I planted a new flower garden in our backyard this year since the derecho took out our big tree last year. I planted the flowers amongst my bird bath and bird condo and for my first year, I love how colorful things are already. I also planted a row of flowers along the fence row that my neighbors put up.
I think everyone, children and adults, can relate to George. He has the best intentions but sometimes, he just can’t resist going against them. This was a funny story and George’s expressions and eyes captured my attention on each page and just knowing some background information about dogs made the story more entertaining.
George lives with Harry and George told Harry he would be very good as Harry is headed out the door. Left alone, Harry hopes he’ll be good but eyeing that big cake sitting on the kitchen counter is just too much for George. Oh, George thinks about what he told Harry but he knows how he feels about cake and “What will George do?” Yep! I hope Harry didn’t have special plans for that cake. As I walked along with George in the house, I heard about all the other things that George loved in the house (all the other temptations that were lingering in the house for him) and how George actually managed being home by himself.
I loved the excitement on George’s face when Harry returns! You could feel the love and enthusiasm. As Harry made his way around the house with George right beside him, the look on both of their faces, priceless. The rest of the story is cute and George tries so hard as he loves Harry so much. A cute story with bright simple illustrations. 4.5 stars
I planted a new flower garden amongst my bird bath and bird condo this year. I also planted flowers along my neighbors fence row as I got tired of looking at the brown fence. I’m loving all the beautiful colors and variety that has sprung up!
We’re in the process of getting new siding for our house. The derecho that came through our city last year caused lots of damage & now, it’s our turn for siding. It’s also time again for caterpillars on our butterfly bushes which isn’t a good combination since they’re right next to the house. Right now, we have close to 35-40 caterpillars munching away on the plants. I’m a nervous mother as we wait to hear if the new siding is going on next week.
Our bushes were beautiful but they were bare. We noticed that the caterpillars hadn’t shown up yet and we were concerned that it has been too hot for them. Then, the next day, they arrived! We counted about 25 of them crawling around on the bushes. This number was a bit less than last year, I can’t take myself away from them when they arrive, I’m constantly checking on them throughout the day and just watching them. After 3 days, all but 1 of them have disappeared. We’ve only located 3 pupas hanging nearby ( we bet the rest are hiding under the bushes) and now, I check on them. This is such an amazing process!!
Continue reading “That time of year”This came in my mailbox today and there are some panels that look really good! I’m going to have to check this out this year as I didn’t know anything about it last year. Living in the Midwest, authors don’t just come walking into this area very often, unless they’ re local or a major event is going on. This event to be like a great opportunity to get to hear some interesting talks. I did listen to a Saturday panel a few months ago and I loved it! I can’t wait to see what this one is all about.
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/TorCon
I have only 52 pages left of this post-apocalyptic adventure left and I need to pause. Breathe, It all comes down to this. The Deliverer, Nico, Harry, the flies, the pieces are aligning….
“Snow, snow, snow!” If you’ve read this book, you’ll understand my statement but if you haven’t and you enjoy these types of novels, you’ll want to read this novel sooner than later.
Holy Moly! I’m trying to read slow but seriously I can’t! I’m too consumed in the lives of Suki and Della to even think I can go any slower. It’s as if I’ve been climbing a mountain and now, I’m falling, seriously tumbling down, like a rock out of control.
Della’s telling the story of her sucky life. She’s not depressed because she doesn’t have a normal family, she’s just curious about what it would be like to have one. Her 16-year -old sister is taking care of her, her mother is incarcerated with her parental rights terminated and now, they’re living with a foster mom. I had to wonder about Suki, what was her life like. She was older than Della so when did things start going downhill? The girls have mixed feeling about where they’re at. It’s a soft-landing spot but it’s also a place where they’re not sure they should be getting comfortable in.
When Suki gets a job, Della needs to go with her and she waits for her to finish her shift. I liked the closeness that these sisters had and I hoped that it would continue. Suki has this strong mature image but still I wondered about her. What was her life like as a small child? Della’s comments about swimming tore at my heart. I couldn’t believe that she’d never been in a pool before. Nor had she owned a swimming suit. As a 10- year-old, I had hoped she had played in water before.
I liked how Francine was trying to provide a normal life for them, she didn’t try to spoil them but she gave them structure and guidance. The girls are battling their previous lives with all the demons and ghosts that came with them. I enjoyed this book and I read it in one sitting, barely putting it down. Make sure that you read the author’s note in the book as they make this story personal and they provide websites, links, and they answer a few questions. 5 stars.
I liked how straight-forward this book was. It wasn’t busy, filled with unnecessary things or words, it stated the facts and that was it. This book counts down from ten to one and then on the final page, the author reminds us that, yes dinosaurs are extinct.
Each number is given a two-page spread and on those two pages you get a specific dinosaur, the number (1-10) and you get the number written our in words and you an adjective for that dinosaur . So, for 9: it reads 9 nine lazing deinosuchus and includes 9 of them on the page in their various shades of color. What? I don’t know what a deinosuchus is? But, I bet a few children do. There were included in this book, dinosaurs that I knew too. Now, I like dinosaurs but some of these dinosaurs have names that I haven’t heard before. At the back of the book, the author has included how to pronounce some of the dinosaur names, which does help.
It was an okay book but I think the pronunciations would have helped me more, if they were on the page with the dinosaur. I also didn’t care for the illustrations as they didn’t match the language of the book. I did like the added adjectives in the book and again, the simplicity of the book , I enjoyed. 3.5 stars
I have to admit that when I first saw this planner, I knew I had to have it. After looking at all of it’s features, I decided that I should research a few other planners to make sure that this planner was really the one for me before I added it to my cart. I have to admit that this year, I was very unproductive in my reading. I really need something to help me get back on track besides Goodreads, which I enjoy very much but I need something physical.
I felt very disorganized this year. I thought with the virus and everyone being home, I would have more time to read but with caring for our young grandson full-time at our house and with the Derecho that hit our city in August, I didn’t have as much time to read as I thought I would. I do feel and hope that in 2021, this will change and I’ll be back reading more and that a planner will help me.
That being said, I checked out 3 other planners and I decided to purchase this one. I liked that it had a variety of options to keep track of my reading, it had places for me to keep notes while I’m reading specific books, it had a large monthly calendar so that I can write in it and see a month’s worh of data plus it had monthly lists. I feel though that it might have too many options for me but that’s okay, I just won’t use everything now. It was expensive though, more than I thought it would be when I placed it in my cart. I set the page for U.S. $, and it said that it was $36.00 in my cart, plus shipping and handling. Yet, when I paid through PayPal, the book went up to $45.92 plus the shipping of $15.73 making the total $61.65 (the exchange rate comes into play here, where on the website it didn’t). So, does anyone else use this journal or do you have a diffferent one that you use? I love the way this one looks but for the price, I’ll probably be looking for a new one next year.
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