Wordless Wednesday: Night

Wordless Wednesday: Through the Library Window

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Teaser Tuesday: The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams

Teaser Tuesday is newly hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

- Grab your current read 

- Open to a random page 

- Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page 

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser. 

My teaser this week is from page 127 of The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams:

The books in her shop weren't merely things. They were gifts wrapped in imagination, inspiration, excitement, pain and heartache. Gifts given by thousands of writers. Gifts just waiting to be opened. 

Star Crossed

This square is called Star Crossed by Helen Shrimpton. I am really enjoying making these squares (which will be turned into a rather large blanket) in cotton yarn. 

Sunset

New crochet project

I'm starting a new CAl - Crochet Along - with Coastal Crochet. This is called the Seaside Stash Busting Blanket. This is meant to be a slow CAl and will only consist of four rows per week until about September. However, at the moment I am a tad behind as the CAL began six weeks ago. So I am currently playing catch up. The above four rows are from week one of the CAL. The hot pink and dark gray are the colors I will use to complete week two. I'm loving this project already and excited to continue it over the next several months.

Happy day

Happy Birthday to my husband. He is the greatest to me and to our children! I know he has had a wonderful day and for that I am very happy. 

Healthy and delicious

This smoothie popped up on my Facebook memories today. It''s funny because my kids and I are having this as I type this. Well, I finished mine but they are still working on theirs. The smoothie is blueberries, bananas, dates, lemon juice and water. I also added Barley grass juice extract powder and Hawaiian Spirulina in order to detox the heavy metals from our bodies. Healthy AND delicious!

Wordless Wednesday: Pink!

Teaser Tuesday: Dark in Death by J.D. Robb

Teaser Tuesday is newly hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

- Grab your current read 

- Open to a random page 

- Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page 

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser. 

My teaser this week is from page 272 of J.D. Robb's Dark in Death:

"Damn it, Roarke, goddamn it. She just had to stay home."

"Baby." He moved to her, drew her in. "Some can't. For some, being alone is a kind of death."

Dark in Death trailer

I'm reading Dark in Death by J.D. Robb. It is the 46th installment of her popular In Death series. I'm only a few chapters into it but it is SO GOOD! I can't wait to get back to at bedtime. 

It's Going Down

My kids LOVE the Descendants movies from Disney. I have to admit that I find them rather enjoyable, as well. They're watching Descendants 2 this eveing and now I have this song in my head. LOL!

Anything Goes Ta Routine at the Tony's

LOVE this

My daughter created this painting and I am in love with it!

Wordless Wednesday: From my Valentine

Teaser Tuesday: River's End by Nora Roberts

Teaser Tuesday is newly hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

- Grab your current read 

- Open to a random page 

- Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page 

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser. 

My teaser this week is from River's End by Nora Roberts:

She'd made the decision to talk to him about her childhood, what she remembered, what she'd experienced. It wouldn't be without difficulty but she'd made the choice.

Coffee time

This popped up on my Facebook memories today and made me laugh. I remember seeing this outside of my local Starbucks and laughing then, too. Obviously I took a picture of the sign because I love it! Now I drink tea more than coffee but I do still enjoy and occasional cup of java. I still love this sign, too.

Pleasant surprise

  I am currently reading River's End by Nora Roberts.It was originally published on March 1, 1999 but somehow I've never read it. It is the current Book of the Month on the Nora Roberts Groupies board on GoodReads. It is a great book so far! I started reading it late last night with the idea that I'd read 'just a few pages' then go to bed. LOL 52 pages later I forced myself to close the book and go to sleep. As of now I am a quarter of the way through the book. I don't know why I've never read this book but I am LOVING it now that I am! It is a wonderfully pleasant surprise! Here is the description, if you're interested:

Olivia's parents were among Hollywood's golden couples…until the night a monster came and took her mother away forever. A monster with the face of her father...

Sheltered from the truth, an older Olivia only dimly recalls her night of terror—but her recurring nightmares make her realize she must piece together the real story. Assisted by Noah Brady, the son of the police detective who found her cowering in her closet so many years before, she may have her chance. Noah wants to reconstruct the night that has become an infamous part of Hollywood history. He also wants to help Olivia and heal the longing in her lonely heart. But once the door to her past is opened, there's no telling what's waiting on the other side. For somewhere, not too far away, the monster walks again.

Thankful and grateful

Another purple flower.

Pretty purple flower that my daughter picked for me on our walk the other night.

Wordless Wednesday: Yummy dinner

Teaser Tuesday: The Spinster's Gide to Scandalous Behavior by Jennifer McQuiston

Teaser Tuesday is newly hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

- Grab your current read 

- Open to a random page 

- Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page 

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser. 

My teaser this week is from The Spinster's Guide to Scandalous Behavior by Jennifer McQuiston:

She was searching for a handhold, a peg on which she could hang her future. Something to define her, beyond what society expected of her. She wanted someone to love her, to share her life, but she wanted to be able to trust that person. 

Pretty purple

Pretty purple and white flowers on this evening's walk. 

Another square

I love this square SO MUCH! I'm having such fun working with the greens and ivory. I'm using cotton yarn and it is so soft while being great to work with. 

Sunset workout

Sunset at the top of the crazy stairs I climbed during this evening's workout. I love the sunset and feel that the glorious ones I get to witness after doing my evening workouts are a reward. Here's another picture I took this evening:

I love photograpy, sunset and nature in general.

Tulip

My favorite flower and given to me by my husband and my kids for my birthday the other day.

The humble granny square

Sometimes I just want to make a humble but in my opinion awesome granny square. I'm especially happy with this one in all the greens and the ivory. I've already added it to the blanket I'm making too and it looks great! So happy about this color selection and the blanket itself. I'm making it in cotton and it's so  soft and lovely.