Welcome to Litsy!

A lovely summer picnic with the Betsy to my Tacy in an idyllic place requires the source material. #BetsyTacy #MaudHartLovelace

"We'll act as though we owned the school! We'll saunter in with bored expressions. Won't we, Tacy?" Were anyone's #SchoolDays ever so much fun as Betsy Ray's? #BetsyTacy #MaudHartLovelace #FallTreasures
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Julia helps Betsy with her sheet and pillowcase for the #Halloween “hen party” (just #us chickens). But boys manage to crash it, including that “big #stiff” Herbert Humphreys. Somewhat #factual, since the #BetsyTacy books are based on the author‘s life.

#WordsOfOctober #FallFinds #QuotsyOct20 #HorrorSeason #multitasking

Life literally handed me lemons so we had a Lemon Themed Tea party in honor of Betsy's Birthday. 📒🎂💛
#BetsysPartyinPlace

#FavoriteLiteraryFriendship? Why, it's Betsy-Tacy, of course! Pictured here on their bench, #spring of 1907. #magnificentmarch #MarchMadness #betsytacy #maudhartlovelace
@Eggs @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Wise Words from Betsy's Dad. I learned so many Life Lessons from favorite books of my childhood. Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy Books still have Pride of Place on my Forever Bookshelf. Perfect thought for a Sunday morning. 💜💜💜💜💜
#wisewords #lifelessons #yoga365

Bob and Jule Ray have such a #HappyMarriage and are totally #underrated as a literary couple! #JazzyJune #30JuneBooks #betsytacy #maudhartlovelace
@howjessreads @Eggs

"There's no-one I can be so silly with as I can with you!" (Come on, was I really going to pick anything else?) #BestBookFriendship #betsytacy #maudhartlovelace #LiteraryLuck

Pre-gaming the #BetsyTacyConvention with some reading at Lake Calhoun. Hello, Minneapolis! #betsytacy #maudhartlovelace #DeepValley

I finally finished my first book in December. It‘s been a rough reading month. I love this book! It is so amazing how a book set in the 1900s can still be so relevant today!

I don‘t have to work until one so I plan to read all morning!

What a good book holder 😹

I finally, finally had time to read tonight. So happy as I have a busy weekend. My Garry was snuggled up close. It‘s so cold. It‘s supposed to snow tomorrow but they always say that and it never does. 😭

I love the Betsy-Tacy high school books SO much. And part of what makes them so wonderful are Vera Neville‘s beautiful illustrations. 💕💕

I am determined to sneak in some reading before heading to work so taking a bath instead of a shower. You have to make time when you can!

How I want to spend the day: curled up in bed with my stack of current reads. How I am going to spend the day: socializing at an event for my sisters birthday.

I may have mentioned my love for Tony Markham a time or two...or twenty. #TDS #betsytacy #stranger #AwesomeAutumnBooks

I love the affectionate, caring, and all-around lovely Ray #family more than I can say! #JubilantJuly #maudhartlovelace #betaytacy

Not exactly a #jukeboxhero, but Julia plays the piano for the Crowd singalongs. #characters2017 #betsytacy

"There's no-one I can be so silly with as I can with you!" It's a beautiful day for the first Betsy-Tacy pinic of the year with my best friend. #kindredspirits #wrongauthor #maudhartlovelace #betsytacy

I'm in Maud Hart Lovelace group on Facebook. A member is teaching #Bildungsroman class on Heaven to Betsy. Thanks to @RealLifeReading Challenge I know what that is! 🤓 #feelingsmart

Tony Markham, be still my heart! Curly black hair, bold and laughing dark eyes, and a bit of the bad boy? A #literarycrush for the ages. #betsytacy #feistyfeb #feistyfebruary

I love this first book in the Betsy-Tacy high school year books. It is as always such a great read. I also love the illustrations at the beginning of the chapters.

"I must be getting very old," she thought, "the way things remind me of things."

Everyone was indignant, and the cocoa tasted very good.

And Betsy, delighted, laughed so hard at her own wit that she could hardly keep on being witty.

For my #antihero, I nominate Tony Markham, the closest thing to a "bad boy" in the #BetsyTacy series. (Don't let the knife worry you--he's just making onion sandwiches. ?) #octphotochallenge