Took a #BeautyBreak Google detour (as one does) when the name “Snowflake Bentley” was mentioned in Louise Penny‘s newest book, The Black Wolf. Was delighted to see that this first photographer of snowflakes was real and the amazing Maria Popova had written about him: https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/01/19/wilson-bentley-snowflakes/
Our first snow fall on the peninsula this season. A few inches, nothing crazy. Definitely the latest first snow since we've been here (we usually see snow before Halloween 😋). I'm hoping for a quite, cozy weekend huddled indoors reading.
The grandkid is gone so it's time to return the tagged book. She loved it - and that's an understatement! She asked each of us to read it an insane number of times per day over the holidays. So, I bought it online and it should reach her in a few weeks (kennys.ie aren't quick, but they're not Amazon and they ship within the EU).
I am not fully sold on the illustrations' German Swiss nostalgia, but I like the level of detail & the story is cute.
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December 2025 Theme: Hanukkah Romance
Please vote for what book we will read in December
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pickThis was the kind of book that was interesting for all that wasn‘t said between the lines. I read it twice this year. 🐕
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