Today is a whole #Hyggehour 💚🥵
It's so hot, I need lots of breaks to cool down from gardening jobs. I'm looking forward to a pamper evening and #Hyggehour readathon tonight, continuing with the tagged. 🍸📚🍸
What are your plans?
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
pickA wonderful blend of history, culture and travel in Japan.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001zm3c?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
❓️Advice needed, please❓️
I've been using the Kindle app on my tablet, but that has just gone kerbluey. Should I get a Kindle? If so, which one should I get?
TIA 😊
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🫶 Thank you for all the lovely chats today on my #SaturdayChatterday thread today. ⬆️ this is why I will continue with the weekly posts once #MSS is over. x
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It's Saturday 💚☕️💚 Grab your coffee and check in for #SaturdayChatterday
☕️ Are you having a good weekend?
☕️ What are you up to today?
☕️ Where are you?
☕️ What are your plans for next week?
☕️ Any recommendations - books, places, films/tv shows etc?
Have a great day 🌞
❓️Would you be interested in this being a weekly event, rather than just at #Litsolace events?
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
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Are you feeling a bit stuck in a rut and in need of inspiration? The Marginalian published a great essay on habits and patterns. Well worth a read and a save.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/01/21/shakespeare-hamlet-habit/?fbclid=IwZXh...
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A little late tonight with our #Fridaynightshare
What are your recommendations for a good mystery or thriller?
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Naturalitsysummerswap
Thank you so much @jenniferw88 for my lovely gifts. I can't wait to read them. I will take them on holiday with me. Love the card x 🐝
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It's ok to take a step back, take a moment, a breath. Do what you have to do to get through your day.
Baby steps, my friends x
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Naturalitsy #LitSolace #MidsummerSolace
This is such phenomenal news. 💚
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240223IPR18078/nature-restor...
#LitSolace #MidsummerSolace
🌞💚 Sending light and love as we celebrate Summer Solstice 2024 💚🌞
🌞 What are your plans for today?
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/history/history-of-summer-solstice-tra...
https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/62877/1/summer-solstice-celebrate-mi...
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
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Time for another #WednesdayWanderings
💚🥾🗺🥾💚
Do you have any famous walks you'd like to attempt on your bucket list?
🥾 What appeals to you?
🥾 Solitary or group walk?
🥾 Who would you go with?
🥾 What would be the perfect time of year to try it?
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
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This really resonates with me today.
https://www.blurtitout.org/mental-health
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
pickThis book is stunning. A celebration of food, taste, menus and sharing them with others. Henry offers up planned seasonal menus with personal viginettes throughout. Highly recommended.
so-soI did enjoy this historical fiction about the race to create porcelain, capturing the perfect blue hues. The characterisations were good, plot tense in places. Unfortunately, it kind of ended abruptly for me. The denouement kind of wiped out all that had happened previously as unnecessary. A bit bizarre.
bailedI'm so disappointed to bail on my #Bookedintime selection. I adore the landscape and nature descriptions. However, it does feel overly preachy, and I'm just not in the right mindset atm to persevere. I will pick it up to try again, at some point. I do feel the fault is mine, not the book.
@Cuilin @dabbe
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What are you grateful for today?
I'm so very grateful for this wonderful Litsy community. It's such a safe, supportive group of people. 💚📚💚
#LitSolace #Midsummersolace
I'm checking in early as my #Hyggehour is going to be #Hyggeevening 😍 I am not moving from this spot. The birdsong is wonderful. Might be time for a cheeky G&T, too. I should finish the tagged tonight. It's a very enjoyable read so far.
Enjoy whatever you have planned. I look forward to seeing your posts in the morning. X
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Litsolace #Midsummersolace
Are you planning on joining our weekly #Hyggehour readathon? Give yourself an hour to relax and unwind. All are welcome to join us.
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#LitSolace #MidsummerSolace
Let's make Saturday a day for coffee and chats. Join in our #SaturdayChatterday event. Grab a drink and start chatting.
☕️ Are you having a good weekend?
☕️ What are you up to today?
☕️ Where are you?
☕️ What are your plans for next week?
☕️ Any recommendations - books, places, films/tv shows etc?
Have a great day 🌞
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Midsummersolace #Litsolace
A visit to the post office today, to send off my #naturalitsysummercardswap and #naturalitsymidsummerswap
They are on their way 💚✈️📮💚
@TheBookHippie @jenniferw88 @Chrissyreadit
I've had a good, if stressful week. Thank goodness for #MidsummerSolace and #5JoysFriday to help keep me positive and on track.
1 - The joy that is Bridgerton. Just hearing the music makes me happy.
2 - My garden is blooming, but there's always time for a jolly around the garden nursery.
3 & 4 - Books I have enjoyed this week.
5 - New discoveries in my garden. This week, I found a crop of hedge woundwort and a yellow underwing moth.
@DebinHawaii
#Naturalitsy #LitSolace #MidsummerSolace
My choice for tonight's #Fridaynightshare is without doubt The Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin exhilarating record of his travels as a young man, that sowed the idea of evolutionary change. This experience, this journey had a life-changing effect on his direction in life.
I have lost count the number of times I have reached for this book. It brings me great comfort and joy.
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In our 2nd week, our #Fridaynightshare is a non-fiction book.
🖋Describe your favourite nature book, a current one or old favourite.
🖋 What do you like about it?
📚 Have you read more by the author?
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
pickI completed the first book of The Four Winds series. An enjoyable read but with some very graphic description of sexual shenanigans. So don't say you haven't been warned! 🫣😳
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My most ambitious walk was climbing Ben Nevis back in my youthful days. It was challenging because once past the lochans, the weather deteriorated drastically. From blue skies to a snowstorm once we hit the peak.
It was a huge achievement for me, and I managed to raise a considerable sum for cancer research.
📷 Google image
#WhatsnewWednesday
I found a new wildflower in my garden, Hedge Woundwort. It's so delicately pretty.
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/hedge-woundwort
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude
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I've created a new activity for #Litsolace events called #WednesdayWanderings where we discuss our favourite walks every week.
🧭 Where is your most ambitious walk?
🌄🌇 Do you prefer urban or rural settings?
🗺 Describe the terrain, atmosphere, and any local wildlife?
😊 How does the walk make you feel? Does it hold any special memories for you?
Please include any photos on your posts so we can all see. X
#Naturalitsy #Litsolace #MidsummerSolace
Remember when Wilding was our #buddyread last year? There's now a film of the whole rewilding process, which looks fantastic. It looks a similar style to The Biggest Little Farm.
https://www.biggestlittlefarmmovie.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/11/wilding-review-green-conser...
#Litsolace #MidsummerSolace
My Sunday #Hyggehour read is very gripping. I went way past an hour, as I was so engrossed.
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie @jenniferw88
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Don't you just love it when you stumble across a new talent? I've just discovered Steph Edwards 😍 and I'm pretty sure her artwork will resonate with you too.
https://linkpop.com/toyoufromsteph?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZCR6C8Fb6DCo5QfFDI...
#Litsolace #MidsummerSolace
It's Sunday 🌞☕️💚 Time for reset ready for the new week. Join in our Sunday #Hyggehour readathon. Take time out for yourself.
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
pickS. A. Crosby is new to me. I read him thanks to #AuthorAMonth and so glad I did. This is an extremely tense thriller with great characters. I adore Titus Crown. The racial tensions are palpable throughout the story.
Trigger warnings - this has graphic detail of child abuse, torture and murder.
@Soubhiville
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Let's make Saturday a day for coffee and chats. Join in our #SaturdayChatterday event. Grab a drink and start chatting.
☕️ Are you having a good weekend?
☕️ What are you up to today?
☕️ Where are you?
☕️ What are your plans for next week?
☕️ Any recommendations - books, places, films/tv shows etc?
Have a great day 🌞
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Litsolace #MidsummerSolace
I always need to remind myself of these points, some more than others.
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#LitSolace #Midsummersolace
It's Friday! 🙂 How's your week going?
Are you ready to play #Fridaynightshare by naming a favourite read for the beach or summer holidays?
Just for fun and to extend our tbr summer lists. 🌞😅🌞
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Naturalitsy #Litsolace #Midsummersolace
I am completely besotted with this charming book. The author describes her German garden throughout the changing seasons while also reflecting on her upbringing and experiences in Japan. The audio version is pure bliss.
#Litsolace #MidsummerSolace
I'm such a dawdler, are you? 💚🐛🐞🦗🪺🐦⬛🦉🐿🦔🕷🦋🐌🐝🍅🌳🦊🐀🐰💚
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie @jenniferw88
#Dday #Normandylandings #WW2
80 year anniversary of the formidable feat of landing Allied troops on Normandy beaches in a final push back against Nazi Germany.
Lest we forget ❤️
#Litsolace #MidsummerSolace
Walking around my home brings me so much peace and joy. I live in a semi-rural area, surrounded by fields and woods. The sunsets are spectacular and my favourite part of the day.
#WednesdayWanderings
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Naturalitsy #MidsummerSolace
I've created a new activity for #Litsolace events called #WednesdayWanderings where we discuss our favourite walks every week.
🧭 Where is your favourite local walk?
🌄🌇 Do you prefer urban or rural settings?
🗺 Describe the terrain, atmosphere, and any local wildlife?
😊 How does the walk make you feel? Does it hold any special memories for you?
Please include any photos on your posts so we can all see. X
#Naturalitsy #MidsummerSolace
#Bookedintime Prompt - 1930s America - dust bowl
I've only read Steinbeck's Of mice and men at school. Who knew Steinbeck had such a prosaic view of nature and landscape? Not me, for sure. Why have I not read him before now?
@Cuilin @dabbe
#Naturalitsy #LitSolace #MidsummerSolace
Have you started our #buddyreads yet? There are a number of new books (UK) published this Spring, all along similar themes (tagged ⬇️). Gardening for wildlife is the bee's knees, literally. How marvellous would it be if this method of sharing space was taken up everywhere. I have hope 💚🐝🐌🦋🕷🐛🐞🦗🪺🐦⬛🦉🐿🦔🐰🐀🦊💚
Do you have any further recommendations?
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
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What websites/podcasts/books do you use for mental health and emotional well-being?
Please share below so we can get a varied selection of available support systems going. Save the list and check them out.
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit
pickThis was a very tense thriller with some particularly horrific opening scenes. Bill Hodges is a great character and I will read the whole trilogy.
#Naturalitsy #Litsolace #MidsummerSolace
Has anyone had a go at soap-making? This recipe sounds lovely. I'm definitely going to have a go.
https://lovelygreens.com/lavender-rosemary-hand-soap-recipe/
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