pick#JuneSpecials Day 17: #EatYrVegs #EatYourVegetables- I love the transformation in this story, its quiet simplicity, and how a place filled with high-rise buildings – has now been enriched with greens through the efforts of these three siblings and their Uncle John. There is also a recipe of succotash found at the very end of the book a dish that I am unfamiliar with but I am now deeply intrigued by. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-rk0
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Spending the morning reading in our local botanic garden 🪴
2. Giving a new favorite book to a former student/now friend 📖💛
3. Having fun writing haiku for #haikuhive @dabbe #haikuaday 🐝💛
4. Finding that my friend had the author sign a book to me before giving it to me 😊
5. Watching our backyard bloom. 🌸🌹🌺
pickThis was a quiet short story told from the viewpoint of a snail. Admittedly, I read it to bump up my “books read“ count for the year. But I enjoyed it. And it makes me to want to pick up another of hers. I've been contemplating a re-read of Mrs. Dalloway. Perhaps now is the time.
📸 I've never been to Kew Gardens but it looks inviting.
https://youtu.be/B-91K2RYOYM?si=5SnBKdHJsJbs1oML
Introduction
A special offer from last week's mystery guest
Shawn has bookmarks for sale
Congrats, Michael Crummey
Mystery guest
Weekly Highlights
An Episode of Sparrows by Rumer Godden
Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope by Sharon Butala
Small Reckonings by Karin Melberg Schwier
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
Waiting to meet a friend for dinner & coffee at a coffee shop that is new to me. Only 12 minutes from work, by the airport. A little further for him, but he doesn‘t mind. He was my mentor- I student taught with him. ❤️ Delicious looking croissants for tomorrow‘s breakfast are in the white boxes.🥐
Early morning read & coffee.
It‘s a cold 45 degrees, pouring rain. Reading about a garden & love in midst of war makes me feel hope for sunshine.
booksandcoffee #shelfsweeper ##4Elizabeth
