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IriDas
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#chatterday2025

Today we are at the laundromat in the morning, then I will be working on getting some plants repotted; groceries; reading. I think that‘s all.

AllDebooks Have a great day 😀 6d
kspenmoll I read on my porch early morning but the daddy house wren would not stop his rapid screaming /chattering at me/ his partner has a nest in one of what I thought were pretend bird houses.I bowed to his continuous agitation & came inside.Now I am doing errands, grocery store, etc. I have decide to enjoy my coffee in the many teacups I own now that I am not rushing off to work-they are a symbol of my mother, who used teacups-of her talk & love. 6d
IriDas @AllDebooks thanks. You too 6d
IriDas @kspenmoll Those birds are so territorial. The tea cups sound like a nice memory. :) 6d
AllDebooks @kspenmoll how kind of you to leave your space to an agitated wren! I'm a firm believer in our gardens being a shared space with nature. I have 2 main seating areas for us to hang out in my garden. The rest is given over to the wildlife. I love spotting new species and this is growing year on year. Yesterday, I found a cucumber spider and a swallowtail moth. I also found my first fox and cubs, which was a delight. 6d
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IriDas
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This is my read for the weekend. Want to get it finished by Sunday. I had put it on hold for my break for some reason. Also, made my own iced coffee this morning. I‘m definitely not a natural at it. Part of me is saying to stick with tea. :D

#morningcoffee
#morningreading

TheBookHippie 🙃😅 let me know how the book is! 1w
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IriDas
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Last few days of summer break. Back to work on Monday.

#summer
#poolsidereading

kspenmoll Enjoy the time you have left!! 1w
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IriDas
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Book off my shelf.
Comfort read.
Library book.

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IriDas
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Current non-fiction read with my funky weather blanket in the background. The orange color is for 60s. And I will probably mostly use that all year. #beachlife #weekends

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CogsOfEncouragement
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Pickpick

I gifted this to my foodie husband months ago. He enjoyed it and read several passages to me which he was particularly entertained by. It was this month‘s pick for my local bookstore‘s book club so I read it myself and really liked it too. Great discussion and the facilitator brought two types of tomatoes for us to sample. She also played Homegrown Tomatoes by John Denver which was new to me.

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LibrarianRyan
Tomatoes for Neela | Padma Lakshmi
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Pickpick

3.5 ⭐This is a wonderful book. It‘s meant more for about second grade than for reading nightly at bed. It is a little long, but it needs to be long for the purpose of the story. I really like how in the very end, not only does the author give her recipes for sauce and for chutney there‘s also information about tomatoes, information about farmworkers and a note from the author themselves. I can picture Padma in my head while I‘m waiting this.

LibrarianRyan Whether I picture her because the illustrator does a fantastic job or because of the words and having seen her for years on top Chef. I do think this book is uniquely her and it does work. Do I think she could be a frequent picture book writer… Depends. I would need to see more work to make a better opinion. 5mo
mhillis I used this book as part of a discussion event on food culture with adult English language learners. The illustrations are beautiful aren‘t they? 5mo
LibrarianRyan @mhillis that‘s cool. 5mo
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Bookwormjillk
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Pickpick

This was a fun gardening journey. I enjoyed it even if my garden only consists of a couple of raised beds and some pots.

SaceReads Stacked! I like to have plants but I do not consider myself a gardener. I don‘t have a lot of success unless it‘s an incredibly hardy plant that thrives on neglect. 1y
bthegood @SaceReads same 😅 1y
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Bookwormjillk
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Ahhhhh Saturday 😎

Larkken As someone who is very bad at growing tomatoes, that book looks interesting! 1y
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Lindy
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Pickpick

A fun and informative microhistory of the tomato, told in ten chapters. The author‘s tone is sometimes too jocular for my taste — “I‘m no historian. I‘m barely a writer.”— but audiobook narrator Paul Bellantoni provided enough gravitas to keep me listening.