Welcome to Litsy!

Not book related, but I was excited to post an update about the nesting mourning dove I mentioned last Friday in my #5JoysFriday: Mama dove has a baby!

We greet her quietly whenever we use the gate, and she seems comfortable enough with us, so hopefully, she will remain safe and happy there until baby can grow up strong and healthy!

(And doesn't she have gorgeous eyeliner?)

This haiku is about what I saw in my backyard today. The blue jay flew off when I opened the door and I saw a lizard in the grass panting like he was scared to death. He was fighting for his life trying to keep from getting eaten. Poor baby. This picture of the Blue Jay is from Google.

Blue jay fighting with a lizard
The fight ended with the lizard panting in the grass
The lizard won the fight because he didn‘t get eaten

#haiku #haikuhive

Low pick for me and full disclosure I‘ve bailed on this once before. #CampLitsy inspired me to try again.
I had a hard time getting into this but I stuck with it and did like the ending.
#Greenland #FoodAndLit

This haiku is dedicated to my backyard wild birds and squirrels. I fed the birds and put out peanuts for the squirrels yesterday and put in fresh water in the bird bath yesterday and today. My birds and squirrels are having a party outside today in my backyard. They‘re happy.

Birds and squirrels having a party in the backyard
Taking baths, drinking water, scarfing down the food
like they haven‘t been fed in 4 or 5 days

#haiku #haikuhive

Due to an especially busy and draining spring semester, I didn't read nearly as much from @monalyisha ‘s #AuldLangSpine list as I would have liked in January/the first half of 2025. Hoping to make up for that in the second! This was so lovely. 💚 Many standout essays, and even though it‘s summer where I am, somehow the winter ones resonated most strongly, I think because of the moral winter we‘re living through right now. 😞

An adorable and funny historical romance with a touch of fantasy. The banter between the love interests is great and I read this slow just to savor it. 5⭐️

Here‘s a late #hyggehourreadathon post. I was just too tired to post anything and make it make sense. :D

My youngest son and I read together because my youngest daughter was playing video games with her older siblings. My son got the Pokémon book because they gave away books to kids who signed up for the reading program at the library.

#summerreadingprogram
#libraries

Back to the library because I forgot to pick up a hold yesterday. More reading and more check outs ensued.

#libraries
#childrensliterature

My son picked this one out, but it‘s a bit long for him. We‘ll be reading it over two nights. A bittersweet beginning to this book. Deals a little with death of a loved one. Mostly about transitions in life. Something I‘m not sure my son can remember since we‘ve finally stayed in the same place for two years. (He has trouble with long term memory.) Would be a good book to read if a child is moving to a new place.
#childrensliterature
#storygraph