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Of Books and Blooms: Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
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Of Books and Blooms. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero. January 2, 2017. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo. This book was a standout read in late November. A good one to read just prior to the Christmas season, to inspire me to serve who I can. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. National Book Award for Nonfiction (2012). Pulitzer Prize Nominee for General Nonfiction (2013). Content: There's some language, and ...
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Of Books and Blooms: Garden Tour
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Of Books and Blooms. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero. I garden in zone 5b, in Eastern Washington, USA. Starting out front, we have the terraced flowerbeds:. This is the view from across the road. Both of these pictures were from July 10. The sod is new from this spring. We are trying valiantly to keep it alive! This entire hill used to be junipers and cottoneasters. I can't even tell you how happy these beds make me during the growing season. Believe it or not,...
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Of Books and Blooms: 2 LDS Fiction Titles: A Heart Revealed & Lord Fenton's Folly, by Josi Kilpack
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Of Books and Blooms. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero. January 9, 2017. 2 LDS Fiction Titles: A Heart Revealed and Lord Fenton's Folly, by Josi Kilpack. Every so often I enjoy dipping into the world of Regency romances, particularly when I've got a lot going on in real life demanding thought, careful planning, or loads of time. They're totally candy reads, and at times, they are exactly what I want. There was a handful of overlapping characters between the two.
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Of Books and Blooms: 2 Potential Read-Alouds: Nancy & Plum, and The Magic Half
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Of Books and Blooms. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero. January 10, 2017. 2 Potential Read-Alouds: Nancy and Plum, and The Magic Half. I read both of these as a preview to reading them out loud to my kids. Then December happened, the books became due (despite multiple renewals), and back they went before we ever sat down and read them together. At least now I know what they're all about. There's always next time! Finished reading Nov. 18.). Miri is unique. We...
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Of Books and Blooms: 3 (and a half) Delicious Snow Treats
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Of Books and Blooms. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero. January 4, 2017. 3 (and a half) Delicious Snow Treats. We have had more and more snow here in Eastern Washington! Barely visible vegetable garden terraces. We have at least 2 feet in our back yard, deeper where it has drifted. It makes the trees look shorter, when the snow goes so far up the trunk! Driveway view: the wall of snow. Cherry tree buried up to its branches. The kids have loved playing in it!
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Of Books and Blooms: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo
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Of Books and Blooms. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero. February 11, 2016. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo. Beautifully written, but tragic and depressing. Do you know the basic story? I did not know much going in, beyond my fuzzy recollections of the old Disney version (which I only watched once, I think, because of the creepy priest.). Let's talk about Claude for a moment. Do you remember how scary he was in that animated film? The web first catches...
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Of Books and Blooms: Winterizing Your Mind, courtesy of Vivian Swift
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Of Books and Blooms. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero. January 11, 2017. Winterizing Your Mind, courtesy of Vivian Swift. I make my resolutions and goals, I put on multiple sweaters, I make soup. I put laminated snowflakes up on all the windows, just to give us all (me) something pretty and interesting to look at. Somehow I get through it every year, but not very gracefully. More like stoically. It was one of my Christmas presents, and I was so happy to see it!
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Of Books and Blooms: Tales from the Limberlost
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Of Books and Blooms. If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero. March 7, 2016. Tales from the Limberlost. A Girl of the Limberlost. For Book Club this month. I had a copy of. So I read that one as well. Of the two,. By Gene Stratton Porter. 4 stars: Heroes to cheer for and villians to hiss at! This was an inspiring book. Freckles was a hero! McLean and the Duncans were just as good, loving Freckles and taking care of him when he needed it so badly. By Gene Stratton Porter.
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My NYR / the gardner place
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Monday, January 2, 2017. And the second, well, since I struggled with putting the lid on the toothpaste so much, lesson learned, just buy the slightly more expensive tube that has the lid on the hinge. duh. This year, I'm focusing on five things: (i really tried to keep it at 3. don't want to be too ambitious you know). 1 Floss/wear my retainer everyday. 2 Run a 10k race. 3 Read the Book of Mormon with Instagram. 4 Print my mission letters in a book. 5 Write my life story/journal in 52 weeks. Writing my ...
