I‘ve loved Garfield since I was little. He was a huge part of my childhood. I‘m a few days late but just wanted to give a shoutout to Jim Davis, who just celebrated his 80th birthday. (Collage not mine, found it online).

For my favorite
cat Garfield, thank you so much!!
Happy birthday, Jim! 🧡🐈

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Garfield #cats

You don‘t like it when
he does it to you — but that‘s
none of my business. 🐸🍵

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #kermitthefrog #whyaremen

If you don‘t love me
now, you will never love me
again — don‘t break the chain. ⛓️‍💥♥️

Starting the day listening to Fleetwood Mac and hanging out with the kids in the pool (I have recently become obsessed with Rumours, what can I say 😬).

https://youtu.be/xwTPvcPYaOo?si=SH2WyHEpRyber7k5

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #FleetwoodMac

Happy birthday to the wonderful @CBee !! Hope you have a fabulous day! 🤗♥️🥳

May your day be filled with
with love, laughter, friends —
happy birthday Cydney! 🥳

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #ilovelucy

Unpopular opinion time: I didn‘t love this story. It felt very disjointed and all over the place. I don‘t read much magical realism but I had high hopes for this WWI tale about Laura & Freddie and their journey of finding each other in a war-torn world. It just didn‘t land for me. 3⭐️

#audiobook #WWI #historicalfiction #fantasy #paranormal #magicalrealism

Click your heels three times
and repeat after me: there‘s
no place like home. 👠

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #moviehaiku #wizardofoz

🌈🌪️🌈🌪️🌈🌪️🌈🌪️🌈🌪️🌈🌪️🌈🌪️🌈🌪️🌈

Spent the day in the pool yesterday and butterflies were everywhere. Felt inspired (not my pic).

Fancy fluttering
flitting freely — fabulous,
flirty, fantastic. 🦋

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #butterflies

Here‘s another pic from my sister from Toulouse. Lavender is my absolute favorite scent and I‘d love nothing more than to just lay down in a lavender field.

Fields of lavender
sway lazily in the breeze,
perfuming the air. 💜

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Toulouse

One more! Had to do this one in French:

Une boulangerie?
Mais oui! Baguettes, croissants,
petits pains — superbe! 🇫🇷

A bakery? Oh yes!
Baguettes, croissants, rolls —
superb! 🇫🇷

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #ReadLesMis #VictorHugo

Inaugurated
in 1892, paying homage to
Ocean Man — Victor.

Fun fact: “Ocean man" was a self-applied nickname Victor Hugo used to describe the male literary geniuses he admired, comparing their minds to the vastness of the ocean. The sea and natural world were a significant source of inspiration for his writing and artwork, particularly during his exile in the Channel Islands.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #ReadLesMis #VictorHugo

My sister is on vacation in Toulouse, France this week & she sent me some pics from Place Victor Hugo, so I thought I‘d share with my hive and those who #readLesMis — & of course, must write a haiku about it. ? If you zoom in on the street sign, it says Marché Victor Hugo (Victor Hugo Market).

Place Victor Hugo —
dreamy locale in the heart
of vibrant Toulouse. ??

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

He‘s sad and forlorn
on this fine Wednesday morn — oh
where has Ziggy gone? 🦎🐈‍⬛

This was from yesterday. No sign of Ziggy for the past month. ☹️ Poor Chippy! 😆

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Chipper #catsoflitsy
#thechroniclesofchipperandziggy

🦎🐈‍⬛🦎🐈‍⬛🦎🐈‍⬛🦎🐈‍⬛🦎🐈‍⬛🦎🐈‍⬛🦎🐈‍⬛🦎🐈‍⬛🦎

Wednesday? Drat! It should
be Sunday! Railroad Daddy
is calling my name.

I‘m finally all caught up on The Gilded Age & am currently having withdrawals. Sunday can‘t get here fast enough!! 😋😍

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #thegildedage

Pitter patter of
little kitten feet leaves paw
prints on our heart. 🐾

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #kittens #catsoflitsy

🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

Finishing this giant chunkster definitely warrants a haiku! Been reading it slowly since February, I love spending a little time with Jamie & Claire each day. ♥️

action, adventure,
men in kilts, love, lust, murder,
stolen gold — 5 stars!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Outlander #bookreviewhaiku #allergictochunksters

Was very saddened to hear of Malcolm-Jamal Warner‘s untimely death today. I feel silly getting so upset about celebrities dying because I don‘t technically know them, but I think it‘s because I grew up watching him. Kinda like a big brother. I felt the same way when Bob Saget passed away, he was my TV dad. 😞

A sad day today,
another has gone away —
Theo, you left too soon.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #MalcolmJamalWarner #theCosbys

hair everywhere? skid
marks in your underwear? mold
in your Tupperware?

crumbs on the floor,
fingerprints on the fridge door?
behind on each chore?

mess in the kitchen
has your mother-in-law been
bitchin‘? kids won‘t pitch in?

mountains of laundry?
do you find yourself in a
quandary? golly!

soap scum? don‘t be e
bum: call Dirty Little Secrets
Grime Scene Cleanup now!!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #funny

This is for you @CBee !!🤗♥️

Tall and gangly,
I felt ungainly, head and
shoulders above all. 🦒

Oh the joys of being the tallest girl in class at school!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

This little hourly history book isn‘t in the system so I‘m only writing a blurb. I‘m trying to get my history fix in with these quick reads once a week. This week I chose Janis & decided to take inspiration from @jdiehr & do my review haiku style.

Rocker, trailblazer —
she took a piece of our
hearts, left us too soon.

These little bios are great for a quick overview of the pertinent facts. 4⭐️

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #haikubookreview

“Ladies, please! Control
yourselves — there‘s plenty of
me to go around.”

Narrator:
“It was then Barbie
realized Ben played her like a
fiddle — she‘ll make him pay.”

#haikuhive #haikuadayorfour #poetry #funny #Barbie #theadventuresofbarbieandben

I was blinded by
love for you; fell hard — what was
I supposed to do? 💔

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #love

Don‘t listen to them —
knowledge is power — may your
thirst never be quenched. 🦉

Knowledge is definitely power. Important to keep this in mind when trying new endeavors and somebody wants to rain on your parade. Example: me learning French. I‘ve been learning for 6 years now & I‘ve had a couple of people ask “why”, like it‘s some huge waste of time. I say, why not?

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

I can‘t believe it took me that long to finish this little book! Nancy seems to get into more dangerous situations than usual, I hope Mr. Drew has an excellent life insurance policy on her! 😆 I will say I do really like Nancy‘s boyfriend, Ned, and am curious how long he sticks around. Fun fluff as always. 3⭐️

#NancyDrewBR

I‘ve gotten so behind on my required reading but I‘m finally starting to catch up. I really enjoyed this historical romance for #LittensLoveRomance — I plan to grab the rest of the books in the series. Thanks for hosting @StayCurious ! 🤗 Better late than never! 4⭐️

#historicalfiction #romance

“Snap out of it, Barb!
Can‘t let Ken see you this way —
he‘ll get suspicious.”

#haikuhive #haikuadayorfour #poetry #funny #barbie #theadventuresofbarbieandben

All in good fun…😉🍑😎

When I look at your
rump, it makes my heart thump — it‘s
so pleasingly plump.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑

They swore an oath to
first do no harm, but they won‘t
take me seriously.

The joys of dealing with chronic pain and having doctors who don‘t take you seriously. 😒

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

Recording BSB
on the radio, making
mixtapes for my friends.

Reminiscing about the good old days when I would record the Backstreet Boys on the radio and make mixtapes for my friends. 🙃🤓

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

This had better be
good, Maximilian — I
closed my book for this. 📕

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #funny #retroart #bibliophile

I wear my heart on
my sleeve, determined to show
love — alas, rebuffed. 🥀

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

I love to bake and used to have a little baking business on the side, but for some reason I have always been intimidated by the thought of making macarons. So just using this as a little extra motivation to get off my butt and just do it. 🧑‍🍳

Monumental task,
my fear I can‘t mask — I‘ll
succeed, then I‘ll bask.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #food

Spent a lazy weekend in the pool with Jace and his cousin Peyton. Meeko here decided to join us and it‘s so much fun listening to little kids squeal and giggle with dogs. We don‘t deserve dogs. 🐶♥️

Splashing in the pool,
Jace giggles, PeyPey coos — chill,
lazy afternoon.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Meeko #dogsoflitsy

This was hard and I couldn‘t narrow it down to 3! My favorite movie soundtracks are:

1. Top Gun
2. Pride & Prejudice 2005
3. Dirty Dancing
4. Forest Gump

Honorable mentions go to Little Women (1994), Gone With the Wind, She‘s Having A Baby, and The Chipmunk Adventure (my all time favorite animated movie that I watched 1,000 times when I was a kid 🤓).

#TLT #threelistthursday

Channeling Muffin
today — I‘m grouchy granny —
get outta my way!!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bluey #muffin

A nibble, a nip,
I love it when you bite my
lip, savoring me. 💋

My sister is in Barcelona on vacation this week and she took this gorgeous pic yesterday. They have tons of interesting artwork and graffiti according to her.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #love

Maverick, Iceman, Goose
and Slider — watching you play
sets me on fire. 🏐🔥✈️ 😉🥵

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #topgun #moviehaiku

I don‘t know how I‘ve managed to go this long without writing a haiku about my absolute favorite movie, Tombstone, so here goes nothing! 🙃

Have gun will carry,
he‘ll be your huckleberry —
say when, he‘s ready.

Not gonna lie, I cried when he died. Felt like losing an old friend. Seems like we‘ve been losing a lot of the 60-something men in Hollywood the last few years (RIP Michael Madsen who died recently) 😔

#haikuhive #poetry #moviehaiku

Every move you
make comes from the same tired
old playbook — get bent. 🍴

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

Make no misteak — I‘m
not a piece of meat and I
deserve some respect. 🥩🚫

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

When you‘re feeling down
in the dumps, laughter is the best
medicine — apply liberally.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bobsburgers #tvhaiku

Say what you will — I
know it gives you a thrill to
be so loud and shrill.

I have a not so S.O. who sneezes SO LOUD that he about gives me a heart attack every time he does it. 🤯 He swears up and down he “can‘t help it”, but I don‘t buy it. 😒😐😵‍💫 Send wine and tissues. 🍷🤧

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #chipmunks

It‘s a damn fine day
for some damn fine coffee — please,
treat yourself daily.

Sage advice from Agent Dale Cooper!

#haikihive #haikuaday #poetry #twinpeaks

intoxicating
scent of damp rain fills the air —
and the thunder rolls. 🌧️💦

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #rain

I‘m giving this a soft pick because usually I love this series, but I confess I was rather bored with this one and felt it was very slow and took forever to get interesting. I had a hard time concentrating on the audiobook. Might have been better with my eyeballs. 3⭐️

#audiobook #KelleyArmstrong #timetravel

“You know we can‘t keep
doing this, don‘t you, Ben? Please —
think of the children!”

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #funny #barbie #theadventuresofbarbieandben

Summertime sadness
floating lazily across
the water, blissful.

Spent a lazy afternoon floating around in the pool listening to Lana Del Rey with the kids. Summer bliss. ⛅️☀️🌤️

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #summer

Too much garlic? Pish
posh — vampires wouldn‘t dare
try taking a nosh.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

True masters of zen,
let‘s take a cue from them — don‘t
worry be capy. 🩵

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #capybara

I‘ve never ventured into stream of consciousness poetry before but I took a crack at it tonight. Just want to say how invaluable this hive has been to me and I‘m ever grateful to our fearless leader @dabbe ! 🤗

letitgo

writing haiku first
blue now new anything is
possible let go

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

You‘re on my last nerve —
let me serve you the knuckle
sandwich that you deserve. 👊🏻

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry