyversary 📚💝. Even wrapped it up and placed on my bookshelf especially for today's celebration ☺️📚💝...yeah, I'm wacky like that 😂.

#StoryLakereviewedbyanncrystal

#litsyversaryanncrystal

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, I love that you did that!! 💛💛💛 2w

AnnCrystal @BooksandCoffee4Me Thanks ☺️👌@PaperbackPirate gave me the idea during my first Litsyversary 🥳📚💝. 2w

PaperbackPirate Happy Litsyversary! I love that you wrapped it! 📚💙 2w

AnnCrystal Thanks @PaperbackPirate it kept me from peeking at the story 🥳📚💝. 2w

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#haikuaday 5-28-25 #haikuhive 💛🐝🖤

@TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47
@DebinHawaii @bellabella @julieclair
@BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal @Reggie @Eggs @vivastory @jdiehr @CBee @dabbe @Mimi28

AnnCrystal How Pretty 😍🥀👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌹🐝💝. 2w

TheSpineView Awww... 💛🐝💛 2w

JenlovesJT47 So pretty 💛🐝🖤 2w

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Desha Oooh like this! ♥️♥️♥️ 2w

dabbe L🌹VERLY. 💛🐝🖤 2w

Eggs @AnnCrystal @TheSpineView @JenlovesJT47 @Desha @dabbe Thank You!🙏🏻 2w

bellabella so pretty 😍 2w

Eggs @bellabella Thank You 🙏🏻 🥰🫶🏻 2w

lil1inblue I love “passion and verve“! 💛 2w

julieclair Love this! Verve is an underutilized word. Thanks for reminding me of its existence! 😃 2w

Eggs @lil1inblue @julieclair Thank you very much 🖤🐝💛 2w

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Hey #LittensLoveRomance, it‘s time to vote for June‘s read. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/ZrYdYuur7rZGrZVk8 as always, let me know if you want to be added or removed from my main tag list. Also, I‘d love to hear your ideas for future month themes!

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It's My Litsyversary 🥳📚💃💝💝💝.

Thank You Littens of Litsy for making this place extraordinarily magical. I am so very grateful to have found this wonderful community.

🥳📚💝.

#litsyversaryanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Jari-chan Happy Litsyversary!! 🎉🎉 2w

TheSpineView Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 2w

NatalieR Happy Litsyversary! 🥳📚 2w

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TheQuietQuill Happy Litsyversary!! ❤️📚 2w

Enchanted_Bibliophile Happy Litsyversary 🎉🥳🎈📚 2w

AnnCrystal @Jari-chan 🥳📚💖. 2w

AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 💃📚💝. 2w

AnnCrystal @NatalieR 🥳📚💕. 2w

AnnCrystal @TheQuietQuill 💃📚❤️. 2w

AnnCrystal @Enchanted_Bibliophile 🥳📚❣️. 2w

AmyG Congrats! 🎉 2w

AnnCrystal @AmyG 💃📚💗. 2w

Ruthiella Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 2w

Deblovestoread Happy Litsyversary 🎉 2w

dabbe HL! 🤩🤩🤩 2w

AnneCecilie Happy Litsyversary 🎉📚🎉📚 2w

AnnCrystal @Ruthiella 🥳📚❤️. 2w

AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread 💃📚💖. 2w

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🥳📚💕. 2w

AnnCrystal @AnneCecilie 💃📚❣️. 2w

marleed Happy Litsyversary! I‘m so happy you are in this world! 2w

AnnCrystal 🥰 Thank You @marleed 🥳📚😘, the feeling is mutual 🪄📚. 2w

BookmarkTavern Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉🎉 2w

JessClark78 Happy Litsyversary! 🎊📚🎉 2w

AnnCrystal @BookmarkTavern 💃📚💗. 2w

AnnCrystal @JessClark78 🥳📚💝. 2w

Reggie Happy Litsyversary! 2w

AnnCrystal @Reggie 💃📚💫. 2w

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#Bibliophile
Day 18. Red Cover
#RedCover

Eggs Love this❤️❤️❤️ 2w

dabbe Y♥️S!!! 2w

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#Bibliophile
Day 17. Long title
#LongTitle

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 3w

ChelseaM6010 @Eggs 🙂 2w

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repost for @Eggs

Yes it‘s almost June!!!!

This month the challenge is based on special days, that can be federal holidays, global interests, food/drink, and many other unusual themes. Just post a book, poem, story, play, movie or ?? that expresses the daily prompt! Enjoy 😊 We love your posts❣️

#JuneSpecials

Eggs Thank you 🙏🏻 3w

Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 3w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you! 2w

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Hello Everyone,
@Littlewolf1 and I are trying to look for more interest in our Horror Reads Fable Book Group. If you are interested in reading more horror titles with a group please follow this link: https://fable.co/club/roaringwolf-fright-night-with-roary47-202125311454 I‘m putting up a new poll for June. 👻🧟‍♀️🧙‍♀️🐺

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