Litsy

Canada | Mike Myers

Happy Canada Day! @dabbe I will take you to this very spot when you come to visit!

Kitta Beautiful! Where is it? I‘m a Canadian living in the US atm and missing Canada Day celebrations. Glad there‘s some on litsy! 🇨🇦 5d

TheLudicReader @Kitta it is St. Martin‘s, NB. 🇨🇦 5d

AmyG Happy Canada Day! 5d

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Kitta @TheLudicReader ooh I‘ve never been to NB, looks amazing. 5d

ImperfectCJ I was amazed at how beautiful NB is when I drove through a few years ago. My first experience of the boreal forest biome, and I loved it! I definitely plan to go back, although it's a bigger trip from California than it was from Massachusetts. 5d

TheLudicReader @ImperfectCJ I am glad you enjoyed your time here. It‘s a pretty special place, for sure! 5d

TheLudicReader Thanks, @AmyG ❤️ 5d

LeahBergen Happy Canada Day from out west! 😄 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 5d

dabbe #gobsmacked! Exactly 4 weeks from today! Happy Canada Day! ♥️🇨🇦🤍 5d

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3Cats1Book

Monster | Steve Jackson

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This was a lengthy book about the crimes of serial killer Tom Luther and the Colorado Detective that had to unravel the lies (and there were many) this guy told. The girlfriend of this killer really tried my patience BUT she helped put him in prison
🐱 Suki

Soubhiville Suki is gorgeous! (edited) 1w

3Cats1Book @Soubhiville Thank You 😊 1w

Leftcoastzen Beautiful kitty!😻 1w

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AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 1w

dabbe What a face. #gobsmacked 🖤🐾🖤 1w

JessClark78 😻 1w

Bette Lovely pic 🐱❤️ 1w

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DebinHawaii

Hawaii Is a Rainbow | Stephanie Feeney

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Stuck in traffic on the way home but I saw three rainbows that inspired today‘s haiku:

Spotted three rainbows
Traffic jam? No worries, sis!
Watch as nature smiles

Kristy_K, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Reggie, vivastory, Eggs, jdiehr, TheSpineView, CBee, dabbe, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

Texreader ♥️ 🌈 1mo

dabbe #gobsmacked 🌈🌈🌈 1mo

TheSpineView Beautiful! 💛🐝💛 1mo

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AnnCrystal “Watch As Nature Smiles“ 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🪄🌈🐝💝 Pure magic 😍💝. (edited) 1mo

Eggs Oh this is awesome 👏🏻 🤩 🌈!! 1mo

BooksandCoffee4Me How fun! 😃💛💛💛 1mo

JenlovesJT47 This is freaking awesome, love rainbows 🌈💛🐝🖤 1mo

lil1inblue Magical! 🌈🤩🌈 1mo

julieclair So positive and uplifting! 🌈🐝🌈 1mo

Reggie 💙💜♥️🧡💛💚 1mo

bellabella Wow. That's so gorgeous. A sign of a promise kept. 💕 1mo

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dabbe

Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell

#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. When my eyes open every morning, and I see that I've been given another day on this precious planet, I'm inspirited to get my ass out of bed and enjoy it.
2. I was and always will be #gobsmacked by Scarlett O'Hara. #sassiestlassie

Play? @kspenmoll @AnnCrystal @CBee

rubyslippersreads I ❤️ Scarlett, even though she often infuriates me. 😆 2mo

dabbe @rubyslippersreads 🎯🩵🎯! 2mo

peaKnit Ope, I tagged you too late😊 I love #1! 2mo

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AnnCrystal 🏜️💝💝💝
Thank You for the tag ☺️👍🏼💝. 1mo

dabbe @peaKnit You're never too late! 😍 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 1mo

Eggs Thx for playing❣️You are so good at inspiring 👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

dabbe @Eggs Aww shucks. 😍🤩😍 1mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin

#theblanchedsoldier

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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CatLass007 Sherlock Holmes‘s fear of being vulnerable and lonely is represented by his comments about Watson abandoning him to get married. The same loneliness faces Godfrey and his family. The family and their two trusted servants have isolated themselves from any community because they believe they have to protect Godfrey‘s “secret.” Solitude is great and being alone doesn‘t mean being lonely, but the self-isolation of this small group of people (cont)⬇️ 2mo

CatLass007 has brought loneliness to one and all. 2mo

Librarybelle Holmes sounds bitter when he mentions Watson choosing to marry and live with his wife, leaving Holmes all alone. It‘s like Holmes recognizes the importance of Watson in these cases, and he also brings in the doctor to help identify the disease, in essence showing he cannot do this on his own. The family, meanwhile, chooses to self-isolate rather than be piranhas in society. (edited) 2mo

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Cuilin Absence makes the heart grow fonder and can lead to loneliness. James misses his friend Godfrey, Sherlock misses Watson, the family miss their “healthy” son. The butler misses the young Godfrey and Godfrey misses his life of inclusion. 2mo

dabbe @CatLass007 @Librarybelle @Cuilin ... W🤩WZA! All of your answers have #gobsmacked me! Just to add my 2 cents: Godfrey's literal confinement reflects the social fear of contagion and mirrors how society isolates those who are considered tainted.

The setting itself: The country estate is portrayed as secluded and gloomy, emphasizing the idea of separation from the outside world. ⬇️ 2mo

dabbe @CatLass007 @Librarybelle @Cuilin The country estate is portrayed as secluded and gloomy, emphasizing the idea of separation from the outside world. The locked and hidden room where Godfrey is kept symbolizes how society sometimes “locks away” what it fears or does not understand.

Also, Godfrey's “blanched“ appearance may not only be due to his illness but could also be psychologically symbolic of the emotional toll of his isolation. 2mo

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julieclair

White Egrets: Poems | Derek Walcott

#haikuaday #haikuhive

I love driving into my neighborhood in the evening and seeing these guys. 💟

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Reggie, TheSpineView, dabbe, lil1inblue, AnnCrystal, bellabella

bellabella So fun! They really are like fluffy cotton balls! 2mo

JenlovesJT47 💛💛💛🐝🐝 2mo

TheSpineView Hoe pretty! 😍😍😍 2mo

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AnnCrystal 🤩 Amazingly Beautiful 👏🏼😍👍🏼🐝💝. 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me Beautiful! I see them in the water ways in our farmland here, but never in trees. 😮💛 2mo

dabbe I would get in a car wreck because I would be totally #gobsmacked looking at them! 💛🐝🖤 2mo

Reggie Sooo good! 2mo

julieclair @bellabella @JenlovesJT47 @TheSpineView @AnnCrystal @Reggie 💛🐝💛 2mo

julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me They spend their days in the waterways here, too. They only come to the trees towards evening. I read online that they like to spend their nights in trees/bushes because they‘re safer from predators if they‘re off the ground. That makes a lot of sense, since our alligators can‘t climb trees. (Although occasionally one does manage to climb up a few steps!) 2mo

julieclair @dabbe I often see people pulled to the side of the road looking at them! 2mo

DebinHawaii Wonderful! 💛🐝🖤I love the cattle egrets here too. I see them on the highway & in the neighborhood. I especially love it when they follow yard guys with leaf blowers single file to pick up insects & things they might stir up. Makes me smile! 2mo

julieclair @DebinHawaii That‘s a hoot about the yard guys! Smart birds! 2mo

lil1inblue What wonderful imagery! 😍 2mo

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DGRachel

Charlotte, NC: The Global Evolution of a New South City | William Graves, Heather A. Smith

I completed the Greater Charlotte Book crawl today. 22 independent bookstores and hundreds of miles of driving across 7 counties. I may have gone a little overboard and yes, I‘m still heading back to my favorite Indie for Independent Bookstore Day tomorrow. It was fun, but I don‘t think I‘ll do it again.

BookNAround Maybe I‘ll run into you there as I‘m planning on being there tomorrow too. 😁 2mo

DGRachel @BookNAround 🥳🥳 2mo

LeahBergen Awesome! 👏 2mo

dabbe #gobsmacked 😮🤩😍 2mo

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

@TheLudicReader
It FINALLY came! It was sent to EAST Virginia, not West. The people were out of town, just found it, and sent it to me. How lucky/cool is that? I adore the St. John calendar and still want so much to visit there and to meet you. Connor's print totally #gobsmacked me and made me 😭. What. A. Talent. Tell me exactly where that is that he drew! And your novel-letter, well, I can't wait to read it and will reply soon! I ❣️ you, m'dear.

TheBookHippie Oh dear!! 4mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 2 months later! 😱
P.S. I just sent you an email. 🔥 (edited) 4mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe happens here all the time 😂🤦🏻‍♀️😵‍💫🤷🏻‍♀️ 4mo

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AmyG Wow! You are lucky it found it‘s way to you! 4mo

dabbe @AmyG IKR? 😅 4mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie What are those mailmen up to? 🤣 4mo

TheLudicReader Yikes. Did I misaddress it? So glad it finally arrived! (edited) 4mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader Nope. You didn't. We have a new postman, and he's been a bit all over the place. I'm so glad, too! (edited) 4mo

TheLudicReader I forgot to say, the vantage point of Con‘s painting is from my side of the harbour looking across to historic Uptown Saint John. I will show you when you visit! (edited) 4mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader Just gorgeous. What a view! You know, I'm turning (gasp) 60 this year and have been sort of thinking of some outrageous trip somewhere ... 🤔🤩🤔 ... 4mo

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Leftcoastzen

Let the Great World Spin: A Novel | Colum McCann

#TLT #ThreeListThursday on Friday
Got the 2nd list done today! 3 is not enough 😄
God Of Small Things
Look Homeward Angel
Let The Great World Spin
The Jungle

dabbe

dabbe And I haven't read any of your choices! More to go on the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 5mo

Leftcoastzen @dabbe I‘m happy ! There are many on those lists I mean to read , I have read Shakespeare but I forgot which ones ! The Jungle radicalized me in 6th grade. Sinclair wanted it to outrage people about treatment of workers . Teddy Roosevelt reacted more to the food safety elements. 5mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen #gobsmacked that you read THE JUNGLE in 6th grade. It's on our 12 grade. list. 🤩 5mo

Suet624 God of small things and Let The Great World Spin are two favorites of mine. 5mo

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Pogue

Beowolf | Anonymous

@dabbe #ThreeListThursday

My three favorites and ones that I still read are.
1. Beowulf
2. Canterbury Tales
3. Don Quixote

dabbe You are an epic lover! 🤩 What choices! Do you prefer BEOWULF in prose or poetry? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 5mo

Pogue @dabbe for Beowulf poetry, for Canterbury Tales I prefer it in Middle English. 5mo

dabbe @Pogue Middle English? Consider me #gobsmacked on that one! I prefer the BEOWULF poetry, too. 🤗 5mo

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