#5joysfriday @Debinhawaii

1. An
2. all
3. day
4. rain.
5. Matt, Kate, and Pip. #always 💙🩵💙

#haikuhive #haikuaday

Cozy on the couch with a blanket, books, and pups. Heaven.

Heavenly all day rain
with temps in the high 60s.
Fall's finally here.

I hope. 🧡🍁♥️

#haikuhive #haikuaday

#poemadayish #poetrypals
@lil1inblue @Cuilin

#OOTD Day 9

#turnthepage #readathon @bookwormjillk

I have been in quite a reading funk, so I'm hoping to catch up with these reads:
-MYSTERY OF THE TOLLING BELL
-TOMBSTONE
-BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
-THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN

Yikes! I gotta just stick my head in a book and go! 😂

#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe

My best score ever! Though I made up the survey (with help from other listers, so there is that). The three I've never done and will probably never do:
1. hot-air ballooning: Nope.
2. knitting: I can crochet a little bit, but that's it.
3. running in a race: #hahahahahahahahaha

Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-autumn-experiences

#haikuaday #haikuhive

It's the little things, right?

You know you're old when
a new couch organizer
is so exciting!

#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe

Continuing the fun from last week, here is a survey of autumn experiences.

Share your score (if you want). List 3 faves/3 hates/3 you thought should have been here/3 whatever-you-wants. Tagging a few. ALL are more than welcome to play! I have a feeling we're going to see some fabulous scores! 🧡🍁💛

Link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-autumn-experiences

#poemadayish #poetrypals
@lil1inblue @Cuilin

#OOTD Day 8

#weirdwordwednesday @CBee

#allusion #waterloo

#WDNCW @dabbe

We do not care that for dinner last night we ate two brownies and a bag of Ghirardelli dark chocolate, caramel, and salt squares. That's what we do when we are stressed, tired, cranky, panicked ... any and all of those feelings. We are frozen in fatigue and can't believe the horrors this year has wrought. We do not care that we want to take our chocolate into bed and hide for the next three years.

#haikuaday #haikuhive

Every. Single. Time. I have to look up how to pronounce this place. #oy

Here comes Thebes again.
Do you rhyme with bees or teepees?
Once more, I must check.

It's back! Starting next Monday! Put on your thinking caps for all things books, movies, songs, bands, etc.

Thanks, @CBee, for bringing this fun game back! 🧡🤎💛

#poemadayish #poetrypals
@lil1inblue @Cuilin

#OOTD Day 7

#FFFS @Avanders @Chrissyreadit
What a glorious package, @Catsandbooks! The books are spot on and perfect for this time of year. The treats and coffee: also fabulous. The SH puzzle book! OMG! I can't wait to dive in on that one! The 3-D stickers will go in my journal, and the others I'll use for letters. The mug is adorable! And the stuffie for the pups. You can see that Kate is mothering it. Thank you, m'dear Leila! 🧡🍂🤎🍁💛

#haikuhive #haikuaday

There's a little Pippa tail in the background. 🐾

Broccoli and cheese soup.
Perfect for an autumn day.
Even in Phoenix.

Happy Mabon, everybody! It's < 80ºF somewhere, right? Right?

Here's to all things adutumn. #all

#haikuaday #haikuhive

A hopefully helpful dash cheat sheet.

Em dash for pauses--
Hyphen between com-pound words.
En dash for num-bers.

Who knew? 😂

#mondaymood
@Deblovestoread

Thanks for the refutation, @TieDyeDude re: one of my pics on this board about an alleged quote that Trump made (he hadn't made it). I should have done my research. #meaculpa

I changed the bottom right pic to a quote he did say re: Republicans--on 1/6/21 no less. Wonder what he was implying or trying to get them to do? 🤔 It still falls in with my #mondaymood ... unfortunately.

#notmypresidentandneverwillbe

#hyggehourreadathon @Alldebooks @TheBookHippy @Chrissyreadit

Matt and Kate are already hygged out! I'm planning on catching up with the tagged book; I allowed myself to get so behind ... no idea why. In my den with Matt and the pups. Nothing better. 🧡💜💛

#goodnewssunday @Deblovestoread

I needed dance. I needed to laugh. I needed ... something to make me smile. If you're feeling like this, here are links to my 5 fave videos of all time:
1. Walken. Period. https://tinyurl.com/2f9ssefv
2. This dancing group. You need it. https://tinyurl.com/y573r699
3. The orange-crush-tee dude. https://tinyurl.com/uf9t9zxv
4. Uptown. https://tinyurl.com/3uhh6nuu
5. #wordcrimes https://tinyurl.com/487pr24u

#haikuhive #haikuaday

Playing marbles. #nostalgiaoverload

#FallCardSwap @TheBookHippie

Mailed from GR on 8/30. Arrived in Phoenix on 9/20. Maybe it came by Pony Express. But, hey, IT ARRIVED!!! 🧡💜💛

#Poemadayish #poetrypals
@Cuilin @lil1inblue

#OOTD Day 6

A fave. If you look at this poem sideways, the lines are the piano keys. 🎹

#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii 🧡🩶💜
@Deblovestoread (thanks for the tag!) 🧡🩶💜

1. Winding down the baseball season. D-backs probably won't snag a wild card spot. Better luck next year, Baby Backs.
2. #FallCardSwap. The zen has from these lovely Littens and their creative cards has replenished my soul.
3. The University of Arizona's football team (my alma mater) is 3-0!
4. PT is going well.
5. Matt, Pippa, and Kate. #always

#poemadayish #poetrypals
@lil1inblue @Cuilin

#OOTD Day 5

#haikuhive #haikuaday

In complete awe of nature ...

Towering blue wall
hangs, poised to erase myself.
That is the sublime.

#haikuhive #haikuaday

Third PT visit. Slowly getting better every day. 💪🏻

#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

Lots of candies in this one. I need to look for and/or create better lists! 😂

I love pie this time of year. Three faves:
1. pumpkin pie
2. caramel apples
3. pecan pie

All sickingly sweet, decadent, and some form of orange-brown! 🧡😂🤎

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

Continuing the fun from last week, here is a survey of autumn foods. If it's close to something you've tried, it counts!

Share your score (if you want). List 3 faves/3 hates/3 you thought should have been here/3 whatever-you-wants. Tagging the #ShardlakeBR group, but ALL are always invited to play! 😍

Link: https://www.listchallenges.com/autumn-food

#weirdwordwednesday @CBee

Oh, how true this allusion is.

#WDNCW #WeDoNotCareWednesday

We do not care that we have incessantly bitched about the weather more than once. We are so damn tired of this heat dome. We do not care that (again) it will be over 100ºF on the first day of fall. We'll just continue to live inside our air-conditioned house and hope that SOMEDAY we'll get to go outside again.

P.S. This native Phoenician is ready to get the hell out of dodge. If only she can convince her hubby. 🔥

#poetrypals #poemadayish
@cuilin @dabbe

#OOTD Day 4

#haikuhive #haikuaday

RIP, Mr. Redford. I adored you. 🧡💜💛

#haikuhive #haikuaday

Ate one of these today. Now I want another. And another. 🍩

#fallcardswap @TheBookHippie

What happiness these cards are bringing to my heart. Thank you @WildAlaskaBibliophile @TheLudicReader @BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @shelleybooksie @Deblovestoread You've made the season so special.
P.S. Kate snoozing, but her radar ears are always ready. 🧡💜💛

#poemaday
@lil1inblue @Cuilin

#OOTD (Day 3) If you want to read this narrative poem and follow along, look for the #OOTD hashtag for the previous poems. 🧡💜💛

#ShardlakeBR
#tombland

Thanks, Shardlakians, for being so accommodating to everyone. I went for the halfway point to hopefully be fair to all of us. The discussion date over the whole TOME of a book will be on 10/15. I've already read fab reviews of those who finished. Hopefully that will work for everyone. 💛💜🧡

#haikuhaive #haikuaday

#haikuhive #haikuaday

#haikuaday #haikuhive

My sister lost Bailey a couple of months ago. Hank, her Yorkie, has been bereft. Now so much anymore! 🖤🐾🖤

#wildwomen #lalobas

For me, I escape into the trees. I talk to them, hug them, smell their bark, listen to them in the wind ... they are my soul-source. Favorite spot? Going around the aspen loop trail up to Arizona's highest mountain, Mt. Humphreys (12,000+ feet). That is where I find my idea of god.

#wildwomen
Traditions:
1. Watching “Easter Parade“ and “Singin' in the Rain“ every Easter with my Family. Same with “It's a Wonderful Life“ and “A Christmas Carol“ on Xmas Eve.
2. Sitting on the porch during a rainstorm.
3. Getting away with the pups every autumn to see the leaves change.
4. Going with Matt to at least one football game (high school or college) instead of watching from home.
The list goes on ...
Not afraid of judgement. 🧡💜💛

Somewhere within me is the bad-ass girl who was never afraid to try and/or do anything. She'd climb the highest trees, not caring if she got scuffed up. She'd go for the back dives and back flips--even if they weren't perfect 10s. She'd stand up to anyone anywhere if she needed to. I find glimpses of her in who I am now, but I want to call her back. ALL of her. I think we could be good friends again. 🧡💜💛

#wildwomen

My go-to book for poetry, story-telling, wisdom, solace, friendship, love ... is this one, especially the scenes between the fox and the prince. When I was younger, this passage and their eventual parting helped me deal with losing people I loved, whether physically, emotionally, or both. This book makes me sigh in all good ways possible. It helps me heal. 💛💜🧡

#mondaymood
@Deblovestoread

Same story, different day. Beyond tired of the useless rhetoric re: this topic. No Joe Citizen should have an assault weapon or access to one. Period. And I have two words for the NRA: FUCK YOU! #ranttime

#poemaday
@lil1inblue @Cuilin

#OOTD Day2 (Out of the Dust)

#poemaday (I'll try!)
@lil1inblu @Cuilin
#OOTD Day 1

Gonna try something different. This book is in my top five faves of ALL TIME. It's a narrative book of poetry that takes place during the Dust Bowl. If interested, read along. I don't see how you won't fall in love with Billie Jo. By the time I stop posting, you'll have read another book for those of you who keep track of that stuff. #winwin #ifyouwant

#serenesaturdays @TheBookHippie

This is a newer mug that brings me zen: a bas relief of New Brunswick, given by none other than the loveliest @TheLudicReader. When I have my coffee, I'm reminded of my trip to Saint John to meet/visit her. 💜🧡💛

#haikuhive #haikuaday

Came across this pic today of my sweet Babs, a greyhound we adopted back in 2005. She's been gone since 2016, but I still can shed a tear just looking at her pictures. How she loved that Lamb Chop. 🤎🐾🤎

Naps were pure heaven
with your Lamp Chop by your side.
I miss you, sweet girl.