Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖.
1- My Magnolia fragrant neighborhood 🌳💖.
2- had an extra bit of time to read yesterday and today, an unexpected delight 🥳📚💝.
3- Fridays are normally overwhelming. Today was not too crazy 💝.
4- installed a new bathroom faucet a few weeks ago, and we finally are able to use it 🥳⛲💝.
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#unrelated2books
Have A Peaceful & Safe Memorial Day Weekend.
Forever gratitude for those who gave all...those who served and their families here at home.
🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲🌟❤️🤍💙.
🙏🏼💝 Prayers for the miracle that non of the military families were killed yesterday during the airplane crash in a San Diego, CA military neighborhood. Prayers for those who were injured and Prayers for the pilots and passengers.
#californiananncrystal
Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card and Thank You, @kspenmoll @dabbe & @TheSpineView for the tags 😘📚💝💖💝💖.
#WondrousWednesday
1- I was going to give an answer about my everyday loves...yet, I've strangely been weighing a version of this question for awhile now.
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Page 102-103
“Are you afraid?“ she asked in turn. She put her bowl aside and stared into my eyes.
“No,“ I said.
“Why?“
“I don't know,“ I said.
“I will tell you why,“ she smiled. “It is because good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant...“
#blessmeUltimareviewedbyanncrystal
#ThinkPositiveBePositive
#binspired
Magnolia trees are everywhere in my neighborhood. Lovely fragrance throughout town. A highlight we enjoyed during a crazy, busy day.
Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.
@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝
Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎📚.
1- One of my ancestral American Indigenous languages, mainly Oʼodham.
2- American English is my only language. Wasn't interested in learning Spanish (I do know a few words). The tagged has a lot of Spanish dialogue without direct translations.
#blessmeUltimareviewedbyanncrystal
#Two4Tuesday
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Thank You @AllDebooks for #Chatterday, and Thank You @Eggs for the tag 😉👍🏼💝.
Movies with my mom, then I'm holding a gathering...I've invited all the characters from the worlds of my current reads.
😂📚💝.
Haven't had time for reading, therefore I plan to spend the later part of this evening on reading ✨📚💝.
Happy Saturday 💝💝💝.
Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.
@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr
@vivastory
@CBee
#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝
Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday and Thank You 💕🌺💖 & @Eggs 💕🌼💝 for the tags.
1- Books...lovely books 📚💝.
2- Haiku possibilities are everywhere. Will be sharing one I was inspired to write Friday while in our Garden 🌱💝.
3- Reading all the wonderfully creative Haiku posts from our HaikuHive 🪄📜✍️🐝. @dabbe #HaikuADay #HaikuHive
4- Litsy 📚💝.
5- Garden Music 🪄🎶🎶💝.
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Thank You @dabbe for #TLT #ThreeListThursday & for the tag ☺️👍🏼📚🎬.
My total was laughable...again 😂🤔...at least it wasn't zero this time😉.
I have watched AND read the The Hound Of The Baskervilles 📚💫🎬🥳.
When it comes to books-to-movies....I “usually“ select to watch “the movie“ and save reading for the books that haven't been adapted. Usually.
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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card and for the tag 😉📚💝.
#WondrousWednesday
1- The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen. To this day, it remains a favorite.
#themudponyreviewedbyanncrystal
2- I have a strange connection with Bruce Wayne. I don't know why, I just understand his character. I would have said Batman in the past, but it is Bruce Wayne's Batman that I understand.
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Parked near a Harley Davidson. Motorcycles are not rare in my neighborhood, but they're not common either.
I stepped out of my car and admired the art that is the Harley when the biker came and started his motorcycle to leave.
I do believe it was the closest I had ever been to a Harley when is was woken up.
It was like a dragon, coming alive. I could feel the rumble of its roar through the concrete. Incredible 🤩🐉💝 absolutely incredible.
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎📚.
1- I've recently discovered a few writers. I just read a book by Christopher Paolini. When a beautiful deluxe edition of one of his books caught my attention, I purchased because it was about Dragons. The writing was just as beautiful as the packaging. 🪄📚🐉😍👍🏼.
2- Tagged 🐉📚💝.
#murtaghreviewedbyanncrystal
#Two4Tuesday
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
5JoysFriday Part Two
Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💝. Hope you don't mind, had this one all planned before a new Pope was chosen, therefore, decided to double my Joy post 🥳💝.
1- Mother's Day 💐🎁🍫🎁💝.
2- made some of my mom's favorite cookies 🍪💝.
3- gave some early gifts, and we've been having movie night all week long 🎬💝.
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday and for the tag 💕🌺💝 .
1- Pope Leo The Fourteen. A surprising new Hope has been announced 🙏🇺🇲🇵🇪🇺🇸🇻🇦💖.
I will always miss and love Pope Francis...I'm sure our Pope Francis will soon be recognized as the Saint he is meant to become 🙏😇💖.
2- Joined #HaikuHive by @dabbe. 🐝💝💝💝.
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For Pope Leo The Fourteenth
May 8th 2025
Update Note: The Full Armor Of God is a spiritual metaphor from the Bible. I know using metaphors in Haiku is breaking the rules...👀📜✍️...
Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.
@TheBookHippie 🐝@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
#HaikuHivecommunitylittenanncrystal 🐝
#HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼.
@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝
Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card and Thank You for the tag ☺️🌷💝.
1- I just purchased some books that have been on my TBR list for a long while. The tagged book was among the purchased 📚💝.
2- I enjoy reviewing books. Litsy, Goodreads, and Library Thing. Mainly Litsy 🪄📚💝💝💝.
#WondrousWednesday
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
#HaikuADay #HaikuHive @dabbe
Note, I will likely be posting Haiku periodically.
Curiosity got the best of me 😂. Reading all the fabulous Haiku posts, I became curious about what this wordplay called Haiku was about.
Last night I read about Haiku, and Kigo, and Kireji, also about the basic rules...an hour later I realized I had a new obsession 😂.
It's been years since I've written poetry. This seems like a fun way to re-spark my interest.
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card 💕🐎📚.
1- I usually only read at bedtime, so at an incline 😂. My favorite is sitting in the garden or inside beside seasonal decorations or a fountain.
2- I expected a Grandma-like character, and a cozy-kind of story. This is a very serious, deeply meaningful story.
#Two4Tuesday
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Thank you @Cupcake12 for creating #WhereAreYouMonday.
I am on the Island of Masquapaug in a reimagined world based on a what-if history 🌍🥚🌎🐉🌏.
Love it when fantasy books include maps 🆒🗺️🤩💝.
Second favorite part of AI's explanation of Fantasy. More of what I expected from an AI generated definition about Fantasy.
“In essence, fantasy is a genre that allows us to explore the possibilities beyond our everyday reality, offering a space for creativity, imagination, and escapism.“ -AI
#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal
#californiananncrystal
Curious, today I asked AI to explain Fantasy to me?
This is my favorite part of AI's explanation...
“Fantasy is not a mere escape from reality but a way to understand it, to find truth in the human imagination, and to see the world through a different lens.“ -AI
#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal
#californiananncrystal
pickThis was an amazing read.
I had always enjoyed, during my Dragon obsession years, watching dragons. This is my first book with a deeply dragon infused storyline and I absolutely loved it.
Thorn had me smitten🐉💖, and this world is incredible!
This is a quest story. Murtagh, half-brother of Eragon, follows a path of clues that lead him to a witch who he must outwit.
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My current reads...
I've finished Murtagh, which I will review this weekend.
Just realized the book, To Shape A Dragon's Breath is 511 pages...a BitsyChunkster! It's the first book in its series.
The long awaited (for me to purchase) Bless Me, Ultima. A standalone novel.
The Third Book in the Riley Thorn mysteries.
The Sixth Book in the Old Kingdom series.
Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday and Thank You 💕🌺💝 & @TheSpineView 💕🐎💝 for the tags ☺️👌💖.
1- May has arrived 💝.
2- I was tending a rose bud, who became stuck in a wood gap. As I freed the bud, the Winds came in a breeze and the leaves of the rosebush I was tending softly brushed at my left cheek...like a kiss of thanks 😉🌹💖.
3- the Magic of Books 🪄📚💝.
4- Our Garden 🌱💖.
5- I'm back on Litsy 📚💝.
Hi Littens!
How's everybody?
Hadn't meant to disappear. I needed some time for my Catholic Faith 🙏🕊️💝.
Hope all is well with everyone. Excited to rejoin this amazing community.
📚💝.
#californiananncrystal
Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💝 & Thank You @TheSpineView for the tag ☺️🐎💝.
1- Easter Is Sunday 🐣🐇🍫💖.
2- Family 💝💝💝.
3- I had fun trying mail ordering again 🪄📦💃, been years yet I won't be making a habit of it...waiting for those packages made me loony 😂 ⌚🧐🤔🧐😜🧐📦🤩.
4- I can begin reading book three of the Riley Thorn Mystery series Sunday (or maybe Monday) night 📚💝.
5- Easter 🐣🐇💝.
Thank You @dabbe for creating this fun play-card 📚💝 & Thank You @TheSpineView for the tag 💕🐎💝.
4/100 · 4% I watched many as movies 👀📚🎬.
Read & watched the Twilight series
Just purchased
Bless Me, Ultima
Been meaning to read the Harry Potter Books, I have most of them...maybe missing one or two.
#TLT
#ThreeListThursday
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
The story of the two, Bate Motels.
My mom always told me about a Bates Motel series from 1987. It had supernatural elements and was all so good!
A few weeks ago my mom found this complete series of the Bates Motel. We were so excited to find this, and I was thrilled to finally be able to watch this supernatural series I grew up hearing about.
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card 💕🐎💝 & Thank You for the tag 😎👍🏼.
1- We always do ours before the due date rush
2- Pursuit
#Two4Tuesday
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Book News
Found on web, not sure how accurate or availability details 📚💝.
Book News
Found on web, not sure how accurate or availability details 📚💝.
@emz711
Purchased this issue because Dark Winds was featured on the cover, and discovered this article.
From Magazine,
Cowboys & Indians
The Spring Fashion Issue
April 2025, Page 110
Note: the following is not a direct qoute from article.
The Packhorse Librarians (during the great depression between 1936-43) filled their saddlebags with books and rode into the hills of the Appalachia to bring books to those who had none.
#californiananncrystal
“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.“ -Jane Smiley
#ThinkPositiveBePositive
#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal
Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.
1- Litsy is working again 👏🏼📚💝💝💝.
2- book shopping...because I had absolutely no more tbr books on my bookshelf 🤥📚👀😂😜🤣.
3- Garden 🪄🌱💝.
4- Reading Snacks 😋🍿📚💝.
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Thank You @dabbe for creating this fun play-card & thanks for the tag 😎🎬💝.
7/116 · 6% 🤔seriously👀...
Hugo (2011)
I haven't been able to catch the Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) movie, therefore it wasn't one of my seven. Yet Did read the book, and that was a terrifying masterpiece.
The Descendants (2011)
#TLT
#ThreeListThursday
#killersoftheflowermoonreviewedbyanncrystal
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Anyone else excited about this new series? 📺🔍🧐🔎🥳 Seems like the show is going to have a strong female leading character.
Haven't been this excited about a Sherlock book (influenced) to TV adaptation since the 2016 Houdini & Doyle, which was a historical-fiction based on Doyle's relationship with Houdini and not so much about Doyle's character, Sherlock.
@dabbe
#Sherlockians
#sherlocked
#sherlockholmes
#californiananncrystal 📚💫📺🥳💝.
Thank You @Eggs for creating this fun play-card & Thank You @TheSpineView for the tag
1- a favorite is the late spring blooming White Magnolia that continues to blossom through the summer. 💝💝💝.
2- garden, family, our home, my state (California), my heritage, my art supplies, my library of books 🌱💖🏡🐻🦅🖌️🎨✏️📚📚💝💝💝.
#WondrousWednesday
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & Thanks for the tag 💕🐎📚💝.
1- Since I was around 13 years old 📚💝.
2- The Spellshop 🪄📚💝💝💝.
#Two4Tuesday
#thespellshopreviewedbyanncrystal
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.
1- A ThunderStorm 🌬️⛈️🌧️🪄🦅💝 came on Thursday. When the Thunderbirds sung, the song was a roar... incredible, it has been years.
2- Read a little during Thunderstorm 🌧️🎶📚💝...just 2 enjoy the spooky atmosphere even more..
3- Grateful that the Thunderstorm rolled in before this weekend 🌬️⛈️🦅🌧️🌦️🌤️🌞.
4- April is here 🌻🐇🧺🐣.
5- Litsy.
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Thank you @dabbe for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 🎬😎👍🏼💝.
22/100 · 22%
There were a lot of good ones on there...🤔🎬💝.
Ghost (1990)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Chocolat (2000)
#TLT
#ThreeListThursday
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
#unrelated2books
Went out and got myself a pager 📟! Anyone can now reach me by dialing 📞 Pennsylvania 6-5000 😉💝.
#californiananncrystal
Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎💝.
1 - Absolutely...terrible 👩🎓🤔.
2 - Just Beyond: The Scare School by R.L. Stine
#Two4Tuesday
#RLStinereviewedbyanncrystal
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Today is Cesar Chavez Day
✊☺️🇺🇸💝.
My late Aunt Linda (my Mom's sister) was involved in the movement during her younger days.
#unrelated2books
#californiananncrystal
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